How to cook prime rib

Is there anything more truly beautiful than a perfect prime rib? A deep brown crust crackling with salt and fat, sliced open to reveal a juicy pink center that extends from edge to edge, the faint but distinct funk of dry-aging permeating the room as it's sliced.

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When you see such a roast in front of you, everything else—the argument you had with your sister over mashed potatoes, the red wine stain on the carpet, the enticingly crisp bowl of roast potatoes, even the plaintive look of the dog staring up with a please sir, can I have a bone? face—disappears as you become lost in a mental vortex of juicy meat, crisp fat, and drippings.

It's the roast that has most often graced my family's holiday table, in various states of increasing deliciousness (I mean, you should see the overcooked, under-browned, dried-up, flavorless things we used to eat!), and the one that most represents the holidays to me.

It only makes sense that I've invested considerable time, effort, and BTUs in inching my cooking technique closer and close

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