26.6# 45 Day Dry Aged Ribeye-1 bone 4# steak reverse seared

bgebrent

Inspired by @Darby_Crenshaw and @DMW's post, I picked up this 26.6# bone in choice ribeye at my local butcher shop and put it in the basement fridge to dry age.  Kept kids out over the holidays by having them put their drinks in the RTIC 45.

Really went 44 days (call me a cheater) but that's how the timing worked out.



After dry aging, I broke it down into a few single bone steaks and a couple of roasts.  I only trimmed the ends.





I reverse seared a single bone steak (about 4#) at 275 dome  to 115 and then fiery hot.  Final temp 132 on thermapen.





My awesome wife made loaded potatoes, sautéed mushrooms and while the beef rested, I egged some broccoli finished with parm.


What i really ate.


What I loved: the end edge that was exposed during aging and the increased depth of beef flavor overall.  What was a bummer:  the spinalis muscle (cap) was desiccated and really not very good.  Thanks for looking!

blind99

brother my phone must not be working, i missed your call!  i would have been there for sure!  looks fantastic!  glad yours worked out.  i screwed mine up and it had the odor of a bad wound debridement :(

DMW

Looks great, the deep beefy flavor can't be beat.

ScottNC

Looks great. Nice set of pics.

lousubcap

Great cook and documentation.  Way to hold the course thru the duration.  Congrats.

bigguy136

Looks great. I'm still walking the fence on dry aging. Some day.....

bgebrent

blind99 said:

brother my phone must not be working, i missed your call!  i would have been there for sure!  looks fantastic!  glad yours worked out.  i screwed mine up and it had the odor of a bad wound debridement :(

One day my friend.  Sorry your experiment was not successful!

bgebrent

lousubcap said:

Great cook and documentation.  Way to hold the course thru the duration.  Congrats.

Thank you brother!

northGAcock

A thing of beauty right there Brent.....a thing of beauty.

theyolksonyou

That's great. I so want to do this. Need another fridge...

Renegaderam

Very nice ribeye

RRP

theyolksonyou said:

That's great. I so want to do this. Need another fridge...

No you don't really. Just a wife who will bear with you as she too will be amazed and rewarded for the patience needed. My wife initially balked at the idea, so I suggested using a short legged wire rack for air circulation sake. Then placed on the bottom of the kitchen refrigerator and shoved out of sight it should soon be forgotten about. Start sweet talking her, my man! 

Mattman3969

Well played Brent!!

bgebrent

northGAcock said:

A thing of beauty right there Brent.....a thing of beauty.

Thank you Robin!  I didn't leave the table hungry 

bgebrent

theyolksonyou said:

That's great. I so want to do this. Need another fridge...

Jason,you should almost more because it's fun.  As @RRP states you can hide it.  Odorless no, no bad odor though.  As@DMW stated, the beefiness is special.

bgebrent

Mattman3969 said:

Well played Brent!!

Thanks Matt!  Appreciate that!

SGH

YukonRon

That was an excellent presentation of dry aged cooks. Thank you for sharing. I will try that towards the end of summer / early fall this year.

johnmitchell

That is magic on a plate.. Awesome post and fantastic cook and meal!!!!

bgebrent

@SGH, @YukonRon and @johnmitcell, thank's much guys!!  Scottie, i like the money!

DoubleEgger

Nice work brother

Eggcelsior

I'm worried about the spinalis on mine, too. Next time I'm going to ask the butcher for a NAMP 103 or 107 rib. I couldn't pass up the deal on the Prime grade rib roast I found at Costco right after New Years.

Darby_Crenshaw

looks good, man.  i find the spinalis is the crispiest part, my favorite part.  not too dry at all (except, well, crispy does mean dry, i admit).  wonder if fridges vary in their humidity, maybe yours is drier?

for me, the exterior is the beefiest part, being the driest part.

anyway, glad it was an overall plus. 

theyolksonyou

My problem is more space than the wife. She know who runs, never mind 

blasting

That looks fabulous Brent.  Love that plated shot - I don't think things could get any better.

bgebrent

Thanks everyone!!

hapster

Wow

paqman

Nice!

bgebrent

Thank you very much @blasting, @hapster and @paqman!