Poll: Steak - How do you like yours?

[Mike Monochrome]

Just regular medium. I know it's wishy-washy, but medium rare is a bit too bloody for my tastes.

 

[uberDoward]

Nothing beats a charcoal grill in terms of flavor. This is pretty much an indisputable fact.

On general meat yes, on a fine steak, no. The whole point of a good steak is that it is not any old meat. You could eat the steak as if it was a pork chop but you wouldn't be experiencing the taste of a steak. Grilled meat is good, but I wouldn't waste a steak on the grill to dry it up and make it inherently un-steaky.

Evidently you need to know how to work a grill, then!

I don't want to boast, but I can make fire do amazing things with meat on a grill

The major problem I've seen with people trying to grill entirely too hot. If you have a propane grill, then put it to the LOWEST setting, and keep the lid closed. If you have a charcoal grill, let the fire die down a bit before you start grilling.

The trick is to grill longer at a lower temp. I've seen guys 'grill' a steak in 10 minutes or less. Sorry, you may as well have taken a blow torch to it!!

My steaks take 30+ minutes to grill, depending on the cut, and how well done people want them. I like mine a medium rare.

Thanks to this post, when I get paid tomorrow I'm going out, buying steak, and Monday having a steak dinner, LOL

 

[uberDoward]

Just regular medium. I know it's wishy-washy, but medium rare is a bit too bloody for my tastes.

Medium rare should not be bloody. It should have a warm pink center, filled with juicy awesomeness.

 

[Guffe]

Don't really care, medium rare or thoruh cooked depending on how the chef thinks he makes them better

 

[Ohlawdylawdy]

I like having my steak extremely well done for some odd reason I don't entirely understand.

 

[Myndnix]

I like my steak well done, with some mustard if possible.

 

[Deathmageddon]

Somewhere between medium and medium well. Don't know why.

 

[Crazy]

I prefer my steak alive, thank you!

 

[Olas]

Still attached to the cow.
I hate steak, absolutely cannot stand it. It's the texture more than anything. I'm not a vegetarian, but the only forms of meat I really like are hotdogs and balogna. Processed stuff.

PS. The poll results are flicking me off.

 

[Spartan Altego]

Medium-rare steak is glorious.

I like my steak well done, with some mustard if possible.

I'm all for tolerating other's choices but...no. Just NO. Eating steak well Done and with Mustard?! Heretic!

 

[BOOM headshot65]

In the words of B.A. Barracus from A-team:

"Murdock, burn it black. Like it was damned!!" *puts gunpowder on steak, which explodes upon hitting the grill*

(in other words, well-done)

 

[DJ_DEnM]

Rare. But like, right between raw and rare. Slightly cooked, I'll even take it if it's still slightly cold.

 

[Lexodus]

'Aggressively nuked after a thrilling and dangerous arms race' isn't an option. It should be

 

[robotam]

I like my steak like I like my women...
Still attached to the cow.

Really, medium rare.

 

[Agent Larkin]

Just a bit more cooked then the OP.

Like it firm but with a nice juicy pink centre.

......and now my mind is in the gutter.

 

[uberDoward]

Nothing beats a charcoal grill in terms of flavor. This is pretty much an indisputable fact.

On general meat yes, on a fine steak, no. The whole point of a good steak is that it is not any old meat. You could eat the steak as if it was a pork chop but you wouldn't be experiencing the taste of a steak. Grilled meat is good, but I wouldn't waste a steak on the grill to dry it up and make it inherently un-steaky.

Evidently you need to know how to work a grill, then!

I don't want to boast, but I can make fire do amazing things with meat on a grill

The major problem I've seen with people trying to grill entirely too hot. If you have a propane grill, then put it to the LOWEST setting, and keep the lid closed. If you have a charcoal grill, let the fire die down a bit before you start grilling.

The trick is to grill longer at a lower temp. I've seen guys 'grill' a steak in 10 minutes or less. Sorry, you may as well have taken a blow torch to it!!

My steaks take 30+ minutes to grill, depending on the cut, and how well done people want them. I like mine a medium rare.

Thanks to this post, when I get paid tomorrow I'm going out, buying steak, and Monday having a steak dinner, LOL

I was just pointing out that regardless of temperature and time, gravity will ensure a steak on a grill loses moisture

So when you have the recipe for "working" gravity better, please hook me up!

I'm not saying a steak grilled to perfection won't be good. It will just be lacking some of what makes it a true steak in the end. Emphasis on some.

Flip it. You don't put a steak on and immediately every bit of juice gets sucked down. This is Earth, not Jupiter.

Slow cooking and rotating keeps the juices inside the steak, where they should be!

 

[lunam-kardas]

Medium rare: Nice and bloody but still cooked.

Oh, and steak sauce must only be on the side. I will not have my precious meal slathered in god knows what before I sample it.

 

[AD-Stu]

Usually medium rare, because I'm original. For the right cut (or for stuff that's not beef - kangaroo steaks, for example) I'll go rare though.

Aside from ruining the meat, well done also takes too damned long to cook

 

[him over there]

Nothing beats a charcoal grill in terms of flavor. This is pretty much an indisputable fact.

On general meat yes, on a fine steak, no. The whole point of a good steak is that it is not any old meat. You could eat the steak as if it was a pork chop but you wouldn't be experiencing the taste of a steak. Grilled meat is good, but I wouldn't waste a steak on the grill to dry it up and make it inherently un-steaky.

Evidently you need to know how to work a grill, then!

I don't want to boast, but I can make fire do amazing things with meat on a grill

The major problem I've seen with people trying to grill entirely too hot. If you have a propane grill, then put it to the LOWEST setting, and keep the lid closed. If you have a charcoal grill, let the fire die down a bit before you start grilling.

The trick is to grill longer at a lower temp. I've seen guys 'grill' a steak in 10 minutes or less. Sorry, you may as well have taken a blow torch to it!!

My steaks take 30+ minutes to grill, depending on the cut, and how well done people want them. I like mine a medium rare.

Thanks to this post, when I get paid tomorrow I'm going out, buying steak, and Monday having a steak dinner, LOL

Just out of curiosity do so you have any recommendations on how to cook using a wood fire grill? I ask because my older brother recently moved into a house and the backyard has a wood burning pit for grilling.

 

[wintercoat]

It is a simple, yet telling question. How much do you cook your steak, and why? Do you eat it right off the animal, or do you throw it into the sun for a few days?

I myself go for medium rare. It has a good blend of juicy rareness, combined with the texture of something that has actually been cooked. A steak to be proud of.

Mmmmmmm...

A bit more cooked than the steak in that photo, with a nice sear on the outside. I like the taste and texture of a medium cooked steak, and love the flavor of seared meat. Add in a good spice rub with a bit of heat and I'm in heaven.

I voted medium rare, since you don't have a medium option, and cooked through is too cooked.