Barbecued Pot Roast

Barbecued Pot Roast without leaving the kitchen?

Absolutely!

These two pot roast recipes get their barbecue flavor from the seasonings and not from a barbecue pit.

You won't miss the pit.

Barbecued Pot Roast Recipe

1 (4 to 5 lb.) boneless chuck pot roast
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 1/2 c. sliced onions
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. Pepper
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
1/4 c. chili sauce
1/3 c. cider vinegar
2 Tbsp. firmly packed brown sugar
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 c. water
2 tsp. chili powder
8 new potatoes
3 carrots, peeled and cut into strips

Brown the chuck pot roast on both sides in hot oil in a large Dutch oven.

Add the onions and the garlic and cook until tender. Combine the salt, pepper and tomato sauce and pour over the pot roast and cook over low heat uncovered, 1 1/2 hours.

Combine the chili sauce, cider vinegar, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, water and chili powder and pour over the chuck roast. Cook over low heat, covered, 1 hour or until tender.

Pare 1-inch strip around the center of the potatoes and add the potatoes and carrots during the last 30 minutes of cooking time. Transfer the barbecue pot roast to a serving platter and serve with the vegetables.

Leftovers make great Barbecue Pot Roast Sandwiches.

Yields 8 to 10 servings.

Barbecued Pot Roast Recipe

3 lb. beef rump roast
2 tsp. Salt
1/4 tsp. Pepper
3 Tbsp. Fat
1/2 c. water
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
3 onions, sliced
1 clove garlic, chopped
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1/4 c. lemon juice
1/4 c. catsup
1/4 c. vinegar
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
Flour

Preheat Dutch oven. Season the beef rump roast with salt and pepper.

Heat the fat in the Dutch oven and brown the beef rump roast on all sides. Add the water, tomato sauce, onions and garlic. Place the lid on the Dutch oven and cook for about 1 1/2 hours.

Remove the lid and add the remaining ingredients. Cover and cook for about 1 hour more or until the beef rump roast is tender.

Remove the lid, take out the beef rump roast and set aside.

Skim the fat from the liquid. Make a paste with the flour and water and blend into the cooking liquid and cook until thickened. Pour the gravy over the barbecued pot roast.

I prefer Barbecued Pot Roast cooked in my water smoker but these recipes are the best substitutes when I can't do that.

Buy Beef Online

Now why would anyone want to buy beef online? Beef is readily available at the supermarket. There’s only one answer: Quality! In order to compete with the supermarkets mail order beef has to be the best.

(Don’t buy beef online for a barbecued pot roast recipe. Or for that matter any old fashioned pot roast dinner. Supermarket beef is fine.)

In fact there are some types of gourmet beef that you can’t get except online. Kobe beef, grass fed beef, dry aged beef? I’ll bet you’ve never seen those in the supermarket. The only way to get them is to buy beef online.

Kobe Beef

Kobe beef is from the Japanese Waygu cattle. The marbling, flavor and tenderness of Kobe beef puts it grades above USDA prime beef. But you can only get Kobe beef when you buy beef online.

Grass Fed Beef

Grass is the natural food of the beef animal. And some people feel the flavor of grass fed beef is far superior to feed lot beef. This is gourmet beef at it’s best. And once again you can only get grass fed beef when you buy beef online.

Dry Aged Beef

Dry aged beef is how beef was done in the good old days. The beef is hung in a controlled temperature and humidity environment and allowed to age for almost a month.

Why can’t you get dry aged beef at the super market? Expense! Dry aged beef loses approximately 1/3 of it weight during the drying process. Today’s wet aged beef brings more profit to the processor.

Guess what? You can only get dry aged beef when you buy beef online! Dry aged beef is truly gourmet beef.

Old Fashioned Pot Roast

Certainly you wouldn’t want to buy beef online for old fashioned pot roast. Mail order beef is for special occasions. Your Sunday pot roast dinner is fine with a chuck roast from the supermarket.

Barbecued pot roast recipe is fine with supermarket beef also. As any old fashioned pot roast dinner would be.

On that special occasion, such as boss for dinner night, is when this beef will make an impression. My thoughts would be running along the line of a Prime rib dinner with sure enough USDA prime beef. You can only get USDA prime beef when you buy beef online. USDA choice is the best you can get at the supermarket.

Enjoy Barbecued Pot Roast Recipe with your family with beef from the grocery. But when you really want to impress buy beef online.