# Standing rib roast and other delights

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standing-rib-roast-and-other-delights/432686>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 8, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standing-rib-roast-and-other-delights/432686 "2008-01-08T02:46:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standing-rib-roast-and-other-delights/432686/21 "2015-01-14T12:19:57Z")

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> [@Little\_Pig](#):
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> I found it pulykamell. Alton Brown, “To Sear or Not to Sear” (3 minutes 43 seconds). Here is the link to his experiment.
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> Verdict:
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> Heat damages cells. When cells are damaged, they lose moisture. Hence (trumpets please) searing does not seal juices. Ignorance defeated.

He did NOT say “don’t sear”. He said searing does not seal in juices. Mr. Brown knows, as does anyone who cooks, that searing adds flavor. Which is what pulykamell said.

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**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standing-rib-roast-and-other-delights/432686/22 "2015-01-14T13:37:19Z")

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Yeah, there is nothing in that link that says you shouldn’t sear. I’ve never, ever heard any cook say that searing is bad, full stop.

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