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Richard how do you get such a serious sear on the Ribe eye?
Just the grill?
I can get mine up to >600, but it’s really only if I douse my steak with butter and the butter catches fire that I can up towards 700 and obviously it’s uncontrollable and you risk burning the steak.
Thinking about getting a chef’s torch or a butane lighter. Sadly can’t afford a 1200 degree steakhouse broiler.
Are you talking about the Instagram pics? Taken a long time ago, and I think it was a restaurant meal.
You can also finish off in a hot skillet with butter.
Yes, nice.
Matthew, are you using propane? Charcoal is, as I understand, much hotter. I’ve heated a skillet to 900 F. I made smash burgers. Neighbors probably thought my house was on fire, except it smelled beefy.
I cook ribeyes quite frequently. And flank steaks. And hangar steaks. The charcoal gives a serious crust to MR meat.
Check out some videos and stuff by Adam Perry Lang. He puts fatty meats directly on the coals. Because there is no gap between meat and coals and oxygen can’t get in, there is no flame. I’m convinced that this is the best way to cook fatty pork chops on the bone. My Lord.