1st prime rib HELP

Sodakotaegg

Father in law dropped a 8lb prime rib for tonight and said "here cook this" Need help on time,temp,rub, cook time. In a pinch for dinner in 6 hours. Why are holidays the most stressful time of year?????

revolver1

Naked Whiz's recipe is pretty quick and easy.  Good results IMO.  

lousubcap

Fire up the BGE-you have a large enough window to cook, at around 250-275*F on the calibrated dome for around 25 mins/# to the finish-line.  Your choice for finish temp and plan for around a 5-8*F rise during the tented rest (not foiled...).  easy cook-season with sea salt, fresh ground pepper and garlic and/or rosemary if desired.  Here's a great read as well-

http://www.amazingribs.com/recipes/beef/prime_rib_roast.html You will hit a home-run! And another great reference-

http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/1996/03/beef-standing-rib-roast-prime-rib.html 

loveTheEgg

I did this method the other night on the egg and it was outstanding!

A nearly foolproof and easy recipe for serving up a smashing Roasted Prime Rib for your special holiday dinner.

I love using this method for roasting prime rib. It is nearly foolproof but several factors must be kept in mind for you to make the perfect rib roast. First, the roast MUST be at room temperature for several hours before roasting. 6 or more hours is preferred. You have to have accurate oven temp here. If you are not sure if your oven is accurate, try to get an oven thermometer and test it before attempting to roast this beautiful piece of meat. Next, you will need a calculator. Nothing serious here but you will need to calculate the poundage of your roast by 5 minutes. Using the example above, we are going to do this recipe using a 5.75 pound rib roast with 2 ribs. This will feed approximately 4 adults.

Step 1

So, my roast is 5.75 lbs. x 5 minutes = 28.75 minutes. I will round up to 29 minutes and add 1 minute for the heat lost when opening the oven door. Keep this in the back of your mind for future reference.

Ingredients

• 1 5.75 pound prime rib roast of beef (2 bones)

 

There are no measurements here.  Just generous amounts of the following:

 

• Butter at room temperature
• Herbs de Provence
• Fresh cracked pepper
• Kosher salt – a generous amount

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (this MUST be an accurate temp)
2. Put roast, rib side down in roasting pan
3. Mix the pepper and herbs in the butter until well combined.
4. Spread the butter mixture over the entire surface of the prime rib. The more the better.
5. Put the kosher salt over the entire surface of the butter. Be very GENEROUS. Use more than you think you should here. Most of the salt will run off and very little will remain on the meat. I can’t stress the “generous” enough.
6. Put the roast in the 500 degree oven for 30 minutes as outlined in step 1. The time will be according to the size of your roast. After the 30 minutes, simply turn the oven off and walk away from it for 2 hours. Yup, just walk away. Do NOT open the door, fiddle with it or anything else. Pretend the roast does not exist.
7. After 2 hours, remove the roast and LET SIT at least 15 min to allow it to rest before carving!
8. Slice and serve. You can remove the rib bones for easier slicing and it also makes it easier to get 4 generous servings from the roast. Save the bones! Serve with au jus or etc. Whatever you like. You will surely love this method. You will get a succulent, moist roast between rare and medium rare. Perfect!

Tjcoley

@loveTheEgg - That is my favorite way to cook Prime Rib when I need it finished at a special time.  The problem I had in the past was that it smokes A LOT in the beginning - smoke detectors all through the house going off - open windows and fans in the middle of winter.  To avoid this, I now do the beginning cook in the Egg, then transfer to the 500 degree oven and turn it off.  In your example above, 30 minutes on a 500 degree Egg, then into a 500 degree oven, then turn off oven.  This also brings the Egg into the cook.

loveTheEgg

Tjcoley said:

@loveTheEgg - That is my favorite way to cook Prime Rib when I need it finished at a special time.  The problem I had in the past was that it smokes A LOT in the beginning - smoke detectors all through the house going off - open windows and fans in the middle of winter.  To avoid this, I now do the beginning cook in the Egg, then transfer to the 500 degree oven and turn it off.  In your example above, 30 minutes on a 500 degree Egg, then into a 500 degree oven, then turn off oven.  This also brings the Egg into the cook.

this will be my method from now on! turned out great! I did the whole process on the Egg! very easy!

DrMitchell

How did it turn out??

Mickey

I used a coffee rub.