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Salt and Pepper, Blue, Rare if they won't allow blue, Well Done if the steak is priced at $20 or less
I understand a lesser quality steak being cooked a lil more, but how do you go from blue on a quality steak to well done on a chit tier steak?
 

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Medium rare with a large pat of roquefort butter.
 

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I understand a lesser quality steak being cooked a lil more, but how do you go from blue on a quality steak to well done on a chit tier steak?
I don't trust a cheap steak. I grew up well done and then was introduced to medium, medium rare, rare, blue and tar tar. Loved each of them all the more.
 

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I'm not sure if brett was well done before, but he certainly is tar tar now.
 

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U dont understand how foodborne illness works with beef.
I don't trust a cheap steak. I grew up well done and then was introduced to medium, medium rare, rare, blue and tar tar. Loved each of them all the more.
 

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U dont understand how foodborne illness works with beef.
I grew up eating well done chicken. Now, I have been introduced to Pittsburgh rare. Hard sear and nothing more. I have been losing a ton of weight this way. It’s goes right through me. Almost like the digestion process is working as an epic pace.
 

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I grew up eating well done chicken. Now, I have been introduced to Pittsburgh rare. Hard sear and nothing more. I have been losing a ton of weight this way. It’s goes right through me. Almost like the digestion process is working as an epic pace.
Are you rubbing the chicken with essential oils prior to searing? I hear that helps as well. The oil blocks your body from absorbing the calories and cleanses you at the same time.
 

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I grew up eating well done chicken. Now, I have been introduced to Pittsburgh rare. Hard sear and nothing more. I have been losing a ton of weight this way. It’s goes right through me. Almost like the digestion process is working as an epic pace.


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I don't trust a cheap steak. I grew up well done and then was introduced to medium, medium rare, rare, blue and tar tar. Loved each of them all the more.

What don't you trust about it? Whether it's cheap or not, the bad bacteria on a steak is on the outside and would get killed off during the cooking process.

Tar Tar, even from good quality beef, is more likely to get you sick because it's raw.
 

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ITT @brett05 tries hard, throws down "blue rare" to try and be asteak boss, fails hard not knowing chit about steakgerms,
 

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Medium rare, a ton of fresh cracked pepper, a little blackening and a little Lawry’s seasoning.

Cooked at 700 degrees, 1-2min per side depending on thickness. Flipped once.
 

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Sous Vide to 125 deg with just pepper, salt, sprig of thyme for 3 hrs. Hi temp cast iron with pepper and salt and a sprig of thyme, and some butter, 1 min on each side. Rest for 8 min or so. Perfect medium rare all the way to about the edge.
 

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You're cooking? Medium and a beer with 2 shots of Jose on the side, Thank you sir
 

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Ok so I have to ask, what is the preferred cut of steak?

In order for me is:

Ribeye
Strip
Tbone/Porterhouse
Sirloin

If I am lighting up the smoker tho I love to go with tri tip. One of the most underrated cuts of beef in my opinion if you know how to cook and slice it.
 

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What don't you trust about it? Whether it's cheap or not, the bad bacteria on a steak is on the outside and would get killed off during the cooking process.

Tar Tar, even from good quality beef, is more likely to get you sick because it's raw.
It's about handling and food safety in addition to the quality of meat. So the higher the quality the more likely it's divine being cooked the least. Lesser quality, it needs more cooking for me.

As for the safety issues, I don't think anyone thinks the same careful attention is given to food from say Applebee's as it is from Emeril's Delmonico

I'd also note that I get my beef cooked more if the folks I'm dining with are a bit squimish. I try to always ask out of respect for them enjoying their meal.
 

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ITT @brett05 tries hard, throws down "blue rare" to try and be asteak boss, fails hard not knowing chit about steakgerms,
Blue and rare are two different types of done-ness . FTR, I am not a connoisseur on steak.
 

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