I have the best butcher in the world:
Sherman Provision! Mike and his wife run a great local business and really care about their customers!
Last Saturday was my birthday, and after seeing Pappy's burnt ends, I knew what I wanted. It was a busy day, but after grabbing a late lunch with my son, we did manage to swing by the butcher.
After talking with Mike and the guys for a few minutes, the topic turned to my birthday and what I was planning to cook. They were getting ready to close for the weekend, so they were low on a few items. In the meat case sat a nice smallish chuck roast (just under 2 lbs). I said I'd take it, and while I picked out some other items we needed, the young fella helping me disappeared to the back. He returned a minute later with instructions to bag up the chuck roast and slap this sticker on it:
I finally got a chance to cook it up this past weekend.
I slapped some rub on it and threw it on the MAK to smoke for a bit then bumped it up to around 275° for a couple hours.
Next, it was wrapped in foil with just a little beer for a braising liquid, then back on the grill at 325° for another hour and a half.
When it's tender, but not falling apart, cut it into cubes...
Toss the cubes in some more rub to re-coat. My homemade rub has a good mount of brown sugar and paprika which helps them caramelize and bark up nicely.
If your favorite rub doesn't have a lot of sugar, just mix some of it with some brown sugar.
Spread them out in a foil pan so the surfaces are exposed and put them back in a hot grill (350° - 375° works well) to start caramelizing a bit. Turn them over at least once while they cook about 15 - 20 minutes. After they start to caramelize add just enough BBQ sauce to coat them and them them cook another 5 - 10 minutes until nicely caramelized. The grill is hot, so check them often.
YUM!!!
Serve as is with toothpicks, or...
If you like pulled beef sammies, you will LOVE a burnt end sammie! We also made up some Mock Potato Salad (Cauliflower) and some steamed buttered asparagus.
Another craving satisfied. Thanks for looking, and thanks Mike for the Chuckie!
