Well done: Greyish-brown with no sign of pink, usually slightly charred on the outside. Cooking a good steak to this level of doneness is a challenge. It has to be done slowly on low heat, or else you end up with shoe leather.
Medium well: Mostly grey-brown throughout, but with a hint of pale pink inside. Good for someone who wants an ever-so-slightly juicy steak, but detests any sign of “blood” in their meat.
Medium: A more pronounced band of pink in the middle of the steak. However, there should still be slightly more grey-brown than pink coloration.
Medium rare: Warm and mostly pink to red center. Firm on the outside, soft and juicy on the inside.
Rare: Cool or warm red center. It’s nearly like raw meat, but obviously cooked on the outside.
“Blue”: Red, cool, and practically raw. It’s barely cooked for the true carnivores amongst us.
So, how do you like yours?
I’ve tried steak at all the aforementioned levels. I don’t like my steak well done… i prefer for it to be medium…leaning more towards rare.
medium or medium rare..
well done is too dry and most places would even butterfly the steak to get it well done..
babez eats welldone, but has over the years become more of a medium well eater..like she would tell the waiter, I want welldone but not dry and I will say so like right between a medium well and well..and the waiters usually chuckle and get her a medium well.
I like mine medium, pink n juicy. And BIG. LOTS of steak! Ideally, with a big fat baked potato loaded with butter n sour cream. Top off with either broccoli with cheese sauce or creamed spinach and I'll be your slave.
When I delivered number 3 son, I told hubby not to bring me flowers, bring me above menu. He DID!!! (he brought the flowers too, but I didnt happen to notice them till the dinner was gone lol).
He has learned that he can get away with pretty much any offense if he remedies it by firing up the bbq and making nice juicy steaks lol. He likes them crispy-well-done but boys all like pink n juicy like mom so we end up growling over mama's steaks lol.
mama u can always have the best of both..medium or medim rare with a more charred surface.
I got a infrared grill last year which will be fired back up this weekend, makes restaurant quality steaks, I may go as far as saying that I easily make better steaks than avg restaurants.
I have however recently developed more of a taste for sweet potato than regular baked potato :)
I love a steak with a béarnaise sauce…asparagus and skinny fries or good buttery mash…heaven!!!
Anyone tried Kobe Beef here? It’s basically meat from cows that have been spoilt rotten! They massage the livestock and feed them ale and sake. A while back, when we were travelling through Malaysia, we came across “Master Kobe”…which is Kobe Beef that has come from tee-total cattle …that stuff was yummy…melt in the mouth!
maroush yes have had kobe..but u have to be rather careful, many places start calling stuff kobe..
I like my steak with sauteed mushrooms and blue cheese :) yes I am weird
I dont care what X2 says, I like to pan fry my steak before putting it on grill. I believe him that it does not lock juices but i do it for the flavor. :D
I dont like any pink but I agree though that preparing your steak well done is a challenge. Trick is (in my opinion) to start with a thicker slab of meat (one and half inch thick at least), turn the grill off before you want it to but let the steak sit for few mins before you pick your knife.
TLK my grill has a sear setting so I sear them on the steak.
actually you can do it too, have the grill on high and then put the steaks on it, sear both sides and then lower the heat or move it to the lower heat section of the grill.
amatuer kaheen ka.. pan par sear karta hai..when the grill is right there..
A while back, when we were travelling through Malaysia, we came across “Master Kobe”…which is Kobe Beef that has come from tee-total cattle 
…that stuff was yummy…melt in the mouth! 
this is for hard core carnivores…how do you like your RED MEAT steak? 
