I was grilling a steak using my cast iron ribbed pan. I turned the stove on high, let it set until it was burning hot. Sprayed the pan with olive oil and threw the steak in the pan. It started to smoke like crazy and my smoke detector went off. When I ate the steak it tasted like crap, it had a nasty burnt taste to it, but the steak wasn't even burnt. I'm guessing it had to be all the smoke. I've cooked steak previously with the same pan and technique and this has never happened. Does anyone know what went wrong??? Thanks.
2007-03-20 18:29:20 · 5 answers · asked by tegra977 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Excellent answers here. To add on, Pam now makes a spray called Pam for Grilling that is formulated for cooking at higher temperatures. Some of the recipes we use for our All-Clad grill pan recommend lightly spraying both the meat and the pan.
Also, for outdoor grilling we use the cookout calculator at charcoalbob.com. Just enter things like the type of grill, temperature of the fire, cut and thickness of meat and desired doneness. It will give you printable instructions for how to grill your steak to your specifications.
2007-03-21 01:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by Terry S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Season your pan well, use an oil with high smoke point (peanut, safflower, canola), wait until the pan SLIGHTLY smokes, and then add oil.
When the pan slightly smokes, that means it has reached the smoke point of the oil used to season the pan. When you add the oil, it decreases the temperature slightly so the oil is just below its smoke point, but it is still at a very hot temperature. By the time you add the steak, it's gonna be at the perfect temperature.
2007-03-21 07:22:49 · answer #2 · answered by BUNguyenI 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea, your pan was way to hot, and olive oil has a very low smoke point mid 300's(the point at which oil burns). I would either use clarified butter, or safflower oil, which has a very high smoke point low 500's. What works the best is actually putting a little oil on the steak instead of in the pan, its smokes much less like that
2007-03-20 18:48:36 · answer #3 · answered by 7 Words You Can't Say On T.V 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
easily its not a solid theory in my view to sear the steak first this places a barrier between the beef and the smoke the final way from my adventure is to soak your chips in water for extra or less fifteen minutes or so and upload a pair of hand packed with chips on precise of the coals at at time as necessary that way you get the smoke flavoring to the beef and nevertheless have the warmth necessary to cook dinner your steak , attempt this and enjoy permit me comprehend once you will try this because of the fact i might desire to make helpful i happen for dinner LOL
2016-10-19 05:40:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your pan got too hot. Also, how old was your olive oil?
2007-03-20 18:33:50 · answer #5 · answered by tranquility_base3@yahoo.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋