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 smokingmeat.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 smokingmeat.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.