re: Cooking steaks in a skillet?

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First you need to salt your steak and let it sit out to room temperature (a MUST) for about 30 minutes. The salt brings the moisture out, then soaks back into the steak.

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I agree with the room temperature part, but what's the point of salting the the steak to bring the moisture out if it's only going to go back in?

To each their own, but I salt right before it goes in the skillet. If the moisture is on the surface, all you are doing is essentially boiling the meat when it hits the skillet.

To the OP, cooking inside on a cast iron skillet is going to produce some smoke. If you are ok with that, go for it. I hate having my house full of smoke, so I just take the skillet and get it red hot on the grill. Maybe a little redundant, but it's always worked for me.