Why do people overcook their steaks?

Question

The lack of meat quality knowledge is seen everywhere and people refuse to understand That 'Blood' in meat isn't what you think it is. Try to cook the meat on medium rare and taste the difference

It’s myoglobin, the protein that delivers oxygen to an animal’s muscles. This protein turns red when meat is cut, or exposed to air. Heating the protein turns it a darker color. Rare meat isn’t “bloody,” it is just cooked to a lower temperature.

Myoglobin : is an iron- and oxygen-binding protein found in the skeletal muscle tissue of vertebrates in general and in almost all mammals. Myoglobin is distantly related to hemoglobin. Compared to hemoglobin, Myoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen and does not have cooperative-binding with oxygen like hemoglobin does. But at the core, it is an oxygen-binding protein in red blood cells. In humans, myoglobin is only found in the bloodstream after muscle injury.

Updates:

1 y

I work as a chef in a elders home and i took 3 days off this week, so where i work they got a substitute cook instead of me. So on Wednesday there should be very nice meat cuts and 99% of the elders likes it at medium rare/ medium (max) because it's easier to chew, with some gravy sauce and so on. So the cook made them all... AAAALLLL the meat well done and the elders couldn't eat. Now i have over 200 complains from the elders family members 😒

Answer 1

LiamSawyer | 606 opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic.

Guru

Due to the fact they don't know how to cook and and don't realize that the red juice is not blood but a protein called myoglobin. First my steaks are always at least 1.5" thick. I salt them for about an hour before cooking and I reverse sear them at 1800 F when the internal temp hits 105F after searing the internal temp is about 115 F. Then I pull them from the grill and let him rest for 15 minutes and by then the internal temp rises to a perfect
even top to bottom 130 F medium rare that is nice and juicy with a nice crust.

React

1 Person

Answer 2

ShortCircuit | 210 opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic.

Guru

I don't care what the science of it is. I've tried medium rare steaks and I honestly don't taste the difference compared to medium well. Well done does taste a little different, but it still tastes good to me. So if it's no difference in taste, I'd rather have my meat look appetizing, be easier to chew, and not be lukewarm.

React

1 Person

Jaximus-Lion

1 y
It depends on which detail you have. There is some meat cuts that you should never go over medium and some they must be well done. Most of the cuts that has more phat and more texture should be rare or medium rare. The science in that is just muscle to phat percentage, that's it.

Answer 3

Jaximus-Lion

It depends on which detail you have. There is some meat cuts that you should never go over medium and some they must be well done. Most of the cuts that has more phat and more texture should be rare or medium rare. The science in that is just muscle to phat percentage, that's it.

Answer 4

lilyanony1 | 87 opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic.

Yoda

I like my meat medium well. Cooked and juicy.
All this rare business does not agree with my genetic make up. I've been raised on cooked meat...
I eat sushi though but that's cold cured

React

1 Person

lilyanony1

1 y
Thanks for mho

Answer 5

lilyanony1

Thanks for mho

Answer 6

chapawapa

Xper 7

Medium rare all day long 🤗 omg I cannot wait to eat a. steak 😛

React

chapawapa

1 y
Thank you. And more people need to ear steak the right now lol 😆
Jaximus-Lion

1 y
Good luck on breaking their stupid tradition.
ArrowheadSW

1 y
@chapawapa Are you going to have a nice steak this Holiday weekend?
Show All Show Less
chapawapa

1 y
Nooo arrow. I'm dieting so I'm not really going to eat anything. Which is fine. I don't really celebrate Thanksgiving anyway

Answer 7

chapawapa

Thank you. And more people need to ear steak the right now lol 😆

Answer 8

Jaximus-Lion

Good luck on breaking their stupid tradition.

Answer 9

ArrowheadSW

@chapawapa Are you going to have a nice steak this Holiday weekend?

Answer 10

chapawapa

Nooo arrow. I'm dieting so I'm not really going to eat anything. Which is fine. I don't really celebrate Thanksgiving anyway

Answer 11

ArrowheadSW | 273 opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic.

Guru

When you cook a steak medium, do you let it sit for several minutes before eating it, to avoid the juice from "bleeding out"? I think I heard that somewhere.

React

1 Person

Jaximus-Lion

1 y
The reason it needs to rest is because the juices need time to redistribute.
ArrowheadSW

1 y
That's what I was thinking. Kind of like the steak being its own sponge. How many minutes do you recommend letting it sit before serving? I like cooking medium but I don't like that run-off you get when you cut the steak. LOL
Jaximus-Lion

1 y
10 minutes covered with aluminium foil
Show All Show Less
ArrowheadSW

1 y
OK... I cooked one tonight and let it sit for ten minutes. But I didn't use the foil. I can see why you would... LOL
Jaximus-Lion

1 y
😂😂😂😂 🕸🥩

Answer 12

Jaximus-Lion

The reason it needs to rest is because the juices need time to redistribute.

Answer 13

ArrowheadSW

That's what I was thinking. Kind of like the steak being its own sponge. How many minutes do you recommend letting it sit before serving? I like cooking medium but I don't like that run-off you get when you cut the steak. LOL

Answer 14

Jaximus-Lion

10 minutes covered with aluminium foil

Answer 15

ArrowheadSW

OK... I cooked one tonight and let it sit for ten minutes. But I didn't use the foil. I can see why you would... LOL

Answer 16

Jaximus-Lion

😂😂😂😂 🕸🥩

Answer 17

Phoenix98 | 780 opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic.

Master

Yeah I can’t stand over cooked meat.

When I have a steak it has to be medium rare and bloody 🤤 when it’s medium rare the texture of the meat is good it has far better flavor and the meat is so nice and juicy 🤤

React

1 Person

Answer 18

nerdybutlazy

Xper 7

It's just food, please can cook it how they want it's not my problem

React

1 Person

Answer 19

Wise4myage | 1.2K opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic.

Master

That's probably how they like their meat, or they just don't know how to cook steak.

React

Answer 20

Dinklex3 | 173 opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic.

Guru

?
Because we think it tastes better.
Lol.
Can't stand that medium rare crap.

React

1 Person

Jaximus-Lion

1 y
Think tastes better? In which context?

Answer 21

Jaximus-Lion

Think tastes better? In which context?

Answer 22

DizzyDesii | 1.1K opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic.

Master

Lmao there's a difference between well done and overcooked. Im not eating no pink meat

React

1 Person

Jaximus-Lion

1 y
As an expert! Well done is still ruining the meat, you can have it on just medium, not medium rare.
DizzyDesii

1 y
Nah it needs to be brown
CreamySeed

1 y
I luv me some pink meat 😍😍😛🤭
Show All Show Less
DizzyDesii

1 y
@CreamySeed i love me some meat too but i ain't talkin steak
CreamySeed

1 y
I like my meat tunnel shaped 👌🏻😛

Answer 23

Jaximus-Lion

As an expert! Well done is still ruining the meat, you can have it on just medium, not medium rare.

Answer 24

DizzyDesii

Nah it needs to be brown

Answer 25

CreamySeed

I luv me some pink meat 😍😍😛🤭

Answer 26

DizzyDesii

@CreamySeed i love me some meat too but i ain't talkin steak

Answer 27

CreamySeed

I like my meat tunnel shaped 👌🏻😛

Answer 28

Anonymous

I barely eat meat and I'd never eat anything that looks bloody. I like it well cooked and with a salty crust.

React

1 Person

Jaximus-Lion

1 y
And that's how you ruin steaks, bravo 👍

Answer 29

Jaximus-Lion

And that's how you ruin steaks, bravo 👍

Answer 30

ChefPapiChulo | 571 opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic.

Yoda

because people are peasants and they have no taste.

React

2 People

Answer 31

CreamySeed | 51 opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic.

Xper 7

I grill my steaks 4 minutes one side 3 minutes the other still pink and much better.

React

1 Person

Answer 32

moonpie89 | 1.1K opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic.

Master

I grew up eating it overcooked since my mom always cooked it that way. I've just stuck with it

React

1 Person

Jaximus-Lion

1 y
It seems you know of this so why not change and make it better and more delicious?

Answer 33

Jaximus-Lion

It seems you know of this so why not change and make it better and more delicious?

Why do people overcook their steaks?

Most Helpful Guys

Most Helpful Girls

What Girls & Guys Said

Related myTakes