1st Smoked Prime Rib

[cornman]

Picked up a prime rib on special discount and decided to smoke it as I had never done one before (my wife does a mean salt-encrusted prime rib and I’ve been wanting to try my smoking prowess on one). It was about 7lbs and I rubbed it down with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

Fired up the WSM and threw in some hickory and a few smaller pieces of apple while working outside. I was shooting for medium rare so I pulled it off at 125 and let it rest with some loose foil on top.

My wife started cutting it up while I was cleaning up and we had my son, sister-in-law, and mother-in-law over for dinner. The compliments rolled in as we started eating. I was happy with my first try but like to try to get a little more crust on the outside. Smoked prime rib is definitely worth it...my wife said this may be the new Christmas meal. Thanks for looking!

 

[JLeonard]

Looks really good to me!
Jim

 

[jcam222]

Looks excellent!! For a better crust set up another grill or griddle at super high temp to reverse sear at the end.

 

[SmokinEdge]

Little over cooked for me, but still a nice PR.

 

[tropics]

I think tenting it took it a little past medium, but it does look tender nice job for a first.
Richie

 

[jaxgatorz]

Looks great from here !!

 

[912smoker]

Looks mighty good and now the 1st PR is in the books !

 

[AllenRR]

Picked up a prime rib on special discount and decided to smoke it as I had never done one before (my wife does a mean salt-encrusted prime rib and I’ve been wanting to try my smoking prowess on one). It was about 7lbs and I rubbed it down with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

Fired up the WSM and threw in some hickory and a few smaller pieces of apple while working outside. I was shooting for medium rare so I pulled it off at 125 and let it rest with some loose foil on top.

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My wife started cutting it up while I was cleaning up and we had my son, sister-in-law, and mother-in-law over for dinner. The compliments rolled in as we started eating. I was happy with my first try but like to try to get a little more crust on the outside. Smoked prime rib is definitely worth it...my wife said this may be the new Christmas meal. Thanks for looking!

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Apple is nice to blend in on a cook like this. It throws a lot of mild smoke. It works as a great carrier for something like hickory or pecan. Nicely done. I'm jealous.

 

[OldSmoke]

cornman What temp did you cook at and how long did it take?

 

[Teal101]

Thats the only way I do PR anymore. Traeger PR rub, roll it into a cylinder and tie it up, slide some fresh rosemary sprigs under the twine and smoke with cherry until around 100* then pull and reverse sear on the weber for a nice crust until around 120*. Pull and rest.

 

[edmonds]

Making me hungry. For a nice crust, I recommend removing roast from smoker when 5-10 degrees below target temperature and let rest for 20-30 minutes tented. Then reverse sear over hot coals for 45 +/- seconds on each side. No rest is needed after searing. And I agree with the suggestion to mix in a little apple wood.

 

[cornman]

cornman What temp did you cook at and how long did it take?

Between 225-250 and it took about 3.5 hours.