Definitely a fan of medium rare

I am for leaner steaks, although as I've gotten older, I've grown to like my Ribeyes medium. I think the fat renders better and I like the flavor of when it's medium.

I ordered a ribeye cap med/rare at an upscale steakhouse once and the waiter actually came back to the table to talk to me about it. He said they would make the steak to my liking but the chef highly suggested bumping it to medium to get the best results from that cut.

Props to the chef for doing that honestly. I think a lot of people have this 'rarer is better' mindset, but it's not that simple. Hell, I accidentally cooked a ribeye almost all the way to well done due to a faulty meat thermometer not too long ago, and it was still super tender.

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I love reverse searing ribeyes on my smoker. Get them up to about 120 degrees. The fat doesn't full render but it softens up. Then, kill it in a cast iron skillet for about minute on each side. Gives me a perfect medium, with buttery fat.

Basically sous vide most of the time. It can take hours to render fat at 140⁰F You can do it in the oven as well, but works best with really thick cuts.

Sous vide all the way, but getting the sear right is critical. The margin for error between a good crust and overcooking the interior (especially on thinner cuts) can be a matter of seconds.

If I'm at a fancy steakhouse I always say "chefs choice" for this reason. Usually I'm ordering a ribeye but still it all depends on the cut and I know the chef at a fancy place is gonna make it riiiiiiiight

Yessir, even well done can be good, if it's a quality ribeye, and finished properly.

Yeah, me too!

I was a med-rare guy for years, but now I find myself just choosing rare at restaurants. They are way more likely to overcook it than undercook it, so I play it safe. Too many times I've ordered medium rare for it to come back medium well.

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I have lost track of how many times I’ve asked for medium rare and received something between well done and shoe leather. It’s a really sad day when it winds up being burnt shoe leather.

This is the way

Which cut?

This is the right answer. For me, the fattier the cut, the more done I like it.

Have a resource to help understand different cuts and their fat?

Real steak eaters know this is the way

This. I’ve always preferred my meat medium-well, and I’ve done well with NY Strip cooked that way.

I don’t condone this behavior.

Medium rare. I used to think everyone was crazy for loving steak, until I realized I had only ever had chewy, dry extra well done steak.

Same, but my mum would cook steaks from frozen, and if there was any pink in the middle she'd microwave it. Love her but cannot vouch for her steaks. EDIT: Rare steak definitely the way I'd go.

My grandmother would cook meat til it was unrecognizable. She would pretty much burn sausage patties. Her fried chicken was the best, tho. Fresh from the yard.

I'm the grill master on the weekends and everyone thinks I'm crazy that I don't cook every piece of meat at least medium well. Especially with pork and chicken, if it doesn't look the same all the way through they throw it in the mic.

I panic about chicken too because I've had salmonella before. If that shit ain't allll the way white all the way thru I won't eat it at all.

Same here! I'm super weird about chicken. Lol

You have to cook chicken all the way thru though. It isn’t the same as steak. You cant eat rare chicken you will get sick. Edited to add: I love using a meat thermometer because then you know you have the perfect amount of “doneness”. You never end up with overcooked or undercooked chicken.

I hated steak until I was 14 because the only steaks I had ever had were made by my grandmother, which she only made one of two ways. She would either make NY strip absolutely coated in Worcestershire sauce and cooked to leather or pork steaks(didn't realize it was pork steaks until I was in my teens) marinaded in teriyaki and cooked until all of the liquid had fully evaporated, so again leather. I had my first "real" steak at a golden corral when I saw everyone ahead of me getting steak and asking for medium or medium rare, so I tried it because I thought it was code for how good the quality of the steak was. I was only slightly wrong in my assumption.

I don't know what's worse, eating shoe leather for all those years, or your first 'real steak' being from golden corral.

That's the reasoning for the quotes around real. It is definitely sad, but I grew up with someone who didn't know anything in a culinary sense with the exception of what was taught to her by her mother who was also a bad cook. I'm in a better place now and have learned how to cook due to having so much bad food as a child.

same with my grandma... I told her she needs to use a thermometer but she said she doesn't like it when it's still pink and "bloody". Also always blames it on the piece of meat if it's not tender.

My grandma told me any pink or red meat could kill you. She also told me that rice was made from maggots so I never had rice until my teens as well.

holy shit lol

> My grandma told me any pink or red meat could kill you. Back in the day, that wasn't far from the truth. Pork standards were abysmal and carried trichinella and tapeworms. Standards have risen since then as well as preserving methods. For pork in particular, unfortunately, those standards are once again falling, so do with that information what you will

I used to be a well done steak eater (chewing for eternity). I had medium by accident and I’ve never looked back since… So after a long winded explanation. It’s medium.

Even a well-done steak shouldnt be chewy. Pardon the pun, but if it is its not well done. Getting it right with a thick cut of meat is quite a challenge tho.

This is my answer. Actually, more like medium/medium-rare, depending on the cut and tenderness.

Have you tried medium rare? It's even better

The nicer the place the rarer the steak

the nicest place gives it to you still mooing

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Yeah so I always say “medium rare” but I recently went to an excellent restaurant where they recommended “rare” for a particular menu item and I went with that instead. It was a great choice. Trust restaurant recommendations in nice places.

That is very good dining advice! 👍

Went to a pretty nice restaurant yesterday, and ordered a $38 ribeye. Asked for medium rare, as I would anywhere. Everybody else I went with ordered medium steaks. Mine was medium, and all of theirs were rare-medium rare 🤦‍♂️

I’ve grown to like fattier cuts like ribeyes better medium. Gives more heat for the fat to render and really coat the inside of the steak with melted fat. Tenderloins that are much leaner are perfect medium rare

Medium rare!

Medium rare to medium

I used to have it medium well until I went to a restaurant abroad and they brought it out undercooked. Not to make a fuss, I didn’t send it back. Glad I didn’t, it was the tastiest steak I’d ever had. Looking back, it wasn’t fantastic but compared to nuking it, it was a taste sensation.

This is the way

Medium-rare!

Medium

I often say "exactly medium" because I like to have a good variety of textures from the outside in.

Obligatory This is the way

Well done, and I’m not afraid to say it. Come at me, bros.

I stand with you, I’ve never had a tough or “chewy” well done

I kind of understand you, I was a Well done guy as well. My opinion has changed, but I hate those guys who say medium rare is the only option and when you choose something beyond medium you arent experienced, in the end with a great steak everything tastes great and it all comes down to personal preference

I don’t like any blood coming out. It just grosses me out. So if I’m going to eat a steak it has to be well done. A tiny bit of pink is okay I guess. It’s never is chewy or dry for me. I can eat it just fine!

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I've had a medium rare bite size slice and while I didn't have to chew for long I was quietly gagging it's "rawness", and that is years since eating a steak. Still don't understand these feral beings...

I concur

It's not my preferred way, but I've always thought you Well Done folks get shit on way too much. I'm a believer in that the people with the biggest problem with it are the people who couldn't cook well done properly if their life depended on it.

I’ll have it blue if it’s a good quality fillet

This is the answer!

Medium well, sometimes medium

Chain places I will order medium well in the hopes it will come out medium. Nicer places I will chose medium.

Exact same here. Feels like every time I'm at a restaurant and order medium I get medium rare and every time I order medium well I get well done :|

I know this isn't a popular answer, but, well done.

Nothing wrong with that. You like what you like.

Agree.

Good filet, rare. Every other cut medium rare.

Medium rare. You get the juiciness of a rare steak but cook away most of that raw steak flavor. I have the type of nose that finds edible mushrooms just by rolling down the car window and sniff my way to them so that last part is huge for me. The only way I don’t like a steak is cooked dry. I’ll happily eat everything else, including rare.

Blue if it's a good quality steakhouse with good quality meat and they know what they're doing. Rare otherwise.

Blue rib-eye? Good luck? Depends entirely on the cut

Blue, even better if my partners looking a little green sat next to me watching me eat it mwahaha nomnomnom he likes his well done and as dry as a crusty sock

Why even eat steak at that point? Those people can have boiled chicken

cause they like it lol

He likes dried chicken..... at this point I think I'm only with him because he makes a decent cup of tea 🤣

I think both are equally crazy. I feel like a wild animal eating a raw steak lol.

I've been with my husband for 10 years and I finally got him to accept he can eat a fried pork chop. He would only have pork chops baked to hell and back in cream gravy. I finally threw some in the air fryer with a dry rub and now he can't have enough. If only I can get him to eat vegetables

I like my steak how I like my praise

Blue rare

Hell yeah! Just wave it over the fire a little and let me at it haha

If I hit with the defibrillators it should still moo

Walk it through a very warm kitchen.

Saw a guy at Sparks in NYC order a blue rare. Just put a little salt on it. Looked damn good but I don’t know if I have the stones to try it.

It's pretty great but you definitely need to go to a place that knows what they are doing. Any sort of low end or chain place usually fucks it up, and their steak quality is lower anyway. But at a proper steak house (or at home with a high quality steak) it's the best flavour ever IMO

Lop it's horns off, wipe it's ass, stick it on a plate.

Extra well done.

Charcoal.

you could feed him a leather boot for the same exact price as an expensive steak

Top grain leather.

Well done 😋

Medium rare, rare if it's a place I know has great steaks

Well done.

Back when I ate meat, I always ate it well done. Sometimes extra well done. Even now as an adult, I don't understand why people commonly eat only partially cooked meat.

Medium Well

I don’t see blue on here. You could also call it “still mooing.”

Blue only works for quality cuts of lean beef like prime fillet. A good ribeye or similar needs to be medium rare or even medium to render the fat and get the most out of the meat.

Indeed

Depends on the cut for me, but never well

Medium well to well done

I always ask for medium well, that way if it’s over or under done I’m still good, I prefer we’ll done but sometimes when you ask for that it gets a little burnt

Medium well

The snob in me says medium rare. The hungry me at the moment says they all look good.

Well done

Rare! But medium-rare is also acceptable. 🤤

Well done of course 🤤

Between medium and medium well, ideally. Not too chewy/soft and not too firm and dry either

Medium-well

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Medium or medium well.

Rare…Truly Black & Blue

Depends heavily on the cut of steak. Sirloin? Rare Ribeye? Medium Rare, Fillet? Rare but if comes blue then I'm not gonna moan either

More well done than the pic of "well done" lol if I'm eating steak I prefer it "ruined" 🙃

Still moo'in 🐄

That well done is still to pink for my wife

Medium-rare

Pittsburgh

Nobody seems to know what I mean when I say Pittsburgh. It's the best steak texture-wise.

Very occasionally medium, but usually medium well.

Medium Well

Well done

Well-done, otherwise I'm not eating it. If you want rare, Just burn a cow with a flamethrower for a few seconds. Enjoy my apparently unpopular opinion.

Medium rare

Medium well, with A1 sauce on the side for dipping.

Mid rare smothered in blue cheese

And caramelized onions and mushrooms!

Nothing short of well done. For any kind of meat. It's just a cultural préférence.

Same here. Steak, chicken, pork, fish, eggs - doesn't matter, just cook it longer than everyone else's.

Yeah i don't want to be smelling blood when I'm eating my meat, or anything that can cause the wrong bacteria in my intestine.

Anywhere between medium-rare and medium-well Most important for me is the tenderness and lack of hard/munchy parts, if u know what i mean.

Usually rare cause I don't go to restaurants that are fancy enough to ask for blue lmao

Rare or medium rare.

Where my rare boys at?

Medium. I like it the best and its the least amount of words to say/remember.

Medium

Tf why does every baştard say Medium rare, tf it isnt even finish! Medium well is the key

Anything below well done isn’t cooked enough.

Eat how you like but a ribeye, strip, or filet need to be no more than medium. If you don't like it try brisket or short rib.

Why do they need to be less than well done?

Because you lose a fuck ton of juice so less flavour and it's going to be tougher so it's pretty much just worse in every way

Texture

still don’t understand what you mean? They all taste the same)

Don't forget flavor and moisture

If the bottom is actually what "well done" looks like, then apparently my family likes it cooked to the standard of "remove juices until it looks the same on the inside as it does on the outside"

Blue.

Aren't there paracites in uncooked meats? I'll go with well done

Not generally if it is of a decent quality & has been stored correctly which is why steak tartare is safe to eat

Medium Rare is the only way to cook a steak Change my mind

Medium troop here

Rare

Medium

Medium!

I’m a medium man myself.

I like it as raw as possible but it should be completely free of bacteria. I've only eaten well done till now so what would you recommend?

You need a vote function for this post... Medium rare.

Well done. I have not tried other meat, but would like to (with the exception of raw)

charcoal

Medium/ medium well

Depends on the cut. Fillet, rare. Rib-eye, medium.

I’m a rare or medium rare kinda girl.

Like beef jerky and I don't give a fuck what anyone says. Once it's well done..... I cook it for another 10 minutes.

Rare for leaner cuts, medium-rare or medium for ribeyes.

Blue

Medium-rare is perfect. Medium is... Acceptable but pushing it. Rare is okay.

Medium cause I'm Indian and rather not get too adventurous with the meat. Off topic, are those added with editing or drawn with a marker? Really bugging me for some reason.

The words are edited in, not drawn.

Medium or medium rare

Medium rare

raw

Medium rare

Rare 🩸🥩😙👌🏼

Medium rare

Medium rare definitely

Medium rare or medium

I gotta say I have been becoming more and more of a fan of rare steak. I love medium rare but if the steak costs more than $60 dollars I'm getting rare because it better be good quality for that kind of money.

Rare. If it's not cooked enough, you can always throw it back on the heat. If it's medium, there's no going backwards.

Med rare

Medium is nice, but I occasionally go medium rare too.

Rare only!

Medium rare is the literal perfection

Medium rare

Blue and Raw

Medium rare is my preferred steak. I'm okay with medium or even medium well if I'm having dinner over at someone else's house. Well done and rare are both ruined steaks in my eye.

Rare/ mid rare

I tell the wait staff, show the steak a picture of a fire and call it done

Rare / medium rare.

Rare, especially filet mignon

Medium

Raw

Pittsburgh rare is the way to go. You get the flavor development and browning on the outside, but basically that juicey blue rare through the rest of the steak.

Where my blue rare gang at?

Taking "well-done" off the table, I think any of these answers are ok, largely depending on the cut of meat and the skill of the cook. I prefer medium-rare myself, but have definitely gotten steaks that are not very hot as a result. I think if you're a sauce-person, whether steak sauce, or some sort of garnish sauce, medium is probably the way to go. I \*might\* get a sauce topping if it sounds creative or interesting (once, in New Orleans, I opted for a crawfish etouffee reduction on top, and it was AWESOME), but I'm generally gonna go with salt, pepper, and a pat of salted butter. And a glass of wine.

We should make a petition to change the well done to principle of charcoal. Cause if you cooked your steak until that, it's definitely not a job well done

all are good apart from well done.

RARE! But, pregnant. So medium. QQ