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Prime Rib advice

Smoker317
Smoker317 Posts: 238
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So I have been checking out prior discussions regarding prime rib.  I have a bone-in 11 pounder that I am cooking tomorrow.  I am intrigued by trying it raised direct.  So far I have just indirect smoked large pieces of meat.

Can I cook raised direct with a stock setup?  I don't have the woo that I see you guys using and it is too late to get one for tomorrow.  Is there somehow to McGiver it?  Or is there no substantial benefit to cooking direct raised vs. indirect?





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  • 4Runner
    4Runner Posts: 2,948
    I suppose you could go direct.  Just never tried.  I was a sear first griller but then watched a Alton Brown video on reverse sear and have never looked back.  The evenness of the meat from edge to edge is superior.   See my sig for the playing with fire and smoke link and he has a page dedicated to standing rib roast. 
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  • Smoker317
    Smoker317 Posts: 238
    So indirect is the most used method for prime rib?
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    Yes. It's a roast. Dry heat

    cooking something that large direct would require turning (so one side doesn't get blasted continuously).  


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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    Many people prefer to cook their rib roast so that the interior has a uniform doneness from center to edge.  It is easier to accomplish this at lower cooking temps with an indirect setup.  
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  • XC242
    XC242 Posts: 1,208
    That is going to taste great!
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  • Smoker317
    Smoker317 Posts: 238
    edited December 2015
    OK, I thank all of you for your responses; I will go indirect.  I have this fella setting in the fridge.  Locally raised beef, about 4 miles from my house.  Hope it tastes as good as it looks! 
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