Use Science to Cook the Perfect Steak!
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Published 2023-10-12
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I wanted to learn how to cook a steak in 2020 after a lot of time stuck at home—but everywhere I looked provided conflicting information to reasonable questions. Questions like: What pan temperature? What oils? How often to flip the steak? Should I baste it? What about tempering? Sous vide or reverse sear? Plain old skillet? Cast iron or not? The questions were infinite.
After hundreds of hours of scouring through cookbooks and textbooks, cooking dozens of steaks, and losing half my hair, I've found it! I've found the secret to cooking the perfect steak—every time—using science.
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Macharáčková, B. (2021). Cooking loss in retail beef cuts: The effect of muscle type, sex, ageing, pH, salt and cooking method. Meat science, 171, 108270. snazzy.fm/QL
Myhrvold, N. (2021). Modernist cuisine. The Cooking Lab. snazzy.fm/Jk
Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, September 20). Maillard reaction. Wikipedia. snazzy.fm/Uo
Young, C. (2023, March 28). This Makes Your Steak 30% Juicier!. YouTube. snazzy.fm/Jz
Young, C. (2022, July 1). Why Flip your steak every 30 seconds?. YouTube. snazzy.fm/JQ
0:00 Cooking is a science
0:25 The secret to steak is water
2:06 Biggest misconception about cooking meat
2:58 Sponsor: ANKER SOLIX F3800
4:53 Experiment: cooking two steaks at different temperatures
6:48 Why I don't use the reverse sear or sous vide on steak
9:07 How to scientifically cook the perfect steak in 15 minutes
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All Comments (21)
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Yep, as a chef who’s gone to culinary school and worked in the industry for over a decade, you are spot on w this.
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I've never wanted a steak at 7am MORE than after watching this video. Thanks, Quinn! 🥩
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He's finally done it. The beard finally reached the point where Quinn became a steak-tuber.
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Quinn you never fail to impress, I barely eat steak, I dont care about a whole home power solution that costs 2 grand, nothing in this video is for me. And yet I watched the whole thing enraptured, I dont know how you do it but now I want to become a steak chef.
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This is the video we didn’t know we wanted but the video we needed
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This is fantastic, I’d never thought I’d see a tech YouTubes cover my favourite food 🥩🥩. I love the scope of this channel Quinn. I use lard or beef dripping (tallow) as my cooking oil or butter. I hate seed oils.
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Never thought I’d see a cooking video from you but thanks! Answered and demystified a lot about cooking steaks for me
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Quinn, as a long-time viewer of the channel I have no idea why I clicked on this video (I've been a vegetarian for 4+ years and never plan on cooking a steak in my life ever) but I did. And somehow you kept me along. That just speaks to your impressive presentation skills. Plus, I really like the scientific approach in your videos. Keep it up!
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Wow… The algorithm actually showed me something uploaded a minute ago!
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Never thought that I would be learning how to optimally cook steak from a tech YouTuber 💀
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Boy this was helpful! We have been trying so many different methods and never been satisfied with the results. I can't wait to try this.
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Even though I dont cook much, the entire theory of water content getting boiled rather than heating the innards makes sense everytime I cook frozen stuff. Armed with this knowledge I will definitely pay more attention and be more careful and considerate (like proper defrosting) before cooking something. Would've probably never sought out this content, but since I was subscribed to you, I was like why not. Thanks Quinn!
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Always enjoy your tech (and especially audio) videos because you actually know what you’re talking about and/or have properly researched the subject you’re talking about. I realise now that it’s not the tech that makes me come back to your channel but your style of presentation and well-researched script. Thanks for the great videos, this was very entertaining and got me interested in cooking steak!
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Damn this channel sure is something, one minute I’m watching a video on the best iPhone Shortcuts automations and the next I’m watching a video on how to properly cook steak.
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Seeing Quinn doing a deep analysis on cooking steak is pretty satisfying.
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This is a good reason to cut a pan in half. I love this. Thanks for sharing your love of cooking steaks with us, haha.
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Now you’re a cooker? Quinn you don’t stop amazing us!😅
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Wow, a cooking video from this channel and it’s fantastically informative!? Thank you!
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Great video, loved the outdoor setting too. Nice change of pace from the normal videos!
