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Slow-Smoked Beef Chuck Roast with Cherry Pellets: Easy & Flavorful

Prep Time: 15 Min

Cook Time:4h 30min

Total Time: 4h 45min

Looking for an affordable yet flavor-packed smoked beef recipe? This slow-cooked chuck roast is all about big flavor and easy prep. With just a few pantry ingredients and the steady heat of the Z GRILLS 7052B, you’ll end up with a tender, smoky roast that falls apart at 204°F. Perfect for weekend cookouts or meal prep.

Ingredients

Serving Sizes

Smoked Sausage and Peppers

  • 3-5 lb Beef chuck well marbled and about 3 inches thick
  • Salt, Pepper, and Granulated Garlic or your favorite rub.
  • 1/2 to 1 sliced onion
  • 2 TBS Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 TBS Prepared Horseradish sauce
  • 1 teaspoon  Better Than Bouillon beef base
  • 1/8 cup water

Equipment

  • Z Grills Multitasker 7052B
  • Z Grills cherry pellets
  • Tin, foil, and a rack
     
     

Instructions

  • Simple prep

  • Step 1: up to 1 hour before the cook, apply a generous amount of your rub. In my case, S&P&G… Allow to sit at room temperature-

  • Recipe

  • Step 1: Fire up your Z GRILLS and set that temperature to 250°F.. Im using cherry pellets.
  • Step 2: Once your temperature is reached, add in your Chuck Roast middle shlf(grate)
  • Step 3: At that 3-hour mark, check it for even cooking and give it a spritz. You should be around 140-150 internal. Let it run for another 1-2 Hours until you hit the stall. In my case, it was 2 hours.
  • Step 4: Once that stall is reached, remove it along with the tin.
  • Step 5: to the tin add 1/2 to 1 onion(sliced), 2 TBS Worcestershire sauce, 2 TBS prepared horseradish sauce, 1 teaspoon Better Than Bouillon beef base, and 1/8th cup water.Add one rack and your beef chuck on the rack and seal tightly with foil…
  • Step 6: Once you reach approximately 204°F internal, it is time to remove. Just double check you are tooth pick tender-
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Ingredients

Serving Sizes

Smoked Sausage and Peppers

  • 3-5 lb Beef chuck well marbled and about 3 inches thick
  • Salt, Pepper, and Granulated Garlic or your favorite rub.
  • 1/2 to 1 sliced onion
  • 2 TBS Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 TBS Prepared Horseradish sauce
  • 1 teaspoon  Better Than Bouillon beef base
  • 1/8 cup water

Equipment

  • Z Grills Multitasker 7052B
  • Z Grills cherry pellets
  • Tin, foil, and a rack