re: you dont need a gimmick to cook a steak

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also, comments on Kosmos, which was a reverse sear? gray ring around the whole thing

do you think it was from the cook, or the sear? Kosmo, what do you think?

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The gray ring is from the cook, it's unavoidable.

Minimizing the depth and variety of the ring is the purpose of the reverse sear.

Also, when I said "sear" I used a 550 degree oven for the sear since I don't have a BGE or anything else to sear something that big. That increased the gray ring since it's using basically dry heat to sear it. Not very effective.

I might use a torch this year, but convincing my mother that we are going to sear her $250 piece of meat that we are serving to 15 family members, I may encounter some resistance.