Cooking a roast on a small bbq July 30, 2010, 01:04:50 pm Yahoo Message Number: 114899For a 4 lb roast....how long might it take to cook on a small propane bbq? I hate cooking inside when it's hot...and I usually cook them in the crock pot in the winter.Thanks! Helen[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Cooking a roast on a small bbq Reply #1 – July 30, 2010, 01:21:30 pm Yahoo Message Number: 114901Helen, The only sure way to know when it is done is to use a meat thermometer. Cook on indirect heat if possible, or on as low as possible if direct. I love both pork and beef roasts cooked on our baby Q on as low as possible.Rich - 2000 MB - Birch Bay, WA
Re: Cooking a roast on a small bbq Reply #2 – July 30, 2010, 01:29:59 pm Yahoo Message Number: 114903Thanks! I'll try that this weekend. :-)Helen
Re: Cooking a roast on a small bbq Reply #3 – July 30, 2010, 01:55:31 pm Yahoo Message Number: 114904Have you thought about putting it in a small dutch oven and placing that on the gas grill? You can pop the heat off and on and the cast iron will retain the heat so that you don't use up all of your gas. Also, the length of time to cook will depend upon how the roast is shaped. If it is very round, it will take longer. If it is flat like a chuck roast, it will take less time.There's about a billion recipes for dutch oven cooking.good luck__
Re: Cooking a roast on a small bbq Reply #4 – July 30, 2010, 01:57:40 pm Yahoo Message Number: 114905I hadn't thought of that; probably because I don't have a dutch oven. :-)I have a flat roast....thanks! Helen
Re: Cooking a roast on a small bbq Reply #5 – July 30, 2010, 04:20:47 pm Yahoo Message Number: 114906"Helen D." wrote: I have a flat roast.... --- Helen, just a comment...if the "flat roast" is cut of chuck that you usually prepare in a slow cooker, the results from cooking, even very slowly, on a barbecue may come out pretty tough; hope you got your own teeth! ;-) Chuck in any form, i.e., 7-bone, boneless, "clod" chuck "eye" or other, is from the shoulder; cuts from this part of the beef lend themselves to "pot roasting", i.e., long, slow braising in a small amount of liquid. But, experimentation can be a good thing; I'll be interested to hear how this comes out!Joan
Re: Cooking a roast on a small bbq Reply #6 – July 30, 2010, 04:42:59 pm Yahoo Message Number: 114907I will let you know....(I do have my own teeth, LOL). I forget what cut it is....but I better defrost it tonight or it may take all weekend to cook!Helen
Re: Cooking a roast on a small bbq Reply #7 – July 30, 2010, 05:06:57 pm Yahoo Message Number: 114908We take our samller crock pot along during the summer and set it ouside when we are using it. David and Verna 2004 26.5 MB (Spokane)__