Comments on: Grilling the Perfect Steak

By: LT

LT — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:34:12 +0000

bought t-bone steak at the store, packaged, 5.99 per pound
brought it home, opened it, put a lot of sea salt on each side and covered it with clear plastic
after about 45 minutes i rinsed the steak well under the faucet with cool water, rinsed all the salt off
i patted it dry with paper towels, i guess it wasn’t super dry but i did it a few times as well as possible
i rubbed a little olive oil on both sides
i put a cast-iron grill skillet on high heat for about 10 min
i dropped the steak in for about 4 minutes, flipped it for about another 4 minutes… it had nice grill marks but was gray everywhere else, i don’t know what happened.

By: Cat

Cat — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:11:50 +0000

As a female and a vegetarian, I’d like to say that this article did not offend me at all. I gave up meat solely because I object to dirty and inhumane factory farming, not meat-eating in general, which can be both healthy and humane. What offends me is people like Dezmovous, who seem hell-bent on making all women and all vegetarians look like self-righteous psychos.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:06:33 +0000

Amy, perhaps if you spend a few year trying to earn a living on a cow/calf operation with months of hard, dirty, and cold work. you appreciate us meat eaters a bit more. Have you ever pulled a calf, ever doctored on for pink eye or rot foot? Ever seen the vet bills you get and supply bills you get to keep them healthy? Ever get up long before the sun does and sweat through the day and not stop until after nightfall, and do that day in an day out to keep cattle? Ever head out in a blizzard to check on them, see if they are in sheltered place while you are standing on the knolls keeping an eye on them? Ever been kicked by one, stompped on by one or just plaing run over by one?

I’ve done all those things, perhaps if you had, you’d appreciate a good steak too.!

By: TugBoat

TugBoat — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:02:30 +0000

Great post! Naturally, people differ in opinions when it comes to cooking the best steak. There are many times when I just simply salt and peppered it, other times with olive oil and S&P, then there are other times when I will have BBQed seasoned steak. All fine ways to go! To me, steak—-ahhh, it’s hard to beat! Regardless of what some people think, when eating steak–you cannot help but feel like a man! Then again, my girl loves her steak as well. So, rather…it’s more like you cannot help but enjoy a good quality steak! My girl likes hers well done, I like mine medium rare–extra bloody. So good. *shakes head*

As far as health benefits/concerns go–here is my opinion. I have lost about 120 pounds of fat and now weigh about 190. I was a large fella. But I am also bad to the bone, when it comes to lifting heavy..seriously weights. Not just in the gym, but barrels, logs, kegs, tractor tires. whatever! My point that I want to make is—I do not follow any ridiculous diet. I listen to what my body tells me to eat. I eat whole, natural food. None of that refined shit. Over the years of lifting heavy weights, my body always craves for red meat. Trust me, i opted to eat chicken and fish…but it never fils me up. Sometimes, an hr or 2 later…I’m hungry again. However, when I eat red meat, hamburgers, steaks, ribs—whatever…my body feels nutritionally satisfied and I always get stronger. That is not the case with chicken or fish, except chicken livers maybe. If eaten in moderation….and as long as you’re seriously physically active…i actually think it is imperative that you eat red meat! Then again, everybody’s body is different.

But seriously….what is better than a grilled steak, people?? That’s it, I am going to cook one now. Ha!!

By: Matt Reed

Matt Reed — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:20:32 +0000

I saw a chef from Ruth’s Chris on my local news one night showing how he cooks his steaks with a perfect pink center. He got his grill blazin hot, probably like 600 degrees or something, and then threw his steaks on with the lid closed for 1 minute to sear one side. Then did the same to the other side, 1 minute. Next he changed it to medium/low and and did both sides again except 4 minutes per side. So, after 10 minutes you’ve seared both sides and cooked both sides. Then you’re just supposed to let it rest 5 minutes and that’s it. Per-fect-o!

This process has worked great for me because before I really sucked at steaks and got scared every time I had to cook for a bunch of peeps. I use it so much I made myself an iPhone app with those exact times preset so I just go down the list. http://itunes.com/apps/steakulator

You can prepare it however you want, this is a really good list of Tips to start with.