So yesterday was my first attempt at a standing rib roast. Like FishTalesNC , I also ordered my roast ahead of time, "trimmed and tied". Even worse, I had asked for one around 8 pounds after trimming and the butcher said that would be a 3 rib roast. But when I went to pick it up, the order had been filled as if I asked for a three pound roast, so I wound up refusing that one and choosing out of the cooler. Publix was running a $6.99 per pound special. I chose one at around 8.4 pounds, and it was cut exactly like the one in the photo FishTalesNC put up, also retied with the ribs appearing to still be in place.
I'm embarrassed to put up a pic of the poor job I did finishing the trimming and tying, but here it is:
I clearly didn't remove enough fat and I failed at "smooshing" the roast enough and then tying tightly to get it more round. This piece came to right at five pounds. I brined overnight with 2.5 tsp of Kosher salt.
The cook went really well on my ancient Kamado. Indirect with water in the drip pan sitting on my Baking Steel "heat deflector" (which is really a heat radiator). Temp held well at 225 first hour and slowly drifted to 235 or so after I put in the asparagus (in a small pan with butter, garlic, salt, pepper and Satsuma orange juice). Here we are at the end of the time on the grill, 115 internal on the roast:
I finished with searing under the broiler in the oven in my kitchen. The roast was on a baking sheet on foil. I started conservatively with only two minutes on each of the two sides it sat easily on, and then did another round of 4-5 on each side when the internal temp was still low. I stopped when it hit 130 or so in several insertions of two different thermometers from different angles to the thickest part.
Remarkably, on slicing, despite the imperfect shape, the initial result looked nearly perfect:
There were only five of us dining, so I carved several slices from each end, dropped some foil loosely on the remaining center portion, and we finished serving up the rest of the items. We were eating within just a few minutes. Okay, yes, I did get a bit unreasonable about not letting my daughter cook some disgusting mac and cheese from a box for our son-in-law when they didn't show up until I was doing the sear, but Meathead says serve immediately without resting the meat. By the time a couple of rare slices were taken from the serving platter, most of what was left had gone to almost no pink remaining (sorry, no pics of that). I went back to the center chunk, and it was still perfect, so I cut more from it for serving.
So, my question is whether this is a fairly common or normal occurrence or if it is a product of the poor shape and searing from only two sides instead of four? Did the ends have severe carryover cooking even with those portions already sliced? Alternatively, were these ends just that overcooked before slicing? I remember the temp reading high, but I don't recall how high, as the probes were inserted. Does it take time for the color to leave after overshooting on temp, because that doesn't seem right to me?
PS: The asparagus was wonderful! The meat had really good flavor, but being a cheaper grade than prime, it wasn't all that tender.
PPS: The ribs and what must be the spinalis dorsi are in the freezer for future fun.
I'm embarrassed to put up a pic of the poor job I did finishing the trimming and tying, but here it is:
I clearly didn't remove enough fat and I failed at "smooshing" the roast enough and then tying tightly to get it more round. This piece came to right at five pounds. I brined overnight with 2.5 tsp of Kosher salt.
The cook went really well on my ancient Kamado. Indirect with water in the drip pan sitting on my Baking Steel "heat deflector" (which is really a heat radiator). Temp held well at 225 first hour and slowly drifted to 235 or so after I put in the asparagus (in a small pan with butter, garlic, salt, pepper and Satsuma orange juice). Here we are at the end of the time on the grill, 115 internal on the roast:
I finished with searing under the broiler in the oven in my kitchen. The roast was on a baking sheet on foil. I started conservatively with only two minutes on each of the two sides it sat easily on, and then did another round of 4-5 on each side when the internal temp was still low. I stopped when it hit 130 or so in several insertions of two different thermometers from different angles to the thickest part.
Remarkably, on slicing, despite the imperfect shape, the initial result looked nearly perfect:
There were only five of us dining, so I carved several slices from each end, dropped some foil loosely on the remaining center portion, and we finished serving up the rest of the items. We were eating within just a few minutes. Okay, yes, I did get a bit unreasonable about not letting my daughter cook some disgusting mac and cheese from a box for our son-in-law when they didn't show up until I was doing the sear, but Meathead says serve immediately without resting the meat. By the time a couple of rare slices were taken from the serving platter, most of what was left had gone to almost no pink remaining (sorry, no pics of that). I went back to the center chunk, and it was still perfect, so I cut more from it for serving.
So, my question is whether this is a fairly common or normal occurrence or if it is a product of the poor shape and searing from only two sides instead of four? Did the ends have severe carryover cooking even with those portions already sliced? Alternatively, were these ends just that overcooked before slicing? I remember the temp reading high, but I don't recall how high, as the probes were inserted. Does it take time for the color to leave after overshooting on temp, because that doesn't seem right to me?
PS: The asparagus was wonderful! The meat had really good flavor, but being a cheaper grade than prime, it wasn't all that tender.
PPS: The ribs and what must be the spinalis dorsi are in the freezer for future fun.
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