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[Michael F. Assbender]

97.5% of Americans are eating their steak wrong.

 

[Hermii]

Medium Rare is the best. It is the pineapple pizza of the steak world

Ftfy.

 

[Sadsic]

i eat straight rare. delicious animal flesh

 

[andycapps]

How I order it depends on the quality of the restaurant and the steak itself. If it's a high quality steak and restaurant I'm going medium-rare. If it's Longhorn, I'm probably going medium.

 

[ecosse_011172]

medium well = people that really want their steaks well done but know that there's a stigma against it so they say medium well

I've never even heard of it, must be an American thing.

 

[MIMIC]

It's insulting if it's a good cut of meat to cook it into shoe leather. In a way it's like taking high quality expensive food and taking it and dumping it into a garbage can. They really should just eat something else, because they are ruining the meat and it's wasteful.

This is ridiculous. Insulting to who?? The chef? The cow?

It's so bizarre that people can be so obsessed with another person's food preferences.

 

[boclfon479]

97.5% of Americans are eating their steak wrong.

Agreed. Bloody dripping rare steak master race!

 

[andymcc]

Over the years I've settled into having mine medium.

That said, one of the best steaks I've ever had was medium-well (cooked perfectly) with a shell of char on the outside. The restaurant called it the "Bourbon Street Sirloin."

Applebee's? Joke post?

 

[cress2000]

Well done should really be renamed overdone. I can see "well done" registering psychologically as a synonym for "perfect!" or "the best!".

 

[old]

I suspect these stats would be different if they polled customers at a high end steak house (e.g $60+ ny strips) than the fast food equivalent of a steak house.

 

[Kieli]

I suspect these stats would be different if they polled customers at a high end steak house (e.g $60+ ny strips) than the fast food equivalent of a steak house.

There's no such thing as cheap steak. Even the cheapest runs $30 CAD.

 

[andycapps]

There's no such thing as cheap steak. Even the cheapest runs $30 CAD.

In the US you can get a steak at Longhorn for $15-20.

 

[Chumley]

This is ridiculous. Insulting to who?? The chef? The cow?

It's so bizarre that people can be so obsessed with another person's food preferences.

It's insulting to the chef, to the cow you killed to eat the steak, and to yourself.

 

[HeySeuss]

This is ridiculous. Insulting to who?? The chef? The cow?

It's so bizarre that people can be so obsessed with another person's food preferences.

Actually the chef. Because you're not utilizing their skillset and ordering a steak that any normal fry cook could pump out. Cooking a well done steak at a high end place is a social faux pas

 

[Spiritwalker]

Rare meat is disgusting.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

I loooooooveee rare stake, just sear it quickly on both sides and give it to me.

 

[Davey Cakes]

Applebee's? Joke post?

Frank's Steakhouse.

The center was marinated, juicy, and tender and the outside was intentionally charred to a crisp. It was nice.

I've had the filet mignon there, and had it medium. That was cooked correctly as well.

Cooking more or longer doesn't mean the steak will be shoe leather. It's all about the technique.

 

[F34R]

I eat well done, my wife does medium well. I've tried it every way, and find well done is best for me.

 

[_Nemo]

I mean you might as well eat a live cow if you want rare/medum rare.

Spoiler

/s

 

[jviggy43]

97.5% of Americans are eating their steak wrong.

This. Stop throwing your money away.

Actually the chef. Because you're not utilizing their skillset and ordering a steak that any normal fry cook could pump out. Cooking a well done steak at a high end place is a social faux pas

Was at peter lugers about a year ago, the waiter told me people can order it well done but they won't get it that way.

 

[MIMIC]

Actually the chef. Because you're not utilizing their skillset and ordering a steak that any normal fry cook could pump out. Cooking a well done steak at a high end place is a social faux pas

If you're a chef and you get "offended" that someone dared to order a steak that you cooked well-done, then you probably need to get over yourself.

 

[Kevtones]

What % of people eat it with ketchup?

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

What % of people eat it with ketchup?

I'm going to guess 11.7%.

 

[Eusis]

Well done should really be renamed overdone. I can see "well done" registering psychologically as a synonym for "perfect!" or "the best!".

Honestly? I bet this is the main reason Trump orders his well done. "Only the best for me!"

 

[Rentahamster]

I am the 2.5%

 

[ecosse_011172]

Because they're showing how that's going to cook on a grill. You have to get into unusual cooking methods (like sous vide) to get that edge to edge pink.

Nope, a reverse sear is all you need.

 

[Geist-]

I'm honestly having a hard time believing medium-rare is 3rd place on the chart. Are people just scared of ordering something with the word "rare" in it?

 

[F34R]

I use ketchup and/or A1. That's the norm for me now. I've had dozens of different ways to go though.

 

[Ponn]

Actually the chef. Because you're not utilizing their skillset and ordering a steak that any normal fry cook could pump out. Cooking a well done steak at a high end place is a social faux pas

What kind of skill set is used to sear a steak on both sides?

 

[webkatt]

Well done steaks are the best!

 

[mugurumakensei]

Well done steaks are the best!

I agree. Why would you want your meat to look like it's bleeding?

 

[bootsthecat]

There are less than 500 Longhorns in the US, so I refuse to believe this is at all representative. We like our steaks like our wars, bloody

 

[.JayZii]

Rare meat is disgusting.

Thoughts on sushi?

 

[donkey show]

Rare meat is disgusting.

Love me some rare steak.

 

[Hermii]

Do people actually pay 60$ for a steak in the us? Even in Norway that would be pricey.

 

[bootsthecat]

Do people actually pay 60$ for a steak in the us? Even in Norway that would be pricey.

At a decent Steakhouse, yes. At Longhorn? More like 17.99

 

[Badosh]

I never order rare or well-done, almost always medium. Depending on past experiences and the restaurant I'll order medium-rare or medium-well, but eh.

 

[cress2000]

Breath of Fire II had a really great joke about this. If you answered well done, your party's HP was appropriately reduced to 1 in the boss fight that followed.

Honestly? I bet this is the main reason Trump orders his well done. "Only the best for me!"

Thumbs up. The thought occurred to me as well. I held back, hahah.

 

[Gravy Boat]

I agree. Why would you want your meat to look like it's bleeding?

Because it's juicy and has flavour and doesn't require a pint of water with every mouthful to swallow.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

"brown on the outside, pink in the middle"

My uncle taught me this for many things but mostly steak

 

[g11]

Best way to be sure you get your steak right is to cook it yourself. I don't trust the grill jockey at Applebee's and the like to know the difference between medium and rare. If I'm gonna each trash food, I'll just hit Taco Bell. If I want a steak, I'd rather just select and cook the meat myself.

 

[Horp]

Not too bad. I was fearing I would see a majority well done or medium-wells. Not bad at all

Best way to be sure you get your steak right is to cook it yourself. I don't trust the grill jockey at Applebee's and the like to know the difference between medium and rare. If I'm gonna each trash food, I'll just hit Taco Bell. If I want a steak, I'd rather just select and cook the meat myself.

No I'm not a bad cook. I can make a great indian curry or nice pie, or why not some swedish traditional food; but man I can't cook a steak properly. (properly = medium rare, nothing else. Rare tastes like iron, well done tastes like leather, no joke.)

"brown on the outside, pink in the middle"

My uncle taught me this for many things but mostly steak

 

[Electret]

We need a poll up in here.

Medium rare or get the fuck out.

 

[The Albatross]

I usually get medium rare.

Most chains don't do anything under medium anyway, even if they let you order medium rare or less.

 

[Frustrated_Grunt]

I get rare at a restaurant. Though I'm a terrible cook and it always ends up medium-ish when I try it.

 

[bman94]

90% of the time I eat Well done. Fight me.

 

[Madness]

I will never understand the Well-done people. Can't you save money and just order a Hamburger without the bun instead?

Why? When you can afford steak and eat it how you want. Or are you one of those elitist food snobs who thinks they know best. Well-done steak tastes better than a hamburger patty. I don't get this notion of a right way to eat anything. As if you don't have enough folks these days telling you how to live, piss , tip, you need people to tell you how to eat cooked meat.

I like my steak between medium and medium well myself. I've had medium rare and well done as well. Steak is steak...

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Rare is the best.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

90% of the time I eat Well done. Fight me.

Shameful

 

[Maintenance]

As I said in the other thread, well done most of the time, and medium-well if not possible.