<h2 id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-8" class="comp mntl-sc-block allrecipes-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading" style="margin: 3rem 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: CopperPot, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 2.25rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 2.75rem; text-underline-offset: 0.5rem; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);"><span class="mntl-sc-block-heading__text">Prime Rib Temperature</span></h2><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-9" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);">Use this handy cheat sheet below to know when your meat is perfectly cooked (or when it's an overcooked mess).</p><div id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-10" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: SourceSansPro, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div id="mntl-native-fluid_2-0" class="comp mntl-native-fluid mntl-native" data-right-rail-index="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 600px; height: var(--native-ad-height); --native-ad-height: auto;"></div></div><h3 id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-11" class="comp mntl-sc-block allrecipes-sc-block-subheading mntl-sc-block-subheading" style="margin: 3rem 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: CopperPot, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 2rem; text-underline-offset: 0.375rem; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);"><span class="mntl-sc-block-subheading__text">Rare: 120-125 degrees F</span></h3><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-12" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);">Red interior which may fade to pink at the outermost edges</p><div id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-13" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: SourceSansPro, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"></div><h3 id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-14" class="comp mntl-sc-block allrecipes-sc-block-subheading mntl-sc-block-subheading" style="margin: 3rem 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: CopperPot, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 2rem; text-underline-offset: 0.375rem; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);"><span class="mntl-sc-block-subheading__text">Medium Rare: 130-135 degrees F</span></h3><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-15" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);">Pink with a deeper, nearly red center</p><div id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-16" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: SourceSansPro, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"></div><h3 id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-17" class="comp mntl-sc-block allrecipes-sc-block-subheading mntl-sc-block-subheading" style="margin: 3rem 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: CopperPot, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 2rem; text-underline-offset: 0.375rem; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);"><span class="mntl-sc-block-subheading__text">Medium: 135-140 degrees F</span></h3><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-18" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);">Mauve, uniformly colored interior</p><div id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-19" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: SourceSansPro, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"></div><h3 id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-20" class="comp mntl-sc-block allrecipes-sc-block-subheading mntl-sc-block-subheading" style="margin: 3rem 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: CopperPot, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 2rem; text-underline-offset: 0.375rem; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);"><span class="mntl-sc-block-subheading__text">Well-done: 145 degrees F+</span></h3><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-21" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);">Brown, no pink</p><div id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-22" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: SourceSansPro, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"></div><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-23" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: SourceSansPro, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);">Regardless of your cooking method, you'll have the best success cooking a medium rare prime rib if you allow it to come to room temperature beforehand. This helps the meat cook more evenly throughout. In fact, if you've ever noticed that your roast or steak is gray on the outside edges and bright red in the center, chances are it was too cold when it hit the skillet, oven, or grill. To cover your bases, remove the meat from the refrigerator at least an hour beforehand.</p>