Another thing — and this is an axiom — is that there are three ways to cook a steak: rare, medium and RUINED. Rare is best, and medium is tolerable. It’s a matter of fact that less cooked meat is more tender and flavorful. Don’t get me wrong, you have every right to like well done steaks better. It just means you have bad taste.
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry | How to Cook a Steak
As I sit here casually prepping for a little barbecue (and watching my NCAA tournament bracket get further pulverized into dust), it’s important to remember what Gobry accurately calls first principles for cooking a great steak.
