Use chuck roast to create a flavorful main course for any meal. This muscular cut of meat comes from the shoulder area and requires long, slow cooking for optimal tenderness, making it ideal for a pot roast. But that doesn't mean that your options are limited to indoor uses. Grill a juicy, tender chuck roast that's delicious enough to serve at your next barbecue but simple enough to prepare on any night.

Grill the chuck roast over indirect heat, which cooks the meat over the unlit portion of the grill. This provides the long, slow cooking time required. Clean and oil the grates, and use one of the following methods, depending on the type of grill you're using:

• For a charcoal grill, preheat the grill for approximately 10 minutes before raking the coals into piles on either side of the center. Place a disposable aluminum pan in the center of the coals, along with approximately 1 inch of water, in the center of the two coal piles. This catches the drippings to prevent flare-ups. 
• For a gas grill, preheat the grill for approximately 10 minutes before turning off one burner it you have a two-burner grill. If you have a three-burner grill, turn off the center burner.
  

To add flavor to your grilled chuck roast, try one or more of the following options:

• Use your favorite dry seasonings: Rub the exterior with dry spices such as garlic powder, onion powder, salt, black pepper and paprika. According to Aliza Green, author of Field Guide to Meat, chuck roast also pairs well with the flavors of beer, coriander, bay leaves, rosemary, anise, sage, tomatoes, cumin and onions. 
• Marinate the roast for a few hours or even overnight in the refrigerator: Infuse the chuck roast with flavor and add tenderness by marinating it with a premixed commercially prepared marinade or with your own concoction. To make your own marinade, combine ingredients such as minced onion, minced or finely chopped garlic, dry sherry or red wine, soy sauce and vegetable or olive oil, along with salt and pepper, in a resealable bag. Add the roast, seal the bag and squish it a little to make sure the chuck roast is coated. Marinate the meat for at least three hours in the refrigerator.
  
• Add deeper flavor with smoke: Play off the inherent smoked flavor that grilling imparts to give the roast a more complex taste. Place wood chunks in a smoker box or a disposable aluminum pan placed on one of the lid burners of your gas grill or added right on top of the coals of a charcoal grill. Once you see that thewood is smoking, add the meat to the grill.
  

While you're firing up the grill, remove the roast from the refrigerator and let it warm slightly.

Once the grill is hot, maintain medium-low heat. To check the grill temperature, use the built-in thermometer, which should read anywhere between 300 and 350 degrees Fahrenheit. If your grill doesn't have a thermometer, try the hand check test: If you can keep your hand 3 inches above the grate for six to seven seconds, you've achieved the right temperature range.

Place the roast over the unlit portion of the grill, close the lid and let the chuck roast cool for approximately 60 to 90 minutes, turning it once. To determine whether the meat is done, insert an instant-read thermometer into the meatiest area. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends cooking beef to an internal temperature of 145 F and allowing it three minutes of resting after taking it off the grill. If you prefer your meat cooked medium, pull it off when the thermometer reads 160 or 170 F for meat that's well done.

Allow the roast to rest for approximately 10 minutes before slicing it against the grain.