| As you look over a couple of prime rib recipes you'll | | | | that prime rib cooking times can be extended to five |
| notice a wide range of prime rib cooking times. Some | | | | or six hours. |
| recipes call for a cooking time of one hour and some | | | | On the other hand, there are those who swear by |
| recipes say that the roast should be cooked for six | | | | cooking the prime rib in a hot oven. This method |
| hours. Very confusing! Well, there's a reason for this | | | | reduces prime rib cooking times to the minimum while |
| discrepancy -- prime rib cooking times depend a lot on | | | | searing the exterior of the meat so that it contains the |
| the cooking temperature and the size of the roast. | | | | juices. When placed in a 500° oven, a 12 pound |
| There are two basic methods for cooking prime rib | | | | roast will cook in less than an hour. |
| roasts -- high temperature and low temperature. Each | | | | This fast cooking method, however, depends on the |
| method has its advantages and there are people who | | | | roast staying in the warm oven for at least one more |
| swear by a one cooking process or the other. Prime | | | | hour after the heat is turned off. During this time, the |
| rib cooking times are mostly determined by whether | | | | meat is still cooking, so you could say that this method |
| you are cooking the meat at high temperatures or low | | | | requires prime rib cooking times of three hours. |
| temperatures. | | | | No matter which way you cook the meat, you have to |
| Some people love the slow cooking methods that is | | | | check the interior temperature to make sure that it is |
| used in smoker barbecues. It can't be denied that | | | | cooked all the way through. A good-quality meat |
| smoking brings out wonderful flavors in the prime rib | | | | thermometer will tell you the temperature of the roast |
| and produces some of the juiciest roasts imaginable. | | | | and you might have to extend the prime rib cooking |
| The low temperature of smoker barbecues means | | | | times by an hour or two. |