Smoked Ribeye

[Electric Miner]

This afternoon's project is a 35 oz. bone-in ribeye steak.


Step 1 - remove steak from refrigerator and gaze lovingly at it.





Step 2 - rub in mixture of sea salt, pepper, granulated garlic, and granulated onion.





Step 3 - wrap in paper towels to keep off the critters and wick away excess moisture while it warms up.

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Step 4 - a nice dry Chianti for the water pan.





Step 5 - preheating the smoker to 235 degrees.





Step 6 - apple wood chips for smoke. I need a bigger chip pan...

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Step 7 - warmed up and ready to go in. Light spray of olive oil applied.





Step 8 - in the smoke box.

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Step 9 - getting there.





Step 10 - Mushrooms and asparagus added.

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Conclusion.

Step 11 - pulled at internal temp of 125 degrees.





Step 12 - Into a rocket hot cast iron grill pan for a reverse sear.








Final internal temp was 147 degrees.





The mushrooms and asparagus - warning! - go easy on the smoke on the veggies, as you can overpower the flavor of them easily.





Ribeye dissembled.

[Captainkirk]

Do you mind if I drool?

[Electric Miner]

As long as you don't drool on me.

[mike116]

I could eat that.   

[ssb73q]

Hi, that looks great! I just gained 10lbs looking at it.

However, I have always understood that salt should never be put on raw beef because it drys the meat. Maybe that just one of my many closely held beliefs that needs to be changed?

Regards,
Richard

[Electric Miner]

A lot of salt on raw beef, left there for a long time, will dry it out. However, most beef has way too much water in it now, so drying it a little is a good thing. Heck, I wrap beef in paper towels and dry cure in the refrigerator for days. and at the amount of salt I used, the effect is minimal.

[Captainkirk]

I like the part where you gaze lovingly at it.

[Mad Dog Stafford]

This reminds me, we went food shopping last night in Caruthersville, MO. While in the store called "Save-A-Lot", I was looking at the meat. WOW! one T-Bone steak was $16.88

What? That's why I don't eat steaks.

[Electric Miner]

I buy them when I can get a pack of four or five for twenty dollars.

[Eric N.]

I am going to try that. Sounds yummiest!!!