how do you know steak is cooked the way you like it with out cutting it open?

Answer 1

Use the hand method. Put your forefinger to your thumb and feel the thick part of your thumb, the flesh will be soft, that is rare. Touch your indexfinger to your thumb and feel again the thickened area of your thumb, the flesh will be firmer, that is medium. Touch your pinky to your thumb and feel your thumb and that will be very firm, that is well done.

Answer 2

If you cook steak enough, you'll be able to tell by its pliability. But until that point, buy an Instant Read thermometer at your supermarket or cooking store. They're about $10.

You put them in the steak in the center (or thickest part) for a few seconds. Don't leave it in while the steak cooks - you'll melt the thermometer.

Remember that after you take a steak off the grill or heat, it'll continue to cook and rise in temperature for a few minutes - figure about 5 degress.

So I pull medium rare about 130 to 135 degrees, medium closer to 140, and if I had to do medium well, I'd go 145. Personally I always do medium rare.

p.s.: I personally like the needle thermometers, not the digital ones. I can tell where it's at by how quickly the needle rises then starts to taper off.

Answer 3

A meat thermometer DOES help---

However, if you use the meat thermometer and then touch the steak with your fingertip, you will know what it feels like when it's "done" to your own liking.

Here's a grade of temperatures to follow:

Raw not cooked at all; thoroughly red/bloody inside <115°F <46°C
Very rare/ Blue very red and cold ("blue rare") 115–125°F 46–52°C
Rare a cool red center; pink otherwise 125–130°F 52–55°C
Medium rare a warm red center, otherwise pink 130–140°F 55–60°C
Medium slightly pink center, otherwise brown 140–150°F 60–65°C
Medium well mostly grey-brown with a hint of pink 150–160°F 65–71°C
Well done grey-brown throughout with no sign of pink >160°F >71°C


Once you use the thermometer a few times, you'll get the hang of cooking the steak without it, and you'll be able to gauge it by touching it...happy eating!!!

Answer 4

you can usually tell steak by touch, ifit's squishy, its closer to rare. if its hard, its closer to well done.
yo learn the touch. i did when i workd in a kitchen, (wear gloves in a commercial kitchen, hands alon at home's fine) that, ^ the time you cook the steak.
it's been a while, but i think 6 mins or so in total is well done. minus minutes for less well done, rarer steak.
just buy a steak, cook it for 3 mins. that rare. try,if its not to your liking, add a minute each side. that medium. 2 more minutes or (all estimates) thats med-well done.
just kep trying, it becomes second nature eventually. you can even look at a steak & tell how cooked it is sometimes.

Answer 5

Your just press ir and feel if it gives a well done steak is hard, a rare steak is very soft and springy, medium is in the middle of these and feels like the fleshy part of the palm of your hand when the hand is fully open.

Answer 6

The cut back of meat is in basic terms own determination. i admire a thick T-bone (Delmonico, Porterhouse) by using fact it has in simple terms slightly fillet on one side and a brand huge apple strip on the different side. maximum persons desire grilling over a flame, by using fact the fat dripping on the nice and comfortable embers (or rocks, or flame bars) supplies the beef a smoky style that may not be in a position to be beat. in case you do not have a grill, a grill pan is a radical 2d. A grill pan will nevertheless supply you with a number of the charring and smokiness, without going exterior. a solid warm forged iron skillet is a robust third determination. enable it warmth as much as very almost gleaming in the previous putting the beef in, and be sure the beef is at room temperature once you do.

Answer 7

Depending how you like it, raw which is also known as blu, rare, medium well done or burnt, when you press it with a fork the amount of blood coming out will let you know how cooked it is the less blood the more cooked it is, happy cooking!!!

Answer 8

If grilling, we use the cookout calculator at charcoalbob.com. If you enter the type of steak, thickness and how you want it done (medium rare, etc.) it will calculate the grilling time and give you instructions for how to grill the steak. It also has grilling tips.

Answer 9

They sell these meat forks that you press into the meat and it will tell you on the handle if its rare, medium-rare, or whatever. I've seen them in Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Sears, Walgreens...

Answer 10

A meat thermometer helps.