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Slow Cooker Gold BBQ Shredded Beef

March 22, 2025 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

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This seasonal product from Trader Joes makes the best ever beef roast and shredded beef – look for it in the late spring, early summer months and stock up!

If this isn’t a cult favorite yet at Trader Joe’s, I’m going to help it become one. 

This Gold BBQ from the specialty grocer is a seasonal product available just ahead of the summer months. The minute I see it in stores, I start buying extra for my pantry…so that I can have it all year long. 

Side note: the “related” Gold BBQ Potato Chips (also seasonal) are a fave of my boys. 

This gold BBQ is great for dipping grilled chicken and grilled pork chops. 

But it is ABSOLUTE PERFECTION on a slow cooked beef roast. 

PERFECTION. 

A basic BBQ sauce on a slow cooked beef roast is also a hit.

But there is something about the additional mustard and tang from the GOLD BBQ sauce that just levels it up to absolute perfection. 

I stock up my pantry with jars of the Gold BBQ and I also stock up my freezer with beef roasts + the gold BBQ sauce. Then I can just grab the beef roast and sauce from the freezer, transfer it frozen into the slow cooker and cook on low for 8-1o hours.

It’s Absolute Dinner Perfection! 

Sorry, I just don’t know how else to describe this, other than…I think you get it…

The recipe is so simple. And end result is…well, you know! 

Now, be on the look out for this sauce at your Trader Joe’s store. (You might be able to find it on Amazon, but it will be pricey!)

VIDEO: How to Make Gold BBQ Beef Roast for the Freezer

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Slow Cooker Gold BBQ Shredded Beef Roast

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Prep Time10 minutes minutes
Cook Time8 hours hours
Servings - 8 servings

Ingredients 

  • 2 1/2 lb beef chuck roast
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 cup gold BBQ sauce
  • 8 slices cheddar cheese
  • 8 hamburger buns
  • salad or fresh veggies side dish

Instructions

  • To the slow cooker insert, add the beef roast and season both sides with a few pinches of salt and pepper.
  • Pour the gold BBQ sauce directly onto the beef roast. Set the slow cooker on low and cook for 8 hours. Once cooked, remove any fat if needed and shred the beef into the sauce in the slow cooker. Add more gold BBQ sauce to the shredded beef, if desired.
  • Add the shredded beef onto to the hamburger bun with cheddar cheese slice.
  • Serve Slow Cooker Gold BBQ Shredded beef as sandwiches with side salad or veggies.

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