Happy Holidays!
A year ago I did my first rib roast in my Smokette 008, you can find my post about it here Christmas Standing Rib Roast
This year I followed up with three 5.5 lb. roasts, and a slight change in my cooking method. As before, I cut the ribs off the roasts, and re-tied them back on. I coated the roasts with Worcestershire sauce, then a mixture of black pepper, kosher salt, and granulated garlic powder. Then a slather of bacon grease.
This year, I put them into a 225 degree smoker that had 1 oz. of hickory, some fresh rosemary, and five or six garlic cloves. After three hours, and an internal temperature of 110 degrees, I pulled them from the smoker and placed it a 375 degree oven. After 45 minutes, the roasts reached 125 degrees internal, so I pulled the roasts from the oven, wrapped them in double foil, a towel, and placed then in a cooler for 2 hours.
When I removed them from the cooler, and unwrapped them, they looked gorgeous! However, upon slicing the roasts, they were far from the medium rare I was expecting, they were more medium well! That being said, they were still tender, juicy and delicious!! (And even the people who prefer rare to medium rare were pleased with the dinner.)
I was shocked by the amount of carryover cooking compared to last year when I browned first, then finished in the 225 degree smoker. But after contemplation, I see a couple of possible reasons for the difference, and how to avoid over cooking with carryover.
This year's roasts were about 1 lb. smaller than last year. Smaller roasts are probably more affected by carryover. Recommendation 1, stick with larger roasts.
Higher finishing temperatures mean more carryover cooking. Recommendation 2, pull meat from oven at a 115 to 120 degrees.
Any thoughts about how you managed to tame the Carryover Beast?
Finally, I'd like to offer a Hearty Thank You, and my best wishes for a Happy New Year to all of you who make this such a great place!
as always,
just a ramblin' joe
P.S.
I edited this post a couple of time to repair typos, and a wtf moment of giant extra blank spaces.
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