Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme. Wood Pellet Patio Heater, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…
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Backyard BBQ A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 2.5 hours at 225 degrees (107c) Grill: Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker Pellets: Green Mountain’s Gold Blend BBQ PelletIngredients: Spinach Stuffed Prime Rib Roast
- 1 5 ½ lb. rib roast, bones still attached
- 1 ½ lbs. fresh spinach lightly steamed, stems trimmed
- ½ lb. apple wood smoked bacon, chopped and cooked crisp (reserve two tablespoons of the drippings)
- 3 Tablespoons fresh garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Country Bob’s Seasoned Salt, to taste
- Pete’s Firehouse BBQ rub, to taste
Backyard BBQ A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
Backyard BBQ A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
Cooking Directions: Spinach Stuffed Prime Rib Roast
In large saucepot cook bacon until crisp. With slotted spoon remove bacon to paper towels leaving about two tablespoons drippings in pot. Steam spinach until soft. Add bacon, garlic, salt and pepper. With a sharp boning knife make two deep pockets in roast. Pack with spinach stuffing. Coat meat all over with seasoning rub to taste. Place with stuffing side up in roasting pan, ready for that “Kiss of Smoke”. Preheat the grill to 225* (107c). Place your prime rib directly onto the grill and just let it hang out in the smoke and get happy for 2 ½ hours or so. I like to pull it around 125* (52c), keeping in mind that the meat will continue cooking for another 5 to 10 degrees as it rests. I am looking for a finish temp of 130* (54c) “Rare”. When the meat reaches an internal temperature around 225* (107c) pull it off, cover it and let it rest for 10 minutes before serving. This will rare. U.S.D.A. safe for beef is 225* (107c). Keep in mind that the meat will continue cooking for another 5 to 10 degrees after you pull it off the grill. I use a Maverick ProTemp Instant Read Thermometer for checking meat temps. Note: I get a lot of questions about the kind of pellets you can use with a recipe. Keep in mind that a recipe is just an outline. Some you need to follow closely like when you are making bread, but most you can do anything you can dream, our favorite way to cook. Feel free to mix and match the pellets until you find a combination you really like. Also you are only smoking at temps less than 250* (122c), anything higher is cooking and there will not be much if any smoke so it does not matter what kind of pellet you are using.Backyard BBQ A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
Cooking In the Oven:
We have been getting requests for recipe conversions for the oven. I tell folks all the time that cooking on a Grill is same as cooking in your oven. It is the same thing, time and temperature is what it is all about.
Backyard BBQ A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
Backyard BBQ A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
About Our Recipes
We do our recipes on our patio where we have a lineup of grills, including Green Mountain, Uuni Wood Fired Pizza Oven, Sawtooth, Louisiana, Royall, Memphis, Traeger pellet grills, Char Griller side box smoker, Saber, Charmglow, Char-Broil, The Big Easy, Lodge Sportsman’s, Brinkman and Weber. I call it our “Wall of Grill”. Our grilling styles are healthy and low fat and will fit pelletheads, gas, natural wood and even charcoal purists. Almost any of our recipes can be done on any kind of good BBQ.
The important thing to keep in mind is TIME & TEMPERATURE. You can do our recipes on any grill, even some of them in the oven or crock pot, but, then you lose all the flavors you get from cooking outdoors. But sometimes it does rain.
Remember that a recipe is simply an outline; it is not written in stone. Don’t be afraid to make changes to suit your taste. Take it and run with it….
Live your Passion and Do What You Love, Ken & Patti
