Cooked some top sirloin on a cast iron. I’m still relatively new to cooking steak and don’t know if this is med rare or even if I cut against the grain properly. I used a meat thermometer but couldn’t seem to settle on the right depth to place it. It did taste bomb but don’t hold back w/ tips and advice on how I can improve, i’m trying to get good at cooking steak!
by kennysahn81x7
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Looks lovely. Slightly closer to medium, I would guess, but a nice pink and looks juicy. Good job!
Medium, but just seconds off medium-rare
I’d say this is medium, getting awfully close to medium-well (and hitting it in some places). A bit more done than I prefer, but I wouldn’t turn it down.
Don’t know, but it looks damn good😋
Looks more medium to me
Sure. Hard to tell after it has all been sliced as myoglobin runs out of it and it starts to oxidize thus turning less pink as opposed to the initial cut. But to me it looks like you did a great job. I would not hesitate to eat that.
It’s delicious looking is what it is, but I personally would call it mid-rare, yeah?
It looks like it close to medium but sometimes these pictures don’t show the most accurate color.
At least one of the slices is for sure.
Generally speaking of you go into a steakhouse and other medium rare you can expect a hot red center. A hot pink center would be a medium. Mostly grey with a think line of pink would be medium well.
This steak needed to rest a bit before slicing so the juices can redistribute and there would be a more consistent temperature throughout with less grey around the edges.
About 1-2 minutes over med rare. Still looks good.
It’s between Medium Rare and Medium.
A lot of folks are saying it’s closer to Medium. Maybe. But it looks closer to the Medium Rare side to me. The people saying Medium Well are smoking crack.
Regardless, looks delicious!
Looks absolutely delicious. I would say “medium” rather than “medium rare”.
Like other say closer to medium but still a great cook. Send to me for disposal.
Medium/medium-well.
This is medium
Yum
Yes
It’s not tasty
Yes. Odd shaped cut so it cooked unevenly but pretty much yes
It looks very well done. And by that I mean done deliciously. I’d eat that in a heartbeat.
I would say there is nothing rare about this steak.
Medium
I’d put that at a perfect medium, personally.
That’s medium. Medium rare would still have a bit more red.
Still looks tasty.
It looks good, but from the photo it looks closer to medium.
Probably medium I would say. It’s really a matter of practice and experience. Every cooking device is going to be a little variable so you need to try a number of times and remember what you did when you got it right. Also try to reduce the variables by letting the steaks reach room temp for an hour before cooking and dry the surfaces well.
On the cusp but deffo medium to me
Id say its solidly medium. Still looks delivious though.