How you prefer to have your steaks cooked

• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  Rare.
• dlazz

  OSH;1390029 wrote:I always get my burgers medium rare too, and for some reason that disgusts people.

  It's an easy way to get food poisoning since hamburger is ground up, bacteria that was otherwise on the outside of the meat is now mixed throughout the meat. cooking it medium rare only kills the bacteria on the outside and can potentially leave it on the inside. cooking a streak rare is usually good enough since the meat isn't ground up, the bacteria is only on the outside of the meat.
• TedSheckler

  

  Burger are different. My steaks go medium rare, burgers are medium to medium-well. Little or no pink inside.
• OSH

  

  dlazz;1391479 wrote:It's an easy way to get food poisoning since hamburger is ground up, bacteria that was otherwise on the outside of the meat is now mixed throughout the meat. cooking it medium rare only kills the bacteria on the outside and can potentially leave it on the inside. cooking a streak rare is usually good enough since the meat isn't ground up, the bacteria is only on the outside of the meat.

  I understand that, but the burgers are still cooked at hot enough where the bacteria is killed.
  
  That said, a lot of restaurants won't cook a burger medium rare because of the restrictions. And, most of the beef I eat is raised by my family.
• dlazz

  OSH;1391530 wrote:I understand that, but the burgers are still cooked at hot enough where the bacteria is killed.

  In theory.
• Ironman92

  

  TedSheckler;1391500 wrote:Burger are different. My steaks go medium rare, burgers are medium to medium-well. Little or no pink inside.

  
  Maybe we need to determine the pinkness/redness of each.
  
  To me little pink is medium well....the brighter pink/borderline red is medium.....red is medium rare and rare is bloody lol.....well done is just no pink whatsoever but still has some juice to it.
• Fab4Runner

  

  Medium.
  
  Medium well for burgers.
• vball10set

  Ironman92;1391549 wrote:Maybe we need to determine the pinkness/redness of each.
  
  To me little pink is medium well....the brighter pink/borderline red is medium.....red is medium rare and rare is bloody lol.....well done is just no pink whatsoever but still has some juice to it.

  IMO, medium well is no pink, and well done is shoe leather.
• Devils Advocate

  

  Well done burger = Hockey puck.
• O-Trap

  

  Well-done = can be used to replace charcoal in a charcoal grill
• Big_Mirg_ZHS

  

  Pittsburgh Rare is also a choice i get at the high end establishments
• Fab4Runner

  

  
• vball10set

  ^^^I digress, and thanks for proving me wrong, Ms. McGee
• Fab4Runner

  

  vball10set;1391629 wrote:^^^I digress, and thanks for proving me wrong, Ms. McGee

  Haha you're welcome.
• Ironman92

  

  vball10set;1391582 wrote:IMO, medium well is no pink, and well done is shoe leather.

  
  So if everyone on here agrees with you then I am a notch off.....so if that's the case then I prefer medium, but I also never get above Columbus so it just might be different definitions.
• Ironman92

  

  
  
  Yeah.....the pics I found agree with what you guys are saying, but south of Columbus I guess is a notch off.
  
  The medium in this pic is what I prefer.
• gerb131

  

  Medium rare, I like it to bleed into the taters.
• Classyposter58

  

  Con_Alma;1391292 wrote:Their Black Bean Soup is a fantastic way to start the meal.

  Had the Mozzarella wrapped Prusciutto for a starter, then the Ribeye with twice baked Au Gratin potatoes
• Fab1b

  

  When I cook it Med rare, when I go out rare. Love filet, ribeyes, and porters!