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June 20, 2013 at 11:32 pm #1672
Rob Vanek
MemberI stumbled across this wonderful site by accident – happy accident. I LOVE dry aged steaks but really can’t take the beating from the price tag at my local Wegman’s as wonderful as they are. I will say those steaks got me hooked on dry aged. I spent a lot of time and effort perfecting my Rib Eye Steak and Prime Rib cooking methods. Now that I have it down to a repeatable science I am ready to only cook dry aged meats (life is far to short for so-so meats).
I just ordered the Ribeye/Strip size bags to begin. I will head to Costco when they arrive and attempt to secure a prime hunk o’ beef.
My trusty old Big Green Egg is ready for the task!!
I also look forward to trying some of the other cool dry stuff sold here….
June 21, 2013 at 1:09 am #7125Drew Hawkins
MemberWelcome to the forum.
Have not been here long myself. Would like to hear more on your cooking method if you would like to share.
June 21, 2013 at 2:10 am #7126Ron Pratt
MemberAnd another hearty welcome, Rob! We are a young forum and are eager to learn from each other. Are you active on the old Greeneggers forum? I never go to the corporate one.
June 21, 2013 at 5:27 pm #7128Rob Vanek
MemberYes – I am a looooong time member of the Egg forum (long before the split – there I am YetiBob). LOVE the Big Green Egg, I have had mine for just about 15 years now, still going strong.
CDN, it took a lot of experimenting to get the ABSOLUTE perfect Prime Rib Roast method down. It started by using the hot tub set to 104 degrees with steaks in plastic bags before putting them on the egg. It was there I realized Rib Roast hates high heat. The after MUCH research I found out that the BEAST restaurants in the world cook prime rib in a 135 degree
oven for 24 hours (not possible in a home oven).So I set my Big Green Egg or my Superior Vertical Smoker up with the BBQ guru (it is simply a BBQ pit monitor that runs a fan as needed to maintain a set temp) and cook at 200 degrees over lump charcoal mixed with Apple or Cherry wood chips until the roast hits 121 degrees. I then pull it and cover it and rest it for 30 minutes. It is DONE – DO NOT SEAR.
Because of the small amount of smoke from the wood chips and the charcoal cooking the outside has a WONDERFUL mahogany color but it is wonderfully rare/medium rare throughout.

The only better one I ever had was at a place that uses a Sous Vide machine on the roast.
As for my steaks, it is the opposite, I get my Big Green Egg BLAZING – NUCLEAR HOT! I go to over 750 degrees to 800. My 1 1/2″ Ribeyes go 90 seconds, flip another 90 seconds then I shut all vents down and let the egg cool for 4 min with the steaks on and pull them. Perfect every time. This is not as 100% fool proof as the prime rib method but pretty darn reliable.
June 21, 2013 at 6:33 pm #7129Drew Hawkins
MemberThanks BG 🙂
I do have a hot tube and would have never thought to use that. An Egg I do not have, at least not yet.
June 24, 2013 at 2:16 pm #7138Chris Penning
MemberJune 24, 2013 at 6:47 pm #7139Rob Vanek
MemberJune 25, 2013 at 1:35 am #7142Chris Penning
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GuestJune 25, 2013 at 3:32 am #7149Drew Hawkins
MemberJune 25, 2013 at 3:43 am #7150Chris Penning
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MemberJune 25, 2013 at 3:06 pm #7152Rob Vanek
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