Cowboy ribeye questions/recommendations

[larson]

I'm smoking my first cowboy ribeye probably on Friday.
It's 3lbs and 3in thick.
Any tips or tricks you guys have? I'm following the instructions off of the Smoking-Meat.com website.
I'm open to any ideas. It's being smoked in an offset style smoker with pecan wood or oak. Maybe a mix of both woods.

 

[SmokinAl]

Welcome to the forum!

The only thing I would say is I hope you have a good meat therm, cause you sure don't want to overcook that beautiful steak!

Also would you swing by "Roll Call" & introduce yourself so we can all welcome you to SMF!

Al

 

[mdboatbum]

Welcome aboard! What you have there is a small rib roast. I'd do a reverse sear. Smoke at fairly low temp, say 225°-250° to about 10-15 degrees below your desired doneness. Then rest until the temp drops below the original temp. As in, you pull it at 125°, it coasts to 135°, then it drops back down to 125°. THEN, you sear it either on a hot grill or in a hot cast iron pan. Reason for letting the temp drop is so you can get a good sear without raising the internal temp above your desired target. As Al said, obviously a probe thermometer is crucial to doing this.

 

[Bearcarver]

I'm smoking my first cowboy ribeye probably on Friday.
It's 3lbs and 3in thick.
Any tips or tricks you guys have? I'm following the instructions off of the Smoking-Meat.com website.
I'm open to any ideas. It's being smoked in an offset style smoker with pecan wood or oak. Maybe a mix of both woods.

Here's a 5 Pounder in a Step by Step.

If you can hold about 220° Smoking Temp, you can easily get it to look like this:

Smoked Prime Rib (Panned #3)

Bear

 

[soul-q]

@larson  - how did it turn out? I can't put into words how much I love a cowboy ribeye grilled to a nice medium so I'm interested to see how it taste.

Cheers.

 

[larson]

@larson
 - how did it turn out? I can't put into words how much I love a cowboy ribeye grilled to a nice medium so I'm interested to see how it taste.

Cheers.

I'm smoking it today. I will take pics and post them with details of what I did.