you dont need a gimmick to cook a steak

I don't mean to be primitive here, but whats wrong with grilling them? Or is all of this pan searing just offered as an alternative to grilling?

I don't think it's a gimmick so much as a different technique, that's all.

quote:

---

I don't mean to be primitive here, but whats wrong with grilling them? Or is all of this pan searing just offered as an alternative to grilling?

---

if by grilling i'm assuming you mean a bbq pit.....in which case the juices all drip off. in a pan or flat top, the steak cooks in the juices and butter (if you use it.)

quote:

---

dude didn't use italian dressing or A1 or ketchup .... how good could those steaks really taste?

---

Yep. Missing out on that A1.

But all kidding aside, my dad is an excellent cook. I learned most of what I know by cooking with him and experimenting on my own. But the man can't cook a steak. Probably his life long aversion to charcoal. He has had gas grills as long as I've been alive. Which have their place. For chicken, burgers, hot dogs, sausage, it is fine. But he cooks steak and it is let it marinate in something, sprinkle, no coat, the outside with something after it is out of the marinade. Put it on a too hot gas grill, and pour the juices from the marinade over it when he flips it. And it never turns out medium rare. Always medium or even worse, medium-well. I just don't understand. We go out to eat and he'll order a steak medium rare, but can't cook it that way himself.

He wouldn't need all those flavorings if he just broke down and got a weber kettle. That's what I like to use, and they always turn out great. He has even admitted that mine are far superior to his.

quote:

---

and by gimmick, you know what i mean

---

If you think the reverse sear is a gimmick, I challenge you to try it. I've used Ramsey's method for years and it cooks excellent steaks, but the reverse sear did it better. And that's no BS.

I did it the other night...really impressed. Makes for an excellent steak.

quote:

---

gotcha. so just a different method to cook a steak.

---

yep! different strokes. guess i just wanted to convey that sometimes the K.I.S.S. method can accomplish the same end result as as a more complicated process. also, its hard to argue with gordon ramsay about the best way to cook a steak

quote:

---

Houma Sapien

---

Either troll, or dumbass. I can't decide.

quote:

---

I did it the other night...really impressed. Makes for an excellent steak.

---

ditto

I hear the rustling of panties being bunched.