Tangy Barbecue Sandwiches

Total Time: 8 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 cups celery, chopped (i dice this pretty fine, as i'm not a big fan of celery and don't want to find recognizeable chunks )
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1 cup barbecue sauce
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt (i usually omit this)
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (i usually just throw in a healthy spoonful of the jarred minced garlic)
• 3 -4 lbs boneless chuck roast (trim any visible fat off first, to avoid having it liquified in your sandwich later)
• 14 -18 hamburger buns
• pickle (optional)

Recipe

• 1 combine all ingredients except roast, buns, and pickles in crock pot. mix well.
• 2 add roast. roll the roast around to coat with the other ingredients.
• 3 cover. cook on low 8-10 hours.
• 4 remove roast. cool enough to shred meat with two forks. depending on the direction of the grain of the meat, you may want to cut into smaller pieces with a knife before shredding. the last time i made this, i had very long shreds of meat that didn't stay on the bun very well when i bit into it, because the grain ran weird on the roast, and i just shredded it anyway.
• 5 return meat to sauce. heat well.
• 6 serve on buns with pickles, if desired.