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A Texas Recipe Blog Featuring Recipes From The South, The Southwest, and a Little South of the Border.

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Sarah is the bestselling author of The Urban Cowgirl Cookbook, a Food Network and Good Morning Texas Personality, and the creator of UrbanCowgirlLife.com.

She has been a professional chef for 20 years and serves up new recipes weekly from her kitchen in Dallas, Texas.

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Sliced chuck roast on butcher paper

Fan Favorite Recipe!

Ultra Juicy Smoked Beef Chuck Roast Recipe

For barbecue beginners and those with small households, the idea of smoking an entire beef brisket can be daunting, expensive, and potentially wasteful. Clever pitmasters reach for brisket’s little brother—the chuck roast, for an inexpensive, entry-level cut of meat, which delivers a very similar eating experience in a smaller package.

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