- Mar 11, 2016
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In advance - having some phone issues, my apologies for typos and duplicate words.
So I tried an eye of round roast in my MES today - i've done a couple roasts b in my old Cuisinart electric but was never very impressed with the results. I went through a bunch o threads on the forum about eye of round a took a bunch of people's advice.
It was 3 and a half pounds. I brined it overnight, Started smoking this morning. Had some issues with the MES not generating much smoke after the first bit of pellets but otherwise it went well.
While it might might sacrilegious to say it on this forum I cooked it until 165 internal - my wife won't eat meat unless it is well done. Ended up around 4.5 hours in the smoker at 220, Most of the time after the plateau at 150. Then foiled, wrapped in the towel, and put in this handy coors light cooler I got free with the case of "beer" (that is bought just for the cooler backpack). Since we went Kayaking in the late afternoon the meat sat for around 5.5 hours and was still nice to warm when I was I out.
And holy crap was it delicious. I am very pleased with the results. A lot of threads on here talk about Eye of Round not turning out well, and some talked about throwing Beef out if it was well done. DONT DO THAT. A well done Eye of Round can still taste great!