Monday night roast beast

[Frank H]

So , I've been hankering to try a roast on the WSM and today worked into my schedule.I defrosted a half of a top round that we got a real good deal on. (Cut in half and frozen)
So anyway... nothing too fancy...slathered it with Italian dressing marinade and dusted it good with A-1 rub.
gave it a quick all around sear in a hot frying pan and tossed it into an aluminum foil loaf pan. (Just to cut down the drips into my dry water pan.)

The smoker is chugging along at 300 degrees just as nice as you please.....and after a while I added my first attempt at a Hasselback potato. This is how it looked after about an hour in the smoker.(not the potato , I just added that when I took the pic)

I'm shooting for an IT of 130 for this roast. Then I'll take it out and rest it til we're ready to eat. I'll update with a pic of the finished product in a while.. I can tell you , it smells good!

 

[Gregory R]

Looking forward to seeing how it turns out, Frank.

 

[Jim Lampe]

funny Frank, dude I work with callin' it roast beast for years..
think your hasselbacks are gonna need more severe heat than 300 degrees...

lookin' forward to your beast!

 

[Tim McCann]

Looks good so far.

 

[Tony R]

will wait patiently.

 

[Frank H]

funny Frank, dude I work with callin' it roast beast for years..
think your hasselbacks are gonna need more severe heat than 300 degrees...

lookin' forward to your beast!

Ha! Yeah , I think I got that from "how the grinch stole Christmas" watched that with the kids for-ever.
you are right about the hassellbacks....they were not nearly done. Next time , in the oven.

well , here's the beast. I have to say I think it came out good. Very tender , nice and juicy. I think 130 was a good temp.
that A-1 rub is VERY spicy....I liked it. Sweetie was not as enthusiastic , but the liked the meat in general. Between the marinade and the rub the meat was well seasoned. Here's a couple of pics.

This is sweeties plate,.I give her the weller done slices and she likes salad so her plate looks more civilized.

 

[Bob Mann]

Very nice Frank!

 

[John Solak]

Great looking roast Frank, Should get a sandwich or two out of those leftovers too!!

 

[Mike Coffman]

Roast looks beautiful Frank!!

 

[Tony R]

Nice job Frank.
Roast looks good.

 

[Chris H.]

Nice work!

 

[Paul Kastner]

Frank great looking roast. Love the A1 rub.

 

[Bob H.]

Looks perfect to me Frank!

 

[Levi M]

I could eat some of that Beast right now.

 

[Bill Schultz]

Well done Beast Frank, looks perfectly cooked, well done

 

[Brian Dahl]

Nice lookin' roast, Frank!