49 Day Dry Aged Prime Ribeyes

blairz212

Here is my second attempt at home dry aging and I’m proud to report it turned out better than the first.

Again I used the Umai dry bag. I know I don’t need the bag because I now have a dedicated fridge for dry aging but I bought the sampler pack and have them so I might as well use them.

This time I started with a 17.3 pound boneless prime ribeye from Sams. It was one of the better cuts of meat I had seen from there. Nice marbling, even thickness and great bone removal job. 

Got it home and transferred the meat from the cryovac to the Umai bag. Placed it on an elevated wire rack and into the fridge for 7 weeks. After the wait I took it out of the fridge and removed the bag. My scale can only handle 12 pounds so I wasn’t able to get the final weight. I sliced into nine very nice ~2” thick steaks (plus a small end piece) and then trimmed each of the steaks.

Seasoned two of these beauties with a small amount of Weber Chicago steak seasoning. Reversed seared on the egg along with some corn on the cob. I wanted a little better sear but I was afraid to over cook them so better safe than sorry. Dinner was served.

I have to say this was slap u in the face good! The cap on the steak was like butta! The eye was like eating filet with much more beefy flavor. I don’t know that I can ever order a steak at a restaurant again. Definitely good eats.

bluebird66

Awesome job!

Jonnysouth

Thanks for the pics! I’ve never taken the time to dry age. Looks great! Glad it worked out well for you.

bubbajack

Looks like you did it right! Very Nice!!!!

lousubcap

@blairz212 Great job across the board.  Way to get back on the horse and nail the project.  Those steaks look incredible and you definitely hit a home-run with that cook.

Spoiled for a steak-house visit for sure!  Congrats. 

smokingal

blairz212 said:

 I don’t know that I can ever order a steak at a restaurant again. 

You can but you'll be disappointed.  Very nice work and the steak meal looks perfectly awesome.

StillH2OEgger

Looks like the dry aging investment paid off big time. That looks fantastic. Congrats on nailing it.

bgebrent

Excellent.

marysvilleksegghead

awesome cook

RRP

That whole thread about made me piss my pants!
You, like me (and fully liked by SWMBO likes this thread as well., 

mEGG_My_Day

Wowzer - That looks awesome.  Brilliant process and cook. Thanks for posting.  That’s my kinda meal - love corn on the grill. 

blairz212

Thanks everyone! I really love this process and the results I get! 

Photo Egg

Outstanding!
Great write up and photos.

saluki2007

Bravo!