Finding the Perfect Pot Roast

We just tried one of the Tyson Chuck Roast Kit with vegetables. We bought it in the fresh meat section of the grocery store. It's not in the frozen section because they don't recommend freezing them because of the raw vegetables. We bought it because we thought it would be something quick and easy for my husband to fix on a Saturday that i worked. The price was kind of expensive, almost 1.5 times the price per pound, when compared to that of a regular chuck roast, be we figured that the convenience would be worth it. After all, it was still cheaper than buying two pot roast meals and a child's meal at a restaurant.

The meal kit includes a boneless beef chuck roast vacuum sealed in one side of the package. The other section includes raw red potatoes, carrots, white onions, and celery, all chopped up and ready to be cooked. The kit also includes an optional seasoning packet.

The box cover offers directions for making the meal in both the slow cooker and the conventional oven. We decided on the slow cooker method because it looked so easy. My husband just put the roast and vegetables in the crockpot and covered them with one cup of water that he had already mixed the seasoning packet into. He then just had to turn the crockpot on low, put the lid on it, and let it cook.

When I got home from work, I was greeted with a delicious aroma. It wasn't quite ready to eat yet, so I just had to wait in anticipation for a while. The box said it would take ten to eleven hours to cook, so after about ten we put some rolls in the oven. We used a meat thermometer to check the internal temperature of the meat when it had cooked for ten hours. It was almost exactly 145 degrees which is the temperature that the box said it must reach to be done. We still let it cook an additional 10-15 minutes while our rolls cooks, though.

We actually sat down and ate the roast and vegetables about 10.5 hours after my husband got up and put it on to cook. My husband and I agreed that it was one of the best roasts we had ever had. I have made several roasts with vegetables since we've been married, but I have never been able to reason them quite like that.