Jim Quessenberry's Prime Rib
Ph.B. Award Winning

Jim Quessenberry's Prime Rib

Grand Prize Winner — 1985 Irish Cup Invitational Barbecue Festival

Prep20 minutes
Cook Time2-3 hours
Servings10 people
Difficultymedium
Recommended WoodHickory or oak (medium indirect)
Pairs WithSauce Beautiful — White

Instructions

With a boning knife, carefully separate the rib bones from the roast, keeping them in one piece. Remove the lip (fat layer) in one piece. You'll have three pieces: the ribs, the lip, and the ribeye.

Sprinkle the ribeye with garlic powder, then reassemble the three pieces and tie them tightly with butcher's string, binding each rib.

Brush the roast generously with olive oil, then cover the entire surface with cracked pepper. Insert a meat thermometer in the center of the roast.

Cook over medium (250°F) indirect heat for 2 to 3 hours, checking frequently after the 2-hour mark, until the center reads 140°F for medium rare.

Wrap the roast tightly in foil and rest while you head for the kitchen — the foil wrap gives the roast a little extra steaming time and makes carving cleaner.

Serve with Sauce Beautiful – White. Add prepared horseradish to taste at the table.

Pairs with Sauce Beautiful — White

From the Legacy

Jim and the Arkansas Trav'lers took grand prize and first place for this standing rib roast at the Irish Cup Invitational Barbecue Festival in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland — the same year that put Sauce Beautiful on the world stage. Timing, foil wrap, and carving thick slices are the championship details.

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