Best 4 Smoked Prime Rib Recipes

SMOKED PRIME RIB ROAST

Steps:

• Sprinkle salt over entire roast and wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate, 4 hours to 24 hours.
• Combine olive oil, black pepper, garlic powder, rosemary, thyme, onion powder, paprika, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl. Set aside for flavors to blend, at least 1 hour.
• Pour most of the oil mixture over the roast and massage into the top and sides of meat. Flip the roast and pour remaining oil mixture over roast and massage. Place roast on a plate and refrigerate, 1 hour to 12 hours.
• Preheat smoker to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C) to 230 degrees F (107 degrees C). Add hickory or pecan wood chips to smoker.
• Insert an oven-safe meat thermometer into the thickest part of roast. Place roast into the smoker and roast until internal temperature reaches 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), 3 to 3 1/2 hours.
• Preheat an oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C) to 550 degrees F (288 degrees C).
• Bake the roast in the preheated oven until crust is crunchy, produced a reverse sear, 15 to 20 minutes. Allow roast to rest 10 to 15 minutes before slicing.

SMOKED PRIME RIB

Steps:

• 1. Lay the prime rib on the cutting board. You want a good cap of fat left on the meat, 1/4 to 1/2 inch, can trim off excess.
• 2. Rub the entire surface with cooking oil.
• 3. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
• 4. If you have the time, it is ideal to place it uncovered in the fridge for 24 hours. This allows the salt to penetrate and is called a dry brine.
• 5. Take it out of the fridge about an hour before cooking to take the chill off.
• 6. Prepare you smoker and set the temperature at 225 degrees.
• 7. Place the rib roast directly on the cooking rack bones down.
• 8. Insert a meat thermometer so you can determine when to take it out.
• 9. Add your chips or pellets for the smoke. Cherry, apple or any lighter flavored wood is good. Smoke it for at least the first 2 to 3 hours.
• 10. Continue cooking in the smoker until the internal temperature is 135 to 140 for medium rare.
• 11. Total cooking time can take from 5 to 7 hours depending on the size of roast/number of bones.
• 12. Remove to a platter and immediately tent with foil and let rest for 30 minutes. Longer if it's a really big one.
• 13. While it's resting, mix everything for the horseradish sauce. Taste and adjust. Some people like a squeeze of lemon juice or dash of Worcestershire. Make it yours.
• 14. Slice between the bones and serve. Sometimes I cut the meat from the bones in one piece so that I can slice it thinner. Then I slice the bones apart and put them on the platter and the family fights over them!

MAPLE-SMOKED PRIME RIB

Steps:

• Soak wood chips in water until fully moistened, at least 1 hour.
• Preheat smoker to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Place a drip pan beneath the rack where you will roast the meat.
• Season roast generously with sea salt and black pepper to coat on all sides; rub seasoning into the meat and fat.
• Put the roast into the preheated smoker above the drip pan with the fat cap facing upwards.
• Add 2/3 cup of the soaked wood chips to your heat source according to your smoker's instruction manual.
• Smoke the roast in the preheated smoker for 30 minutes. Add half the remaining wood chips to the heat source. Smoke another 30 minutes and add remainder of the wood chips. Continue smoking roast until browned on the outside and red in the center, about 2 hours more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 125 degrees F (49 degrees C).
• Remove roast to a cutting board, cover loosely with aluminum foil, and rest beef for 30 minutes. Carve into 1/2- to 1-inch slices.

SMOKED PRIME RIB (RICH DAVIS, K.C. MASTERPIECE RESTURANT)

Steps:

• Place dry rub seasonings over entire roast surface.
• Grill roast in smoker (indirect heat) for 3 to 4 hours at 200 to 250 deg. or until a meat thermometer indicates 140 deg (for M-Rare).
• Sprinkle crushed rosemary leaves 3/4 of the way thought the cooking time.