Prime Rib Roast--Help...they Want It Well Done!

They want a Prime Rib Roast WELL DONE?!?! Insanity! Sorry I won't be party to ruining such a lovely piece of meat. I hope someone else will give you the info.

You picked the wrong meat if you wanna cook it well done....you will be sorry if you over cook it...all that money down the drain.

You can't cook a 50 dollar piece of meat well done. It's against the law.

Do what Barb says.. Cook it properly. After it rests, slice it and continue to cook "their" slices in a skillet with olive oil, butter and some garlic until it is well done.

They are missing out. You could have gotten a cheap steak for them and you all kept the good meat for your selves. Yikes. They must not have any tastes buds.

I will never understand why people spend the money on prime rib when apparently what they want is beef
jerky :).

I would cook it medium on the ends, medium-rare in the middle and direct the family to the microwave.

As for this my Mom and brother enjoy their prime rib "shutters" well done. I remove the 2 ends after our is don to our enjoyment of medium rare and have a hot pan with garlic butter ready and finish theirs off in a skillet. I won't take out an entire rib roast for the sake of a few. Everyone should be able to not be disqusted by the meal before them but don't ruin a beautiful roast in it's entirety.

Well done is a NO NO!!! might as well throw money out the window. cook it the proper way and if someone wants to nuke it let them. dont ruin a beautiful cut of meat like that. at the most 150* it will continue to cook as it sits.

I agree with the rest of the ladies....do not cook the WHOLE thing well done...that is just wrong, so, so, so wrong!

When it is done to Medium or what YOU guys prefer (we are a Rare Family) slice and then finish in the oven or in a skillet for those that want it BURNT!

Yeah, UMMM I've actually done this on accident. Big Mistake! As a poster said below. Think Beef Jerky! I agree, cook it correctly, use a meat themometer if you have one, that might get them to eat it if they are worried about undercooked meat. Otherwise make them finish it off in the microwave. Or put individual pieces back in the oven under the broiler. But the whole thing. NO.

Prime Rib is not meant to be cooked well done. The shape and cut of meat just don't work if you cook it that long. Some parts will be hard and crunchy and others will have the texture of beef jerky (and the inside will be good). Rather than waste so much of that delicious meat, how about cook it the way you had planned, and then after you slice it, put several slices back in the oven to continue cooking?

But I did want to ask... are you sure your family knows what well done means? A lot of people say well done and they mean nicely brown at the edges and pinkish in the middle. And that's NOT well done. That's medium rare.

Ive cooked prime rib and the outside ends can be done all the way thru, and be considered "well done" but the inside is still pink and rare to medium rare for me. The sides are the "end cuts" and that is what you ask for in a restaurant when you want your prime rib well done. Its not hard to do. It cooks that way naturally. The outside gets done faster than the more dense inside. But some of you are very right in the idea of slicing off some and finishing it in a pan with garlic butter. One of my favorite restuarants here does that to their prime rib all the time and calls it their signature "Tuscon Steak". Its the best!

I know you posted this yesterday, but I wouldn't change my food plan last minute like that. Since when do the guests get to dictate the menu? What happened to being appreciate & polite when someone is offering up their home for a meal, and paying for it?

Also, they clearly no NOTHING about prime rib, if they want it well done. Tell them you'll make them some burgers if they want well done meat.

M.!!

Merry Christmas!!

EEEEEEEWWWW!!! Prime Rib is not "right" well-done. YUCK!!!

I would put it in the oven at 400 for 20 minutes, covered, so it doesn't get dried out. I hope you have plenty of Au Jus sauce/gravy!!

Get a good meat thermometer. Mine is digital and works great.

YIKES.... I've never seen a well done prime rib roast. Yuck. We eat ours rare.

It is going to be hard to get that just right for everyone. I would look at allrecipes.com, the food network sight and as Marda listed... any beef site that can give you guidance.

I slow cook my prime rib and to get it done all the way through, you might need to lower the temp and slow cook it a bit.

Good luck!

We often cook ours to medium well and it is very tasty. Thanks for posting this, I forgot my sister prefers her meat rare. I will now stop cooking sooner than I expected!

I'm not sure how others got their prime ribs to turn to beef jerky-like status but this Thanksgiving I cooked prime rib for the first time and I only eat meat well done or medium well. I cooked the entire roast, slowly, and it came out perfectly juicy and NOT burnt and to a well done point.

http://www.primesteakhouses.com/how-to-cook-prime-rib.html

Here is the first site I found by googling roasting prime rib.

Buried in the description is what temperature the roast is when it's well done. Hopefully you have a meat thermometer.

Another site said to not tent it because tenting will cause the crisp crust to get soggy.

I know you already got your answer, but the best way to do it is to cook the roast medium rare, then cook each slice in a pan of au jus to the persons liking