Westinghouse Roaster / Prime rib

[paulg]

Have any of you done a prime rib on the Westinghouse Roaster with the rotisserie attachment?
If so, is it bone-in or not?
All info welcome.
... That aside, do any of you have the rotisserie that you... want to let go to a welcome home??
All info welcome!!

 

[lotsosudz]

I have done, and will do a prime rib, in my westinghouse roaster for christmas, however not with a rotisserie. They excel at roasting meats. Keep your instant read thermometer handy, as it will cook faster than a regular oven. Wish mine had that attachment. Let us know how it turns out. I don't think you will be disapointed. Have a happy holiday!
hugs,
David

 

[cuffs054]

LotsO, how do you cook your roast?

 

[rp2813]

I came across a vintage GE roaster oven last week at a thrift store.  It was complete with racks and had the owner's guide/recipe booklet.  I thought $20 was a little steep, but I might have to go back for it.  They're usually willing to bargain, and I've never seen a GE before.  We barely had room for everything in the oven of the 30" range this past Thanksgiving, and I'd like to try doing something besides a giant batch of chili in one of these roasters after all I've read here about the nice job they do.

 

[xraytech]

I've not roasted a prime rib in my Westinghouse before, but I have roasted leg of lamb in mine with excellent results

 

[launderess]

In many ways roaster ovens are better than their

Full sized cousins for the task.

Because of their smaller size you are not heating up a vastly larger dead area of space with roasters as with full sized ovens.

While one is not sure of the physics and or science behind this it probably results in faster, greater and more even transfer of heat. My Westbend "Ovenette" once comes to temp does not fire up the thermostat that often to keep the desired temp. The author of "Cake Bible" describes the best ovens for baking cakes as those with the least area surrounding pans.

Fan assisted convection ovens of course are another way to deal with moving heated air around the large space of an oven, but one has to be careful when roasting otherwise one ends up with a hard and dry brick of meat.

 

[tomturbomatic]

We roasted a standing rib roast in ours and it did a very good job. We followed the directions to heat the RO to like 450 to sear the roast and then lowered the heat. I understand that method of roasting meat has faded from popularity, but it was popular at the time the RO cookbook was published.