January 31, 20223 yr On 1/29/2022 at 6:43 PM, Mo Horn said: You can have your reverse sear, or whatever method you want to use for steak. NOTHING beats a sous vide and seared rib-eye. Reverse sear and sous vide do the same thing. One's in an oven and the other's in a bag in a pot of water.
January 31, 20223 yr On 1/29/2022 at 10:15 PM, Mo Horn said: Agree to disagree. I've had many grilled steaks, and they don't compare to sous vide. Fuck you're sous vide, aint nobody got time for 4 hours of soft boiling. Grill fast, grill hot, and make sure that mother fucker is still moo'ing on the plate. Edited January 31, 20223 yr by BurntOrange&White
January 31, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, irishtexan said: Reverse sear and sous vide do the same thing. One's in an oven and the other's in a bag in a pot of water. I've done both and will take sous vide any day. It just melts in your mouth.
January 31, 20223 yr 8 minutes ago, Mo Horn said: I've done both and will take sous vide any day. It just melts in your mouth. But it's the same thing. You're slowly bringing the temperature up until it reaches the target internal temp and then searing it. It doesn't matter if it's done in water or an oven or your mother's vagina, which also melts in your mouth.
January 31, 20223 yr It makes a difference if you bring it up to temp on a grill (offset from the coals/wood). From there you can sear it on the grill or on cast iron (after resting). But bringing it up to temp in that smokey grill environment is better than brew in the bag or the oven. Edited January 31, 20223 yr by dcbc
January 31, 20223 yr 17 minutes ago, irishtexan said: But it's the same thing. You're slowly bringing the temperature up until it reaches the target internal temp and then searing it. It doesn't matter if it's done in water or an oven or your mother's vagina, which also melts in your mouth. I think that’s the nicest thing anyone’s ever said about his mom.
January 31, 20223 yr On 1/12/2022 at 8:31 PM, Lobo said: Thank you, thank you. Just need to find and then come back here in a few months and ask for high-altitude cooking pointers (ain't scared). I mean...all that's riding on this is the hegemony of two families with absolutely zero in common except the two kids getting married and the sentiment of, "We don't really know anything about them Lobo, never even met. But the groom said he likes grilled meats and you're always playing blues music whenever we visit the grandkids...so uh...sort something out. If you don't, gonna be a really awkward week up in 'dem mountains." What do you think happens to meat at high altitudes? Just reverse sear the steaks and all of them (except the 180* ones) will be great. I make steak at 9000 feet regularly.
January 31, 20223 yr I'm not worried, I just know these "food safety nuts" know that yeah, shit takes a little longer to get hot at high altitudes...but I can cook on any grill with any heat source. I just know they're gonna be worried that the usual 30 minutes I grill their steaks to 180* won't be enough. So I'm gonna pickup a pack of cheap meat temps so I can prove each and every steak is done beyond well done. As for the groom's family and me, I'm gonna reverse sear as suggested on here so I can serve at roughly the same time (that's really my worry, I've grilled great steaks for 8 people but medium rare to medium well. I've never done 8 steaks at 175 and 6 steaks at 135 at the same time. Just a logistical nightmare is all. The grill is big enough, I'll reverse sear the medium rare ones hopefully about the time the well dones+ are passing 170 and pull 'em all at same time. Medium rares shouldn't spoil, just let the outside keep black sizzling. I just don't wanna screw those up. If the 175'ers keep going up to 185, her family will only be happier and put more A1 on them. I feel better typing that out. I can't overcook theirs enough. Going with a local grass fed NY strip/ribeye purveyor for the medium rare jobs. They like T-bones for their well-done cut, so may as well just pick that up at the local grocer, grill it to almost 200, then send it over to a leather tannery for final cooking. Honestly my biggest worry is that I'll dick around outside drinking whiskey looking at the mountains and forget my little plan here and fuck it up from drinking too much.
January 31, 20223 yr 6 hours ago, Mo Horn said: I've done both and will take sous vide any day. It just melts in your mouth. I've had great results from both but prefer sous vide because it's more foolproof (important if I've been drinking).
January 31, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, Lobo said: Honestly my biggest worry is that I'll dick around outside drinking whiskey looking at the mountains and forget my little plan here and fuck it up from drinking too much. I hear you on that one.
January 31, 20223 yr Ate at Eddie V's in the Arboretum on Friday night and I can confidently say I've completely spoiled myself when it comes to making great steaks. Got their 22 oz ribeye and I make a better steak than they do. It was not even close, either. My wife has told me the same thing. I guess I'm out on steakhouses going forward.
January 31, 20223 yr 15 minutes ago, Chewbacca said: Ate at Eddie V's in the Arboretum on Friday night and I can confidently say I've completely spoiled myself when it comes to making great steaks. Got their 22 oz ribeye and I make a better steak than they do. It was not even close, either. My wife has told me the same thing. I guess I'm out on steakhouses going forward. 💯
January 31, 20223 yr 5 minutes ago, elfenix said: nothing says great steak like a chain seafood restaurant It was due to the crowd I was with, as well as the location (was staying in the Domain). Would not have picked it if it was just me. Overall the meal was very good, just nothing special.
January 31, 20223 yr 5 hours ago, irishtexan said: But it's the same thing. You're slowly bringing the temperature up until it reaches the target internal temp and then searing it. It doesn't matter if it's done in water or an oven or your mother's vagina, which also melts in your mouth. Reverse sear is superior imo, and I an a fan of sous vide cooking. The reverse sear dries out the exterior, promoting a better finishing sear than the wet cooking SV approach. Also, while SV is very forgiving on time...I have started picking up some really off putting texture when steaks are cooked in there for much longer than necessary to get to core temp. I don't know exactly where that time threshold is at, somewhere around 3-4 hours with steaks.
January 31, 20223 yr 32 minutes ago, Chewbacca said: Ate at Eddie V's in the Arboretum on Friday night and I can confidently say I've completely spoiled myself when it comes to making great steaks. Got their 22 oz ribeye and I make a better steak than they do. It was not even close, either. My wife has told me the same thing. I guess I'm out on steakhouses going forward. I had a very nice steak the other night at the argentinian place in the hill country galleria, but I could hands down cook a better steak myself with minimal effort. This is the curse that we have been given.
February 1, 20223 yr 11 minutes ago, Anastasis said: I had a very nice steak the other night at the argentinian place in the hill country galleria, but I could hands down cook a better steak myself with minimal effort. This is the curse that we have been given. Which is why I mostly order from the appetizer menu or get a lamb entree at high-dollar steak houses. Steak tartare, foie gras, oysters rockefeller, etc. -- all are way more interesting than something I could do (as well or better) at home.
February 1, 20223 yr Just now, DalTxHornFan said: Which is why I mostly order from the appetizer menu or get a lamb entree at high-dollar steak houses. Steak tartare, foie gras, oysters rockefeller, etc. -- all are way more interesting than something I could do (as well or better) at home. The steak tartare at Eddie V's was amazing. Way better than the actual steak. Same for the oysters.
February 1, 20223 yr 7 minutes ago, DalTxHornFan said: Which is why I mostly order from the appetizer menu or get a lamb entree at high-dollar steak houses. Steak tartare, foie gras, oysters rockefeller, etc. -- all are way more interesting than something I could do (as well or better) at home. What I take away from this is that you don't know how to cook lamb.
February 1, 20223 yr Just now, Anastasis said: What I take away from this is that you don't know how to cook lamb. Funny! I cook lamb very well! It's just more interesting than steaks. I know that I've told this story before -- here or on TOS, but I was hosting some clients from Germany and Belgium for dinner in Texas at a high-end steakhouse and we were all in the mood for lamb. When the lamb was presented, the clients were blown away at the portion size. They whipped out their phones to show pictures of the lamb entrees they'd been served a couple of nights before in Paris -- clearly 1/4 the size of the Texas lamb. Everything is bigger in Texas.
February 1, 20223 yr Author 11 hours ago, Chewbacca said: Ate at Eddie V's in the Arboretum on Friday night and I can confidently say I've completely spoiled myself when it comes to making great steaks. Got their 22 oz ribeye and I make a better steak than they do. It was not even close, either. My wife has told me the same thing. I guess I'm out on steakhouses going forward. Seems a little extreme. If I decided to quit going to restaurants every time I ate at a chain and realized I could cook better at home, I'd never go out to eat anymore.
February 1, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, Sam Lin said: I mean, I admit I cannot cook the same flavors as Applebee's. No doubt, it takes a lot of chemicals to make the pre-portioned proteins in a bag that Applebee's serves.
February 1, 20223 yr 21 hours ago, irishtexan said: But it's the same thing. You're slowly bringing the temperature up until it reaches the target internal temp and then searing it. It doesn't matter if it's done in water or an oven or your mother's vagina, which also melts in your mouth. @South Austin meat in your mothers vagina is common theme.
February 1, 20223 yr 20 hours ago, dcbc said: It makes a difference if you bring it up to temp on a grill (offset from the coals/wood). From there you can sear it on the grill or on cast iron (after resting). But bringing it up to temp in that smokey grill environment is better than brew in the bag or the oven. Yup, on the Pit Boss I set it to 200 degrees and put it on the elevated rack and smoke it until 110-15 then I open the vent over the pellet burner and set to 500. 1-1.5 min per side. The taste is amazing.
February 1, 20223 yr 6 hours ago, Landomatic said: Seems a little extreme. If I decided to quit going to restaurants every time I ate at a chain and realized I could cook better at home, I'd never go out to eat anymore. I've never been a big fan of steakhouses to begin with. Overpriced and, like last week, good food but not worth what they charge for it. I'd much rather spend my money at other kinds of restaurants, especially those that I cannot replicate at home (sushi, Indian, etc).
February 1, 20223 yr Author 57 minutes ago, Chewbacca said: I've never been a big fan of steakhouses to begin with. Overpriced and, like last week, good food but not worth what they charge for it. I'd much rather spend my money at other kinds of restaurants, especially those that I cannot replicate at home (sushi, Indian, etc). I hear ya. But the food is only one part of why you go out to eat. Probably not even the most important part, for me anyway.
February 1, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, Landomatic said: I hear ya. But the food is only one part of why you go out to eat. Probably not even the most important part, for me anyway. Food is usually the #1 reason I pick the restaurants I pick (incidentally, food was not the reason Eddie Vs was chosen, but that's a different conversation). Other stuff matters, too, but food is #1. I get that not everyone feels the same way, but that's how I am.
February 1, 20223 yr On 1/31/2022 at 11:18 AM, irishtexan said: your mother's vagina, which also melts in your mouth. "makes your tongue burn" is not the same thing as "melts in your mouth"
February 2, 20223 yr Food is usually the #1 reason I pick the restaurants I pick (incidentally, food was not the reason Eddie Vs was chosen, but that's a different conversation). Other stuff matters, too, but food is #1. I get that not everyone feels the same way, but that's how I am.We’ve gotten where most meal out will be things I don’t make at home: pho, sushi, Korean bbq, etc
February 2, 20223 yr 6 hours ago, Chewbacca said: Food is usually the #1 reason I pick the restaurants I pick (incidentally, food was not the reason Eddie Vs was chosen, but that's a different conversation). Other stuff matters, too, but food is #1. I get that not everyone feels the same way, but that's how I am. Food is definitely my main reason, and it weights probably 80% of the decision.
February 2, 20223 yr my birthday meal out went from steak to sushi long ago. steak at home is tough to beat. sushi at home I have yet to master.
February 4, 20223 yr I’ve haven’t gotten into reverse searing yet, but it’s just too hard to for me not to want to either grill over charcoal, or cast iron sear and finish in the oven for ease/taste/quickness. This baby got the cast iron and it was perfect.
February 4, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, Etexhorn13 said: I’ve haven’t gotten into reverse searing yet, but it’s just too hard to for me not to want to either grill over charcoal, or cast iron sear and finish in the oven for ease/taste/quickness. This baby got the cast iron and it was perfect. I've got a 10" lodge logic (low sided griddle pan) that got dedicated grill sear use a while back. Cook to temp on the opposite side of the grill from the coals. Pop the cast iron griddle pan on the grill grate over the coals, open the vents, and crack the lid while the meat rests. That thing gets super hot and you get a great sear in no time. You still get all the smokey goodness of the grill too. Edited February 4, 20223 yr by dcbc
February 5, 20223 yr On 2/1/2022 at 7:42 AM, Sam Lin said: I mean, I admit I cannot cook the same flavors as Applebee's. Does your microwave not work?
February 5, 20223 yr 5 minutes ago, Scooter Monzingo said: Does your microwave not work? Do you soak your charcoal in Jack Daniel's?
February 10, 20223 yr Taking guesses for what breed/origin this is and cost at a steakhouse in the PNW. *Asking because I think the owner is bonkers sometimes. Disclosure: I work as a waiter at this place. 34 oz Porterhouse edit: and no this wasn't some promo photo shoot. this was my dinner tonight Edited February 10, 20223 yr by cam4mav
February 10, 20223 yr Author 2 hours ago, cam4mav said: Taking guesses for what breed/origin this is and cost at a steakhouse in the PNW. *Asking because I think the owner is bonkers sometimes. Disclosure: I work as a waiter at this place. 34 oz Porterhouse edit: and no this wasn't some promo photo shoot. this was my dinner tonight Can’t see shit
February 10, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, Landomatic said: Can’t see shit hesrightyouknow.jpg On 1/31/2022 at 5:16 PM, Chewbacca said: Ate at Eddie V's in the Arboretum on Friday night and I can confidently say I've completely spoiled myself when it comes to making great steaks. Got their 22 oz ribeye and I make a better steak than they do. It was not even close, either. My wife has told me the same thing. I guess I'm out on steakhouses going forward. It’s been this way for us for years. That said, even with a CM down the street, I’m often jealous of the quality of meat certain high-end steakhouses can source (may need to up my mail order game). We also like the experience - getting away from kids, the service, apps, sides, not having to cook and clean... and sometimes a bartender who can make a transcendent martini. Plus, since we prefer steak over tiny bites, steakhouses have their place in our date night rotation. On 1/31/2022 at 11:28 AM, dcbc said: It makes a difference if you bring it up to temp on a grill (offset from the coals/wood). From there you can sear it on the grill or on cast iron (after resting). But bringing it up to temp in that smokey grill environment is better than brew in the bag or the oven. On 1/31/2022 at 5:48 PM, Anastasis said: Reverse sear is superior imo, and I an a fan of sous vide cooking. The reverse sear dries out the exterior, promoting a better finishing sear than the wet cooking SV approach. Also, while SV is very forgiving on time...I have started picking up some really off putting texture when steaks are cooked in there for much longer than necessary to get to core temp. I don't know exactly where that time threshold is at, somewhere around 3-4 hours with steaks. I experimented for a while with SV, following tips on shaggy/surly. I just couldn’t get over the “odd” texture SV produced vs. traditional “grilling.” I have no explanation, but my wife and I both noticed it. It didn’t matter the cooking time, so I chalked it up to method. Plus, no smoke flavor compared to cooking over coals. Cook however you like, just don’t overcook. I like fire and smoke. YMMV.
February 10, 20223 yr I would prefer not to spend my own money on a steakhouse dinner. And when I go I usually order something other than steaks for similar reasons. The seabass at Flemings is great btw.
February 10, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, solamente73 said: It’s been this way for us for years. That said, even with a CM down the street, I’m often jealous of the quality of meat certain high-end steakhouses can source (may need to up my mail order game). We also like the experience - getting away from kids, the service, apps, sides, not having to cook and clean... and sometimes a bartender who can make a transcendent martini. Plus, since we prefer steak over tiny bites, steakhouses have their place in our date night rotation. Costco carries Prime beef. That's where I get most of mine, but there is a really good butcher that I go to sometimes as well for different cuts. Between those 2 I can typically get what I want. It requires more effort, though.
February 10, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, elfenix said: there's subgrades within prime. you aren't getting prime+ at costco. Probably get what you pay for or more though
February 11, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, elfenix said: there's subgrades within prime. you aren't getting prime+ at costco. I've never seen Prime+ at any store. It's rare to see Prime at a store.
February 11, 20223 yr Be aware the precut meat at Costco is blade tenderized. Not really an issue, but there is concern for people with weaker immune systems that you cook it enough (cannot "safely" serve it rare). Now if you buy the whole primal in cryopack, they haven't tenderized it yet. The price label will clearly state if it has been tenderized. Edited February 11, 20223 yr by Sam Lin typo
February 11, 20223 yr More importantly, be aware under the US grading system grading is done with one sample of meat from one portion of the ribeye. Other cuts can and do vary widely from animal to animal. Very common to find a Choice grade strip or porterhouse that looks much better marbled than neighboring pieces of Prime. Less likely with ribeye as that is the grading sample, but it still happens. At the retail level, always pick based on the specific piece of meat - ignore the grade.
February 11, 20223 yr Kinda wish your spoon holder thing on the right said "Many people have eaten my meat."
February 11, 20223 yr I've never seen Prime+ at any store. It's rare to see Prime at a store.I used to work for a company based in Des Moines. Regular grocery store like HyVee would have prime beef as just a part of the standard assortment. The pork is unlike anything seen in these parts.
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