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One Big Hunk Of Protein!

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I love smoking chuck roasts. This particular cut of beef is simply wonderful after several hours on the smoker. It provides a great “pulled” meat and the yield is fantastic.

I was at my local Sam’s Club the other day looking to purchase a couple of chuck roasts for some shredded beef tacos. I wanted to try smoking the beef to give the tacos a little different flavor profile than normal.

They had some three and four pound chuck roasts and the price was pretty competitive. I inquired about the case price and since it was over a dollar a pound cheaper I bought 53 pounds of chuck roasts.
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Written by Larry

August 24th, 2008 at 7:37 am

Posted in Beef, Chuck Roast

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5th Annual West Coast BBQ Championship

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Just returned home from spending the day in Fairfield, California at the West Coast BBQ Championships, where I had the chance to meet some long time “online” friend, eat some bbq and judge the contest. Below are a few pictures of the event.

There were lots of great pits there. Here a few of the “different” ones:

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Written by Larry

August 16th, 2008 at 8:45 pm

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