The Pit Specialist: Ribeye Cooking on an Open Fire

by PitSpecialist

14 Comments

  1. PitSpecialist

    If you want to try my method, this is exactly what I did. I ran two prime ribeyes and a prime New York strip over pecan wood. I kept the seasoning simple but layered — all Sloans hickory infused salt and 16 mesh black pepper to start. No binder, no oil on the meat at all. I just oiled the grates and let the fire do the work.

    I cooked them raised up first and let them slowly come up to about 120 internal. Once they got there, I dropped the grate all the way down to get that hard sear. Right when I went in for the sear, that’s when I hit both sides with Montreal seasoning. That way it doesn’t burn early and you still get that pop during the finish.

    They ended up around medium to medium-well, somewhere in that range, but the texture and crust were exactly what I was going for. No binder, no extra fat, just clean fire, good seasoning, and letting the process work.

  2. Head_Haunter

    Unrelated but what kinda grill is that? Is that a building your own situation or is that available somewhere online?

  3. OceanOG

    That’s the way to do it either that or over charcoal

  4. GamesFranco2819

    Brother I know your neighbors gotta be pawing at the fence like dogs with all that meat your slinging

  5. Trav1989

    Starting to follow this guy like I followed the chive guy. Good shit

  6. yotehunter422

    I’m coming over with a 12 pack you want anything?

  7. Korgon213

    Bro looks like he knows what he’s doing. 🫡

  8. sebastobol

    Yeah we do this like 50 times in the summer.

    Without acting like a lunatic photographer.

  9. Spyk124

    Looks good but the same story could be told with maybe 5 photos lol.

  10. sliprin

    Deer Lease cooking right there! Throw some logs on the fire and scoop coals to the side for cooking over! It’s hot, unforgiving, and makes the best steak! When I was younger we’d fill 4 beer cans with water and set a refrigerator grate on top of the cans to cook on. Scoop ever how many coals you wanted up under the grate.

  11. ania11111

    This is the type of content i followed this group for 🤗

  12. Miss-Tiq

    Ribeye cooking on an open fire….

    Charcoal nipping at your nose….