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February 26, 2020

Pikes Peak Roast

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Pikes Peak Roast with a delicious dry rub is grilled with hickory smoke for a tasty main dish. Slice this roast thin for the best roast beef sandwiches to enjoy all week long.

Pikes Peak Roast with a delicious dry rub is grilled with hickory smoke for a tasty main dish. Slice this roast thin for the best roast beef sandwiches to enjoy all week long.

The classic Sunday pot roast gets a make over on the grill and you will never look at roast beef the same. The hickory smoke flavor along with delicious dry rub makes this one of the best roast beef recipes you’ll ever make.

You might also try this Grilled Sicilian Style Steak or Smoked Brisket for your next weekend grilling recipes.

Pikes Peak Roast with a delicious dry rub is grilled with hickory smoke for a tasty main dish. Slice this roast thin for the best roast beef sandwiches to enjoy all week long.

How to Grill a Pikes Peak Roast:

  • Set your roast out to come to room temperature about 30 minutes before grilling.
  • Prepare dry rub by combining brown sugar, black pepper, garlic powder, smoked paprika and kosher salt.
  • Rub olive oil over roast and sprinkle with dry rub.
  • Get the grill or smoker ready with a 300° fire with hickory wood if available.
Pikes Peak Roast with a delicious dry rub is grilled with hickory smoke for a tasty main dish. Slice this roast thin for the best roast beef sandwiches to enjoy all week long.
  • Place roast over indirect heat and close the grill lid.
How to Grill Roast Beef with a Pikes Peak Roast
  • Cook about 1 1/2 hours or until internal temperature reaches 140° for medium roast beef that can be thinly sliced.
  • Continue to cook to about 190° for a more tender roast beef but it will not be as juicy. 
  • Roast can be wrapped in foil or butcher paper about half way through cooking to maintain the juiciness.
Grilled Roast Beef
  • Remove from grill and allow to rest 10- 15 minutes before slicing.
How to grill roast beef for sandwiches.
  • Thinly slice roast as needed.

Oven Method:

To oven roast, place on a roasting rack in a roasting pan and cook at 375° until desired internal temperature is reached.

How to Store Roast Beef:

If you are preparing the roast for sandwiches, only slice what you are using. Wrap the remaining roast in several layers of plastic wrap and an additional layer of foil.

This will keep the roast tasting fresh. Chilled roast will be easier to thinly slice. Making the best roast beef sandwiches.

To freeze roast beef, wrap in 2 layers of plastic wrap and one layer of foil. Freeze up to 3 months, thaw in refrigerator.

Pikes Peak Roast Beef

What is a Pikes Peak Roast?

A Pikes Peak Roast can also be called a heel of round. It’s the lower cut of the round roasts. It has amazing flavor but needs to be slow cooked.

By slow cooking on the grill with hickory smoke, it will develop amazing flavors. Thinly slice the meat for tender and juicy roast beef sandwiches.

You can use this same method for rump roast, chuck roast or other round roasts.

Pikes Peak Roast with a delicious dry rub is grilled with hickory smoke for a tasty main dish. Slice this roast thin for the best roast beef sandwiches to enjoy all week long.

Rather you want to know how to cook a Pikes Peak Roast on the grill or in the oven, this recipe is our tried and true method that turns out flavorful and delicious.

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Pikes Peak Roast Beef
Yield: 12 servings

Pikes Peak Roast

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Pikes Peak Roast with a delicious dry rub is grilled with hickory smoke for a tasty main dish. Slice this roast thin for the best roast beef sandwiches to enjoy all week long.

Ingredients

  • 3 pound Pikes Peak Roast
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt

Instructions

  1. Set roast beef on counter to come to room temperature about 30 minutes before grilling.
  2. Mix brown sugar, pepper, garlic, paprika and salt together in a bowl.
  3. Drizzle olive oil over roast, rubbing over all sides.
  4. Sprinkle with dry rub, pressing into roast.
  5. Prepare smoker or grill to a 300° fire with hickory wood.
  6. Place roast over indirect heat and cook with the lid closed about 1 1/2 hours or until internal temperature reaches 140- 145°.
  7. Remove roast to a cutting board to rest for 10- 15 minutes before slicing.
  8. Thinly slice as needed.
  9. Tightly wrap roast in several layers of plastic wrap plus a layer of foil and refrigerate.

Notes

Oven Method:

Cook on a roasting pan with a rack at 375° until desired doneness is reached.

For roast beef that is fall apart tender, wrap in foil half way through cooking time and cook until internal temperature reaches 190°.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12 servings

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 188Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 133mgSodium: 431mgCarbohydrates: 3gFiber: 0gSugar: 2gProtein: 30g

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© Milisa
Cuisine: American

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  1. Gina says

    August 31, 2020 at 7:14 pm

    Looks amazing, if I don’t gave a grill can I put it in the oven 300’ for an hour and a half?

    Reply
    • Milisa says

      September 3, 2020 at 2:03 pm

      Hi Gina,
      That should work, you might have to cook it a bit longer in the oven, just use a digital thermometer to cook it to the desired temperature.

      Reply

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