A Birthday Treat for a King....Prime Rib!

Alan's birthday was yesterday and instead for going out for dinner and going through all that hassel with a 1 year old, I decided to cook a standing rib roast. Now since these cuts are usually very expensive, I decided to go with one rib, on sale due to the holidays. I like to think I scored a very good deal at $5.99/lb! This was my 1st attempt outside of grilled chicken and steaks, without the assistance of Alan. All in all I went with a 3lb standing rib roast with one bone in. I started out with a good soaking in some lea and perrins for most of the morning. I then pulled it out around 230pm and rubbed it down with some kosher salt and cracked pepper. I left it out for about an hour on the counter to come up to room temperature. I fired up the egg and let it get to about 600 degrees and then did a good sear on each side for about 5 minutes each side. Then I brought the egg back down to about 250 degrees. I was looking for an internal temp of around 125 degrees to pull it off. It only took me about an hour to reach this temp. I then pulled it off and wrapped it up while I waited for Alan to come home. After cutting into it I thought it was still a little rare for my taste and Alan sure wouldn't touch it, so I sliced it up and threw it on the indoor cast iron grill pan for a quick heat through. In the end it was delicious! Will definitely do this again! It was very tender and juicy dispite being a little red for our taste.

The soaking

The rub down

Going on for a good sear

After an hour at 250 degrees

A nice medium rare cook