Smoked/Braised Chucks with Grilled Veggies

Smoked/Braised Chucks with Grilled Veggies

I bought two nice 4lb+ Publix Greenwise Choice Angus Chucks not knowing exactly what I was gonna do with them.
https://i.imgur.com/DBnU0V3.jpg

After some considering I decided to go a route I've not traveled before and to first smoke them and then finish by braising.
And I decided to take it a step by pairing the beef with grilled veggies.

To start the cook I injected the Chucks with a Cajun spiced beef broth marinade and gave them a conservative dusting of Cajun spice mix.
Then I let them brine overnight.
https://i.imgur.com/Yhqfmb5.jpg

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Into a 260°-280° smoker over Cherry, and brought to an IT of 150°
https://i.imgur.com/z0lL8rD.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/sUyPTiO.jpg

While the Chucks were smoking I grilled a mess of onions, carrots, potatoes and celery.
https://i.imgur.com/NzUFOP7.jpg

Meat and veggies then got a dusting of Lipton Onion Soup mix, and finally bathed in a mix of beef broth, beef gravy and Golden Mushroom soup.
https://i.imgur.com/I6N3rvt.jpg

Tightly covered with foil and into a 300° oven till it is fork tender.

Stay tuned Chuck fans.

Looks very tasty ,

The Finale

https://i.imgur.com/Qj3EXPs.jpg

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