re: Most Americans prefer their beef well done

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Misleading title The chart says that 52% of people prefer their burgers well done That is the only category of beef where well done surpasses the 50% mark

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Then again, there's probably a helluva lot more burgers consumed than steaks, no?

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Then again, there's probably a helluva lot more burgers consumed than steaks, no?

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Right...and then again, the overwhelming majority of burgers consumed are consumed at places that don't give you an option on how to order it.

So I'm not really sure consumption really matters all that much

And then again...it's ground beef...I'd say there is a big difference between liking your burger well done and a ribeye

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Mmm mm mm nothing says "delicious" than a hamburger patty that's been sitting on a grill until it's nicely gray and dry. Or so believe 52% of Americans, as summarized by this beef industry research paper I discovered while googling something completely unrelated.

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Safety wise there's a big difference between eating rare hamburger and rare steak. The potential for e-coli contamination is much greater with ground beef because of the way the beef is processed. Hence I tend to order hamburger well done.

I order steaks medium rare.

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I actually got a right wing chain email a couple years back that made fun of liberals for liking sushi and their steaks medium rare.

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typical right-wing conservative bullshite

I like my steaks medium. Some pink on the inside without it raw/cold. I don't understand how people like raw meat that is barely seared, but at the same time eating a well done steak is nasty.

I like my burgers to be cooked more a little more than my steaks...ground beef can have e coli and whatnot.

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This. Eating rare/med rare commercially processed hamburger is risky. Grind your own if that's what you want. My steaks are rare...always. My burgers aren't...and won't be.

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Fuggin A. I'm not going to order a burger someone else has pattied cooked less than a medium. A steak is a different animal. Well not really, but...

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The potential for e-coli contamination is much greater with ground beef because of the way the beef is processed

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That's one of the many reasons why I like to buy grass fed, whenever possible

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The fact that an animal was grass fed doesn't have shite to do with the e coli risk associated with undercooked commercially made hamburger that may have come from the damn thing.

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The fact that an animal was grass fed doesn't have shite to do with the e coli risk associated with undercooked commercially made hamburger that may have come from the damn thing.

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I like my chances of eating something less contaminated when it comes directly from the farmer.

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like my chances of eating something less contaminated when it comes directly from the farmer.

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Fine. I'd like to see trustworthy statistics on the percentage of beef animals actually treated with growth harmones vs the perception created by the "grass fed" sales pitch. I'd also like for the grass fed beef to be tested indepndently for chemical contamination arising from the consumption of grass. Ain't all forage chemical free, you know. I'm not picking a fght...just pointing out that there is one helluva sales pitch going on here.

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I'm not picking a fght...just pointing out that there is one helluva sales pitch going on here.

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Believe me, I do not fall for sales pitches easily. I detest them. It just makes sense for me to go for the cattle that eats what it naturally wants to eat.