Slow Cooker BBQ Pot Roast over Cheddar Ranch Grits – chuck roast slow-cooked in a homemade BBQ sauce and served over Quick Cheddar Ranch Grits – this pot roast is SOOO good! I wanted to lick my plate! EVERYONE LOVES this pot roast!
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Looking for easy dinner recipes? Well, look no further. This BBQ Pot Roast is one of our all-time favorite pot roast recipes. Chuck roast slow cooked all day in a quick homemade BBQ sauce. The end result is the most tender meat I’ve ever eaten. We especially love the tangy homemade barbecue sauce. I serve the roast over some quick Cheddar Ranch Grits – OMG! The grits are good enough to eat all on their own but are incredible when combined with the roast. Give this a try the next time you need an easy dinner recipe the whole family will enjoy!
How to Make BBQ Pot Roast
This is such an easy recipe. Place a boneless chuck roast in the crock pot. In a small bowl, whisk together a can of cola, chili sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce. Pour the barbecue sauce mixture over the beef roast. Cover the crockpot and cook on LOW all day. Remove the pot roast from the slow cooker. reserving juices in the slow cooker. Skim fat from the top of the juices, if desired. In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and milk. Pour into the reserved juices and cook, uncovered on high 15 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally. While the sauce is thickening, make the grits. Bring quick cook grits and chicken broth to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and add Ranch seasoning mix and cheese. Shred the bbq beef with two forks. Serve the bbq beef with the sauce over the cheesy grits.
Tips & Frequently Asked Questions
- Do I need to pan-sear the meat before adding it to the slow cooker? Searing or browning the meat is not necessary. To brown the roast, heat vegetable oil or olive oil in a large skillet. Sear a boneless beef chuck roast for a few minutes on each side. Place meat in the crockpot. Use a little beef broth to deglaze the skillet and scrape up the brown bits from the pan. Add the browned bits to the slow cooker. Those browned bits are flavor gold!
- I use Heinz Chili Sauce. It is near the ketchup at the grocery store.
- Feel free to add vegetables to the slow cooker – potatoes, carrots, a large onion, mushrooms, red pepper, and green peas are good.
- Sometimes I add some garlic powder, chili powder, and liquid smoke to the crockpot.
- Can you freezeBBQ Pot Roast? Yes! You can freeze leftover pot roast for a quick meal later.
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-ranch-dressing-mix/
What kind of cut of meat do you use for pot roast?
The most popular cut of beef to use is a Chuck roast. You can also use brisket or round roast. All of these cuts of meat contain enough connective tissues that will slowly break down into rich collagen as they cook slow and low all day in the crockpot. Collagen takes time to break down. Using the slow cooker method to cook pot roast results in a tender, melt-in-your-mouth, fall-apart beef.
What to serve with Pot Roast
This is one of our favorite slow cooker recipes. This makes a lot of food. It is a great recipe for when you have large crowds to feed. Leftovers make great french dip sandwiches! YUM!
We serve the roast over the cheese grits with some rolls and green beans. If you aren’t a fan of grits, try this over some rosemary garlic potatoes and asparagus.
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Slow Cooker BBQ Pot Roast over Cheddar Ranch Grits
Ingredients:
Roast
- 2 tsp garlic salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 (4 to 5 lb) boneless chuck roast, trimmed
- 1 (12 -oz) can coke
- 1 (12 -oz) bottle chili sauce
- 2 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 2 Tbsp hot sauce
- 3 Tbsp cornstarch
- ¼ cup milk
Grits
- 1½ cup quick cook grits, not instant
- 3 to 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 Tbsp ranch dressing mix
- 1½ to 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions:
Roast
- Sprinkle garlic salt and pepper over roast. Place roast in 6-quart slow cooker. Combine coke, chili sauce, worcestershire and hot sauce; pour over roast. Cover and cook on high 5-6 hours or on low 8-9 hours.
- Remove roast from slow cooker, reserving juices in slow cooker; keep roast warm.
- Combine cornstarch and milk, stirring well; stir into slow cooker. Cook, uncovered on high 15 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally. Serve sauce over roast.
Grits
- In a medium pan, bring chicken broth to a boil. Slowly stir in grits. Reduce heat to medium low. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally Stir in Ranch mix and cheese. Cook until cheese is melted. Serve immediately.
Notes:
Steph
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Made this today and it was incredible. I used fresh garlic cloves instead of the garlic salt because that's what I had. I also used Dr pepper instead of the coke and sriracha for the hot sauce . Man oh man was it incredible!! Will make again in the near future!! Being from Texas I'm picky about my meat and BBQ and this dish did the trick!! The entire family enjoyed it as well. Thanks for posting this.
Just made this for dinner and substituted venison for the beef. I also used 1tbl sriracha instead of traditional hot sauce. I also did not like the thick grits. Package directions calls for 1/4 cup grits to 1 cup of liquid. Otherwise it was wonderful!
This dish was the hit of Thanksgiving! The cheddar ranch grits were amazing! And the roast was a hit with everyone, even folks who don't care for grits!
I did have to use a little more liquid… the grits were a bit too thick. I don't like runny grits, but I do like them just firm enough to eat with a fork. An extra cup of broth about three minutes into the cooking did the trick.
Wonderful recipe, I can't wait to make it again!
This was great but the ranch was way too much. I'll leave it out next time.
I accidentally combined the milk and cornstarch with the rest of the ingredients. Hope it still turns out ok…. 😕
Julie Thomson – I'd love for you to include this in your recipe round-up.
Hi! I'm working on a round-up of grit recipes for The Huffington Post Taste and I came across your recipe. I'd love to include it in my piece. Contact m if you're interested. Thanks!
Heather – I used Crystal's hot sauce. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
What kind of hot sauce do you use? This recipe looks amazing! Can't wait to try it!
Carla – glad to hear it was a hit!
gurrrrrl – this is a slow cooker slap FULL of ridonculousness. such a winner of a recipe! thanks for sharing. my family absolutely loved it.
I made this today & substituted a Diet Dr Pepper & didn't use hot sauce then shredded it up before adding it back to the gravy. Served on hoagie roll. It was super yummy! Thank you!
I immediately started drooling when I saw the pictures. Oh lordy, this MUST happen and SOON.
Taylor – no, it is a spicy ketchup. It is near the ketchup and cocktail sauce. It isn't very spicy at all.
Is chili sauce "siracha"? Is it super spicy? Thanks!!
Phooey. I was so excited to see this recipe at Weekend Potluck. I would love to pin this and promote it on my Facebook page if you could just add a little link back to one of the cohosts. 🙂