A ribeye steak on a wood pellet grill is one of the best steaks you will ever eat. A simple recipe that turns out Juicy, flavorful, and easy to grill to perfection.
Ingredients
2" thick ribeye steaks
Your favorite steak rub
Directions
1
Preheat pellet grill to low smoke and let ribeye sit at room temp for approximately 30 minutes.
2
Sprinkle on your favorite steak rub
3
Place Ribeye on pellet grill and let it smoke for approximately 20-25 minutes
4
Remove ribeye from pellet grill, adjust pellet grill temp to 400 degrees
5
Place ribeye back on pellet grill and sear each side approximately 5 minutes. (Searing is usually best on back right side of pellet grill). Insert internal meat probe.
6
Cook to desired temperature. Steak at 125°F will be rare, 145°F will be medium, and 165°F will be well done. You should pull your steak off 5 degrees before desired temp (It will keep cooking for a short time after removing)
Recipes on how to cook smoked ribeye steak were some of the first things I looked up when I bought my pit boss pellet grill. A Juicy tender smoked steak is amazing.
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After Smoking ribeye steak medium rare internal temp. For the first time, I thought I had gone to heaven. It was juicy and full of great flavor.
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Can You Smoke A Steak?
Yes! Smoking a steak is simple and adds tons of flavor. Getting the perfect steak on a pellet grill is not complicated. It is more about timing and practice. The main factor is monitoring the internal temp and knowing what you are after.
Cooking a steak to medium rare, medium. or whatever your preferred steak wellness is. Can be easy to do, while keeping the steak Juicy and full of flavor. When smoking a steak you don’t have to get too excited about the seasoning. The Smoke will do it for you.
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How To Use The Smoke
When Smoking a steak using the smoke to enhance the flavor. No need to excited about a bunch of fancy marinades or rubs for this recipe. We just want the smoke to do the hard work for us
If you like a mild smoke flavor cherry wood is a great choice for your steak. This steak will taste great and look incredible.
Want a little stronger smoke, with some extra sweetness, that is still mild smoke flavor? Go with apple, pecan, or maple.
Want something stronger with a bold taste? Use mesquite, hickory, or oak wood. This wood will add amazing flavor to the steak.
Best Type Of Steak
What type of steak do you ask? Well, what’s your favorite type of steak? You can smoke just about anything. I prefer Ribeyes and T-Bones. You can use any type you prefer.
The main thing to remember is the thicker the better. The thicker it is the more smoke flavor you can get into it. I try not to go any thinner than 1-1 1/2 inches thick. Anything thinner and it just cooks too fast. Thin cuts will work but you just won’t get as much smoke flavor.
I just recently did my first youtube video and I used a steak thinner than I normally use. It was around an inch thick and it cooked a lot faster than I was expecting, luckily I try to check on things early.
How Long To Smoke the Steak
It roughly takes 45 ins to an hour to cook a steak. It all depends on the cut and the thickness. anything under an inch thick I would check after 30 mins. The best way to be sure is to use a meat thermometer as found on this page
Recommended Internal Temps For Steaks
The most important thing to know when it comes to smoking a steak is you want to cook to temp not by how long. It is best to go by time as a rough idea, as to when to check internal temp.
Steak DonenessInternal TemperatureCenter ColorRare120-130 °FRedMedium Rare130-135 °FPinkMedium135-145 °FSome PinkWell145-155 °FA Sliver of Light PinkWell Done155-165 °FMostly BrownFor the recipe in this article, we will be doing a reverse sear. This means we will cook the steak to a temp 5°-10° F short of what we want in this case 125°-130° F . We will be going for medium rare and a final temp of 130°-135°.
Once we hit around 125° F. We will move on to the second part of the cook the sear.
How To Smoke A Steak
- Startup pellet grill. Preheat to 225°F. Remember different pellet types will change the flavor
- Season Steak. Pat steak dry with a paper towel. Season both sides with kosher salt and ground black pepper
- Place steaks on the grill and close the lid. Cook for 45 mins to an hour depending on thickness. Remember, want an internal temp of (115° for rare, 125° for medium rare, 135° for medium, 145° for medium well, and 155° for well).
- Once you reach your desired temp remove steak from the grill and turn the grill up to 450°-500° F(cover the steak if you like while the pellet grill is warming up)
- Place the steaks back on the pellet grill once it reaches temp. Sear them for approximately 2 minutes per side. Continue to cook the steaks until they reach the final desired internal temp (125° for rare, 135° for medium rare, 145° for medium, 155° for medium well, and 165° for well done).
- Then let them rest for 10 mins and serve( I cover them in tin foil to help keep them warm)
In Conclusion
This is a great place to start. A simple recipe that lets the smoke from your pellet grill do all the work for you. There is no need to get fancy, this simple recipe will produce great tasting juicy steaks that will have family and friends coming back for more.
Any questions or comments would love to hear them
Dave
How To Cook Smoked Ribeye Steak On A Pellet Grill-Reverse Sear
This is a easy smoked ribeye steak recipe on a pellet grill. That will produce great tasting juicy steaks
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Resting time 10 mins
Total Time 1 hr 20 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 1 people
Calories 990 kcal
Equipment
Pellet grill/smoker
wood pellets (flavor of your choice)
Ingredients
- 1 12-16 oz 1-1 1/2 thick ribeye steak Can be any type of steak
- 1 Kosher salt Salt to your liking
- 1 Ground Black pepper Use pepper to your liking
Instructions
Pat steak dry with a paper towel.
Season both sides with kosher salt and ground black pepper (best to let the steak get up to room temp before placing on the grill 30 min or so if possible
Startup pellet grill. Preheat to 225°F. Remember different pellet types will change the flavor
Place steaks on the grill and close the lid. Cook for 45 mins to an hour depending on thickness. Remember, want an internal temp of (115° for rare, 125° for medium rare, 135° for medium, 145° for medium well, and 155° for well)
Once you reach your desired temp remove steak from the grill and turn the grill up to 450°-500° F(loosely cover the steak if you like while the pellet grill is warming up)
Place the steaks back on the pellet grill once it reaches temp. Sear them for approximately 2 minutes per side. Continue to cook the steaks until they reach the final desired internal temp (125° for rare, 135° for medium rare, 145° for medium, 155° for medium well, and 165° for well done).
Then let them rest for 10 mins and serve( I cover them in tin foil to help keep them warm)
Video
Notes
If you don’t have the option to sear with your pellet grill1.Lightly coat the bottom of your cast iron skillet with a high heat oil or butter. Place Skillet in smoker , grill or on stove. Once skillet is up to tempPlace the steaks in the pan and sear for approximately 2 minutes per side. Cook until the internal temperature of your steak reaches your desired doneness: 125 degrees F (rare), 135 (medium rare), 145 (medium), 155 degrees (medium well), or 165 degrees F (well done).2. If you want to just sear on gas grill.Med-high heat.sear for approximately 2 minutes per side. Cook until the internal temperature of your steak reaches your desired doneness: 125 degrees F (rare), 135 (medium rare), 145 (medium), 155 degrees (medium well), or 165 degrees F (well done).
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