Baltimore Pit Beef

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Michael Shores, whose household has been cooking pit beef astatine the Baltimore Farmers' Market & Bazaar for immoderate 30 years nether the sanction Beef Barons, recommends that location cooks usage an oculus round. The chopped is precise lean, truthful determination is not a batch of abdominous to marque it juicy. On the upside, the straight-ahead spirit makes for a mediocre man's premier rib.

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This look includes a basal rub, but if you person 1 that you similar for beef, consciousness escaped to usage it.

The seasoned nutrient needs to remainder successful the refrigerator for astatine slightest 4 hours oregon up to overnight.

From Smoke Signals columnist Jim Shahin.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 6-8

1 spoon kosher salt
1 spoon freshly cracked achromatic pepper
1/2 spoon ail powder
1/2 spoon chili powder
One 3-pound oculus circular chopped of beef
8 kaiser rolls, murphy rolls oregon 16 slices of regular achromatic sandwich bread, for serving
1/2 cupful homemade oregon store-bought horseradish condiment (see related recipe)
1 ample saccharine onion, sliced bladed into rings and halves

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 8, nutrient only)

Calories
220
Fat
6 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Sodium
340 mg
Cholesterol
80 mg
Protein
39 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Smoke Signals columnist Jim Shahin.

Tested by Jeff Donald.

Published June 18, 2013

Updated March 14, 2026