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Best steak to eat while listening to your rig?

One of life's little pleasures for me is grilling a nice steak, grabbing a satisfying Argentine Malbec or California Cabernet, and parking myself in front of my hi-fi for some musical enjoyment. It really doesn't get much better than this (unless it's raining or snowing outside -- that's icing on the cake).

So, what are your favorite home-cooked steaks and how do you prefer to prepare them? For me, I find that a ribeye or porterhouse from my local Wegman's is fantastic. I season it with Montreal steak seasoning and grill it for about 8 minutes per side (4 minutes in the 10 o'clock position and 4 minutes in the 2 o'clock position). I've played with grilling for less time and finishing in the oven, but don't feel it adds much.
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kbarkamian
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My favorite is a bone-in ribeye. I'm a filet mignon fan too, but the bone-in ribeye is pretty much always a bigger steak. Which tastes better depends on my mood.

I try my best to cook steak as plainly as possible and eat it that way. Only an inferior grade needs seasoning and sauces IMO. Taste the meat rather than the other stuff is my motto.

I cook mine on a Weber gas grill (gotten too lazy and impatient for charcoal). I get the temp up as high as possible (600 degrees on a hot and not windy day), put the steak on for about 4 minutes a side, flipping once, with the cover down. Cooking time depends on the thickness.

I've spoken to chefs at high end steakhouses. Putting salt on the steak before cooking can draw out moisture. Makes sense to me. Fresh ground pepper is the only thing many will use before it gets cooked. A Ruth's Chris chef claimed their ovens are at 1200 degrees (or was it 1600?), which is how all the flavor really gets seared in.

I used to eat steak as rare as possible. I've gotten soft in my ripe old age of 35 and now prefer medium rare.

I used to be a prime rib fan, but my tastes have changed a bit. It's become a bit too seasoned for me in most places.
kbarkamian
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I think being neurotic definitely has a big part in it. My neurosis extends beyond audio (and steak), however it pretty much started when my audio obsession began.

My wife simultaneously appreciates and despises by obsession with having to research the he'll out of anything I buy. Gotta make sure it's well worth the money. For example, I had to replace my now 17 year old backpack that I bought when I first started college. Just bought a North Face backpack for $115. Why $115 for a backpack? Well, I use it every day to carry a ton of stuff - workout clothes, showering stuff, work stuff, etc., and it has a lifetime warranty. I'd rather spend $115 and have something that'll last 17 years than pay $25 for something that'll piss me off daily and need to be replaced in no more than 2 years.

Makes sense, but my wife says "Why can't you pick out a damn backpack like everyone else and be done with it, rather than research them all for no less than a month?" My response - "I want to buy it once and be done with it."

Anything over the cost of a few bucks turns into this. Neurosis? Absolutely. Rational? I think so. She never faults what I buy.
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