How do you season your steak?

I know we have a food board but this is more a cultural question I guess as opposed to “how do I make a good steak/do this/do that/etc..”

I use salt and pepper grinders and give it two passes on each side with each no matter what steak I’m cooking. Then rub a little on the sides. The thicker cuts I may do a little extra. I don’t use any extra seasonings or sauces.


I had some buddies over for a golf weekend and got steaks from a local butcher that basically butchers a fresh cow every week and sells till they’re out. They’re great prime steaks. Well one of my buddies once they are cooked asked where my A1 is. I was floored. I didn’t realize anyone put A1 on anything but bottom of the barrel steaks. A few weeks later for Father’s Day, similar deal. Except this time my brother is asking for Montreal steak seasoning to add to his steak on top of salt and pepper. Again I’m thinking all of this extra flavor is really for low end cuts of meat but I guess more people than I thought still put this stuff on good cuts of meat.

Obviously at the end of the day they can eat whatever they want but I was almost irate that they would ruin a great cut of meat i drove across state lines to get with A1 sauce and Montreal steak seasoning

And this was all before they ate them so it’s not like I cooked some terrible steaks and they needed to rescue it