BBQ Shredded Beef Sandwiches

The hardest part of this recipe was me trying to figure out to make the coffee in the coffee pot! If it would have called for Diet Coke I would have been in business!

1 (5 pound) beef chuck roast

4 slices of bacon, chopped into pieces

1 onion, chopped

2 tablespoons chili powder

1 tablespoons of paprika

1 1/2 cups of brewed coffee

1 1/2 cups ketchup

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 tablespoons brown, spicy mustard

1 tablespoon Tabasco

1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar

1 teaspoon of liquid smoke

salt and pepper

hoagie/hamburger buns

Spray crock pot with PAM. Place the roast in the crock pot. In a large skillet cook the bacon until crisp. Remove the bacon and place on top of the roast. Cook the onion in the remaining bacon grease for about five minutes...add the chili powder and paprika...cook for about 30 seconds. Stir in the coffee, ketchup, brown sugar, and 1 tablespoon of mustard....simmer for 10 minutes, until it reduced by half. Add half of the sauce to the crock pot. Cook on low for 9-10 hours or on high for 5-6 hours. Remove the cooked meat from the crock pot, skim the fat off the top of the remaining sauce in the crock pot. Take the skimmed cooking liquid and add it to the reserved sauce. Add the remaining mustard, hot sauce, vinegar, and liquid smoke, mix well. Pull the meat into large chunks and toss with 1 1/2 cups of the sauce...let it sit until it absorbs most of the sauce. Season with salt and pepper and serve on the buns...top with the extra sauce.