the prime rib cut comes from the primal rib on a cow.
the prime rib cut comes from the primal rib on a cow.
where does the prime rib cut come from on a cow?
the primal rib
standing rib roast









































a standing rib roast, also known as prime rib, is a cut of beef from the primal rib, one of the nine primal cuts of beef. while the entire rib section comprises ribs six through 12, a standing rib roast may contain anywhere from two to seven ribs.









































it is most often roasted "standing" on the rib bones so that the meat does not touch the pan. an alternative cut removes the top end of the ribs for easier carving.
standing rib roast
muransky also set the all-time "beef bowl" record by consuming of prime rib at lawry's before the 1979 rose bowl. muransky later recalled: "bubba paris and i were two happy freshmen eating together at the lawry's beef bowl event before the 1979 rose bowl game. after we had enjoyed our fourth plate of prime rib, mashed potatoes, corn and yorkshire pudding, bubba asked what the record was, and they said 7 cuts. bubba continued for 3 more cuts, and i continued for four, totally under the bo schembechler radar screen. when they delivered the 8th cut to me, the media started to gather around my table, bo walked by and let me know what he was thinking without ever saying a word. afterward, a paris-muransky night out ended with some pizza. the next morning in practice, bo made an example of bubba and me. we never ran so much in our lives as we did that day. we were in every play of scrimmage and then we ran sprints." when the wolverines returned to pasadena for the 1981 rose bowl, "bo made it a point to come to the back of the plane and talk to me and bubba paris. he wanted to let us know that my record from a couple years earlier would not be in jeopardy because we were going to be sitting with him at the lawry's beef bowl. he said he was going to limit each of us to two cuts of prime rib." schembechler had his own take on the story: "i let 'em eat because they were freshmen. they weren't gonna play anyway."
ed muransky