Mock tender chuckie and Mr. St. Louie on the new rig..

[3montes]

Fired up the new trailer rig just for a small chuckie and 1 rack of ribs but what the hay!! I have had this rig since late July and it is everything I could have hoped for and more. A few obligatory pics of the rig. These pics are from the fabricator last summer after it was built. A guy who goes by Wreckless on the Smoke Ring is one talented builder and it shows in this smoker!







Now on to the food. Wife picked up a couple of mock tender chuck roasts. New to me never seen em before but thought I would give one a try. Much leaner than a regular chuckie but I thought I would see if I could get some pulled beef out of it.



Rubbed up and on the smoker he goes...



In the event the chuckie didn't want to cooperate and things went bad I thought I better have a plan B. Tried and true St. Louie!



So while everybody is in the smoker and the football game on tv and a few adult beverages being consumed I cut up some green peppers and red onions to go with the chuckie.



Because this chuckie was so lean I was spritzing with a mix of beef stock and red wine. I only took to 140 internal and pulled him off the smoker. Introduced him to the veggies.



Created a little hot tub for the guy using a little worsy and a good stout beer!





Put a cover on the hot tub and back in the smoker it goes. In the mean time the spares were done. I did the usual 3-2-1 on these. They came out rather nice. Trying a new sauce/glaze on them and really like the color it produces!





The chuckie took a few more hours to break down. I think these mock tenders would do better being sliced rather than pulled. I added some shrooms about 15 minutes before I took it off the smoker and pulled it. Then I made myself a nice sammie!!



I think I gained a couple pounds yesterday! No sides. Just kind of snacked on the Q all day!
Thanks for taking a look!!

[Richtee]

Holy crap! Lookit that smoker! Looks like a fancy meat apartment building Cooool build. And apparently it works too... nice cook. Just need about 5X more meat heh!

[IrishChef]

Mock tender is a really under appreciated cut. Great for Med.rare slicing. And any beef at $2.97# is a steal these days...

[1Cavman]

WOW what a smoker. That baby is beautiful.. You can feed the masses with that thing.

Just one question, is Mock Tender Chuckie the beef version of the Mock Turtle

[TATONKA3A2]

Great looking rig for sure!! Not a bad sandwich either!

[3montes]

Thanks Ritchee! I love this smoker more everytime I use it. The warmer on top is fully dampered so it can be used to cook on or warm sides or shut off completely. The prep table is almost a luxury and is so nice to have right at your fingertips. The storage underneath it is lockable and big enough for plastic tubs that hold all my resteraunt pans and other needed cooking gear.
2 propane burners for fish frys, sweet corn or crab boils or deep frying turkeys.
And enough room for 3 coolers and tie downs to strap them down when on the road. Enough wood storage that I can do 3 or 4 cooks without reloading.
It is conventional flow tuning plate design and it runs awesome!
The fab guy has some serious skills!

You are right Irish any beef at $2.97 is a deal. I think I will be getting more of these mock tenders!

[HawgHeaven]

Two words. Suh. Weet. Dang, that's a helluva rig, and the grub... dammit man, I'm drooling over here!!

[SmokinTim]

Awesome rig and smoke!

[sweet_magnolia]

Nice job! Awesome smoker!!

[tenacious bee]

Well not to be redundant but.. for one heck of a rig. Sammie looked great . I am eating all of my meat off a plate to avoid gluten but I can still look .

[Fishawn]

WOW!

Love that rig! I would fire that baby up for a single hot dog

[Squirrel]

Wow! What a meal and what a smoker! That's one fine looking rig ya got there sir. I'm not familiar with the mock meat though. Have some sexy smoker

[BIGGLOPEZ]

Sweet looking rig ya got there, pulled beef and ribs look great too.

[dales133]

I love that trailer and love the idea. Of squaring off the door section, great looking cook, don't mind me if I steak some ideas

[3montes]

I love that trailer and love the idea. Of squaring off the door section, great looking cook, don't mind me if I steak some ideas

Steal all ya want no copyright on anything here!! The vault style door design is what the fabricator refers to them as. I like these much better than the large lift up doors that need a counter weight.
The drawback would be if you want to roast a whole pig. The door design makes it difficult getting a pig in there but doing whole pig roasts have never been high on my want to do list.
Plus you don't have to open the whole smoker if you need to peek at something.