Slow Cooker BBQ Chuck Roast

If you love barbecue you have to try this slow cooker bbq chuck roast that’s cooked all day in a low carb bbq sauce.  Just mix up the keto bbq sauce and use half to cook the pot roast in and use the rest for a dipping sauce. This is another easy low carb dinner that your family will love. Each serving has only 2.6g net carbs.

You might also like this low carb bbq chicken in the slow cooker recipe!

I’ve been wanting to make this bbq beef roast for a long time. I remember my next door neighbor making a bbq brisket for us and I thought it was so delicious. That was my inspiration for this slow cooker bbq chuck roast.

And for all of you on a keto diet, I came up with a good low carb homemade barbecue sauce recipe.  I used it to cook the roast and the extras for a dipping sauce. It was thick and spicy which worked perfectly with the chuck roast.

Slow cooking the bbq beef roast all day gave it delicious flavor. I sliced the roast for dinner but you could also shred it to make keto bbq shredded beef. Either way is easy. Let’s go make some bbq.

Recipe ingredients I used.

I used a boneless beef chuck roast and then a variety of seasonings for the low carb bbq sauce. The simple ingredients for the sauce were Swerve brown sugar sweetener, tomato paste, apple cider vinegar, dried mustard powder, garlic powder, paprika, crushed red pepper flakes, water, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, onion powder, butter, salt and black pepper.

While I have a lot of ingredients in this low carb bbq sauce, they are pretty common ingredients you will have in your pantry. The only unusual ingredient is that I used Swerve brown sugar sweetener. It’s become a pretty popular product and you can probably find it in a bigger grocery store. 

How to make slow cooker bbq chuck roast.

Step 1: Start by making the keto bbq sauce. Get out a medium saucepan and heat to medium heat. Add all the sauce ingredients and whisk to combine.

Step 2: Bring to a simmer and let cook for about 5 minutes to get it nice and thick.

I would recommend tasting it at this point and if you want it sweeter, add more Swerve brown sugar or if you want it hotter, add more pepper flakes. 

Step 3: Get out the slow cooker and spray the crock with nonstick cooking spray. Place the chuck roast inside and brush half of the sauce on both sides of the roast. Pour the rest of the sauce in a bowl and refrigerate for later.

Step 4: Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours until the meat is nice and fork tender. The cooking time will depend on your particular slow cooker but roughly 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high.

Step 5: Once it’s done, take out the roast out of the crock pot and place it on a platter. Slice it and serve.

You can also take the liquid from the crock pot and add it to a pan. Bring it to a boil and then simmer for 5 minutes or so to thicken it. Then pour it over the beef roast. 

Alternatively you can turn up the heat on the slow cooker once you take out the roast and let the sauce boil in there. It might take longer though. 

Store leftovers in an airtight container. Please scroll down to view the printable recipe card.

Try some keto coleslaw to go with this slow cooker bbq beef. And if you don’t care about carbs, this Mexican corn dish would go well too.

If you want slow cooker shredded bbq beef.

I intended to slice this beef roast but if you want to make shredded bbq beef sandwiches this is how I would do it. Initially cut the beef roast into big chunks and then mix it in half of the low carb bbq sauce. Cook for 8 hours on low heat to make the meat nice and tender.

After cooking it should be soft enough to shred with two forks. Let it sit in the liquid and absorb it for a few minutes. 

This low carb barbecue sauce recipe makes a good bit. So you can either use it for the roast or save it for another time. It should keep in the refrigerator for a few weeks. 

Recipe Notes & Tips

• I initially had a 3 pound boneless chuck roast but the meat does shrink when cooked. So I used 2.25 pound roast for my nutritional information. I normally don’t do that with my recipes but this one visibly shrunk so it only made 6 servings. You can learn more about meat shrinking when cooking here.
• Since you only use ½ of the sugar free bbq sauce for the roast, the rest can be refrigerated in a sealed container for a few weeks in the refrigerator.
• If you want more of a smokey flavor, try a smokey paprika instead of regular and/or liquid smoke when making the low carb barbecue sauce.
• For a shredded bbq beef instead of sliced, cut it up into big chunks and mix with the sauce at the beginning. Cook on low for 8 hours then shred it with two forks in the crock. Mix in the liquid and let it cook for 5 more minutes.
• If you don’t have Swerve brown sugar, you can use another low carb brown sugar substitute or just a plain sugar sweetener.

More low carb bbq recipes to try.

We tend to eat a lot of bbq dishes in the summer time and here are few of my favorite low carb bbq recipes.

• grilled bbq flanken short ribs
• keto bbq meatballs
• chipped ham barbecue
• shredded barbecue chicken stuffed peppers or pulled pork stuffed poblanos
• grilled barbecue salmon
• slow cooker smoky barbecue pork
• air fryer baby back ribs

Well I hope you like this meal as much as we did. No one will know this slow cooker bbq chuck roast is low carb. And if you don’t care about carbs you can skip the homemade bbq sauce and just use your favorite barbecue sauce! Enjoy.

The nutritional information for 1 serving is: 436 calories / 28.6g fat / 3.9g carbs / 1.3g fiber / 45.4g protein = 2.6g net carbs