Grilled Pit Beef
Charcoal Grilled Pit Beef Recipe
This smoky, succulent sandwich is a Baltimore classic that's gonna blow your taste buds away. And for this method, we're cooking it at home using any charcoal grill.
You start with a Bottom Round Beef Roast, cook it over an open flame until it's medium rare. Let it rest, slice it as thin as possible (meat slicer works best, but a sharp knife works too).
And to make the Pit Beef Sandwich all you need are some Kaiser rolls, thinly sliced onion and TIGER SAUCE!
This is a simply delicious sandwich! And you can really feed a lot of people with this one… so it makes it perfect for a crowd.
- Author
- Malcom Reed
Ingredients
- 5# bottom round roast
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 cup Killer Hogs AP Seasoning
- 1 Tablespoon onion powder
- 1 Tablespoon chili powder
- 1 Tablespoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon mustard powder
- kaiser rolls for serving
- 1 thinly sliced sweet onion
- Tiger Sauce (recipe below)
- 3/4 cup Blue Plate Mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup prepared horseradish
- squeeze of lemon wedge
- 2 teaspoons Killer Hogs AP Seasoning
- Mix all together in a small bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Directions
- Combine AP Seasoning with onion powder, chili powder, paprika, and mustard powder in a small bowl. Drizzle olive oil over the bottom round roast for a binder and apply the seasoning to the outside.
- Prepare a charcoal fire for direct grilling over lump coal.
- Place the seasoned bottom round fat side down on the pit and sear for 2-3 minutes. Rotate the roast and continue to sear on all sides turning often.
- Keep searing and turning the roast until all sides have a nice dark color and the internal temperature in the center of the roast reaches 120°F. (the outer edges will be a little more done but the center should be perfect)
- Remove the pit beef from the grill and rest for 20 minutes before slicing thin across the grain.
- To assemble the sandwich. Spread Tiger Sauce on the bottom bun, pile on the sliced pit beef, add thinly sliced onion and the top half of the bun. Enjoy!
