re: Anyone here ever cooked/smoked a steamship round?

The problem with a tailgate is it is large and keeping it warm would be a trick. Plus it is best with mashed potatoes, porkshire pudding with au jus gravy. That's a lot of effort for a football game.

It will normally fit in a large home oven on a half hotel sheet pan. Hi Nabor on Jones Creek will get one for you and trim it if you like. I'm sure Whole Foods and probably Rouses will too. But a more manageable option is just the top round. You can get this at Sams and they are about say 8-10 lbs. I do those a few times a year and I just do it in the oven but have done a couple in a foil pan on the egg. Just don't overlook .

But you have to carve it thin against the grain and a whole steamship round has multiple directions which means someone needs to know how to carve it or you will be chewing on a Redwing.

If you want an alternative to brisket cook a whole shoulder clod about the same way as you would a brisket. It is the whole chuck and about 20-25 pounds. Only place I've seen it cooked whole is all the joints in Lockhart Texas and I prefer it to brisket. Not like a steamship but if you want to cook a big primal it's an alternative.

Now something fun to cook is a whole beef shank. Braise it slow, covered with some mushrooms, bunch of thyme and rosemary, root vegetables and some red wine. Then get some femur bones and roast for the marrow and serve it up family style like Fred Flintstone and just tear at it with some good wine and some good crusty bread to sop up the juice.

That's when you get Wilma to grab the cat by the scruff of the neck and set outside with the milk bottle.