How Do You Like Your Steak?

[bronxbill]

Rare, salt and pepper, baked potato on the side.

 

[grizzly86]

Knock the horns off, wipe it's nasty ass, wave it over the flame, and throw it on the play.

 

[bentmike]

there are many steaks and a temp for one might not be the right temp for another

Well said austinxpipe. I like medium to medium well. Just a band of pink through the center. If its a filet a little rarer is ok. I've found you have to pay your dues running the grill and eventually you find out what is best.
Man this thread makes me hungry.

 

[rosney]

I like mine warm throughout but still pretty red cooked over a hot enough source to get some carmelization on the outside without overcooking the inside. Salt and pepper with a little olive oil to get it to stick and promote browning for me.

 

[seamusjft]

As long as I'm left enough bloody juice for that inch thick fresh sliced heavily buttered bread to mop up I'm a happy man!

 

[fitzy]

How about some Peter Luger's super thick cut bacon to go with that steak? Sorry if the picture is large.

 

[madmurdoc]

Not too big on pork myself.

 

[fitzy]

It is a bit pricey. But it's the best steak and bacon I've ever had. I can only afford to go once a year for the holidays. Although compared to most steak places in Manhattan it is cheaper. Went there Tuesday. Best $100 I ever spent.

 

[jwp159]

For me, med rare to rare. Brown on the outside nice and pink inside cooked over wood coals with just a pinch of salt and pepper.

 

[uberam3rica]

I like my steak rare. It tastes much better. Well done is just dry and disgusting.

 

[sdcowboy]

While I like mine medium rare, I do like to experiment with seasonings and meat rubs. My current favorite is from Safeway. It is called Savory Roast Rub. I've found it has the right combination of flavors to compliment beef cuts or pork cuts. I just dab a little olive oil on the meat, sprinkle some of the rub on it, and rub it in 10 minutes before grilling. The olive oil helps keep the juices in the steak. The result is heavenly. It can turn an inexpensive sirloin into a meal fit for a king.

 

[mrgunnar177]

Well it looks like I'm the rare one here. I like mine well done. Maybe a hint of pink but that's it.

 

[lasttango]

rare if it's a good piece of meat from a decent place.... If I am at a waffle house kind of joint, then i go for burnt

 

[jcsoldit]

Pittsburgh style (charred on the outside red in the middle) with grilled asparagus.

 

[philip]

I seldom complain as long as someone else grills it.

 

[jbbaldwin]

Raw. We have tartare once a week. The eggs and beef come from farms outside the food industry - no hormones, no antibiotics, no processing plant, and run by people we know and trust.
If it's not tartare, it's seared on high heat and that's all.
I never eat beef outside my own home.

 

[guitarguy86]

Medium for most steaks and places.

 

[mrdoody]

Julia Child once amusingly quipped that if you wanted your beef cooked more than medium rare, then, well, you should just choose to eat something else instead.

 

[madmurdoc]

Julia Child once amusingly quipped that if you wanted your beef cooked more than medium rare, then, well, you should just choose to eat something else instead.

Well said!

 

[martiniman]

+1 for Pittsburgh,

I'm in Pa, is this a Pa thing only?