Help Perfect My Steak

[Manic]

Hi All
I am totally new to this forum but love every bit of what I have read and learned so far.

I am really excited to try many of the recipe's listed on this forum.

Right now I am trying to make the perfect steak (Specially to thrill my wife). I have had some superb steak at many restaurants and I guess trying to clone them wont be entirely possible for me as many of those restaurants buy best cut steak and age they steak to bring out the best of flavors.

Well I really haven't tried that method just yet.

I know that restaurants have many high tech utensils and equipment that cost a lot of money which many of us don't have at home so I am hoping that I could give you guys a more or less idea of what utensils, oven and everything else I have in my home so you could point me into the right direction to creating the perfect steak.

Here goes.

1) Firstly the oven I have is a Conventional oven. It has a Broiler Element which works with a thermostat, so once the oven reaches a certain temp, the Broiler Element turns itself off and once it goes below that temp the Broiler turns itself back on again. My oven goes right up to 230 Degrees C on bake mode.

2) The only real tray that I have that came with the oven is those heavy black oven trays.

3) I also have a food thermometer. I thought this would be great to check the temp of the steak for the preferred doness.


That is all I can think of for now which which necessitates the main appliances needed to achieve my goal not forgetting the actual ingredients which shouldn't be too much trouble to get my hands on.

My goal is as follows.

I would firstly like to use the method mentioned above whereby I would like to rub salt into my steak to make it a little more tender.

Secondly I like BBQ flavored steak with a slight hind of strong flavor like chillies or something alike. What I was thinking of doing is combining a whole lot of spices to create a BBQ rub which I would then rub into my steak . Alternative to the Spicy Rub would be a saucy marinade which I could leave the steak in for about 24 hours. (Any secret recipes you guys want to share for both of the above mentioned would be great). Also do advise me on which would bring out a greater tasting steak, The saucy marinade or spicy rub.

I would then grill my steak in my home oven using the broiler on the oven. Once the steak comes out the oven, I would like to brush the steak with a nice BBQ flavored marinade and serve it.

To achieve the above I need a step by step guide on doing this in my home oven using my oven pan. Also we like steak medium to welldone and I know right now most guys outhere are gonna be screaming NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! but unfortunately we prefer the steak more the the side of well done but not extremely well done as we wouldn't like to eat bubblegum for supper. I guess the use of a thermometer would help me achieve the perfect doness of the steak.

What sort of temp does no need to achieve to get the desired doness of the steak. Also I have never using my thermometer on steak before. Any tips on how one should go about doing so to get the most accurate results.

Looking forward to hearing from you'll
Thanks again for everything

Regards

[shawna66_56201@yahoo.com]

About the best technique I've found is something I learned from America's Test Kitchen show on PBS. First bring the steak, if cold, to room temp by letting it sit out for 20 minutes. I then sear the steak on a stovetop, on both sides. Then I let it rest and come back to room temp, while the oven is heating. I stick in my temperature probe and put it in a 350 degree oven until it comes up to the medium rare temp, which is about 145 to 150 degrees. I take it out, cover it with tinfoil, and let it rest so the juices don't come out when you cut into it. This has made my steaks tender and juicy. Can't help with your seasoning - I just use kosher salt and pepper. Good luck!

[dwaine]

Try using garlic salt next time. If you can get to an outside grill try medium-high heat and about 5 minutes on each side for a 1" thick steak after searing.

[lvdkeyes]

In addition to garlic salt, I like lemon pepper and plenty of it on steaks.

[pelam5160]

In addition to the above, or as a replacement for some of the condiments, you might like to try marinading your steak for about 15 minutes or so. The best commercial marinade I have used is Adolph's Meat Marinade made by Lawry's.

Pat