Having a dinner party Friday. And want to cook something amazing. Was wondering if the traditional route is better or just sous vide better?

by 90sMofo

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  2. displacedbitminer

    Hell yes. Do about three (not three, eight) hours at 133 or so, and finish with convection or a blow torch after it cools a bit.

    Edit- sorry everybody. Didn’t read the weight and went straight to steaks in my head. You’ll all right at about eight for thermal equilibrium

  3. Serious eats has guides on sous viding pretty much anything, I would check their recipes. But also keep in mind for something that size it’s going to take a lot longer than friday

  4. Salt_Sherbert5313

    gosh. I’d think you’d have to cut it up some. would take forever to sous vide

  5. No. I use the closed door oven method. Comes out consistently great, every single time. Downside is you can’t use the oven for anything else.

  6. InterestingPotato315

    Personally, I would however, I would slice it up in one inch or one and a half inch slices. More charring surface.

  7. I think SV is the wrong tool for the job here, and you’ll get better results out of the traditional method.

  8. speppers69

    Daaaaaaamn that’s a great price!!! I do SV prime rib for Christmas every year. I get the expandable bags for my vacuum sealer. Big piece like that…double seal and double bag. The first time that I cooked a prime rib I went to take it out of the bath…the seal broke…and I watched it slide right into the bath. Still seared it. Was fabulous but I lost all the jus. Since then on heavy and/or long cooks…I double seal the bag. Then put it in another bag. Haven’t had a broken bag or broken seal since.

  9. calibratedzeus

    I would throw that hunk of meat in the trash.

  10. Wrong tool for the job, I’ve blown and slow for a few hours does fine on this. I think it’s like 15 mins a point at 225. But look it up don’t sous vide this

  11. I did this for Christmas a few years ago. I cut it into 2 bone slabs then sous vide them. Made it easier to sear them in cast iron afterwards.

  12. Weak-Doughnut5502

    > Was wondering if the traditional route is better or just sous vide better?

    I’d personally recommend doing a reverse sear instead of either a traditional roast or sous vide.  Serious eats has a good writeup on it.

    The basic idea is roasting at a very low temperature like 200°F, until the meat hits the temp.  Then, you take it out of the oven,  turn it up to 500° and put the roast back in to sear for 5-10 min.

    You get the uniform edge to center doneness that sous vide gives you, but the sear comes out slightly better because the surface is bone dry.

  13. Comfortable-Heat1709

    I would for sure but keep in mind who will be eating it if there are people who don’t like it say med rare and the whole thing comes out like that, they won’t want any. An oven would give you a mix of doneness so you could serve the ends to the people who like it more done and the inner portions to the later.

  14. 356885422356

    Cut it in half, cook it two ways, and do a blind taste test. Share your results.

  15. nobadhotdog

    I have and it was amazing. You get that pink color you want and it’s tender AF

  16. Cool_Share2602

    I would do the serious eats reverse sear method.

  17. Salt_Sherbert5313

    oh my.
    well I did read somewhere where instead of cooking it at the temperature that you want continuously. they went ahead and cooked it ( sous vide) at the highest temperature for about I think it was two or so hours or something like that…. and then when there’s I think it was an hour left then you turn it down to the temperature that you want to sous vide at….
    does that make sense?

  18. Max_Downforce

    ATK has a pretty good recipe/process. I’ve done it twice. Came out great every time.

  19. Yes. I’ve done a sous vide prime rib before and it was very good. I think I did it at 135f. The hard part is finding a big enough bag.

  20. TheBowhuntingButcher

    Absolutely! I’ve always done prime rib sous vide. 133 for 12 hours. Then slather with a garlic and herb butter and put it under the broiler until seared to your liking.

  21. Ill_Chapter4730

    I usually sv my steaks at 130-133, but for a rib roast 137 is best. Also, to get best crust, use whipped egg whites instead of butter to get herbs/seasoning to adhere and not slide off when you carve

  22. blind_venetians

    Big fan of SV cooking… not for this. Roast that beast. It’ll be amazing.

  23. masshole91

    Not relevant but love seeing a fellow New Englander here!

  24. Delicious_Catch9453

    For $17.29 a pound, I’d stay up all night and look at it. That came off a big animal, and probably an old animal. Let us know how it turns out.

  25. Casualposter

    130 overnight. 500 broil for 5-10 minutes. I’ve done this several holiday’s and it’s amazing.