Coat your chuck roast with coarse salt and pepper while your dutch oven heats on the stove, add butter to melt. Sear the chuck roast on all sides.
Chop up your vegetables while the roast sears, rotating for each side. Pull out and measure your seasonings into a small bowl.
Once seared and oven is preheated to 375* add everything to the dutch oven, and put in oven for 4 hours. Checking after 2 for potato, and carrot and meat tenderness. Check again at 3 hours and adjust time for desired tenderness.