5 Reasons to Love RFX for Cooking Steak

We’re super excited for the launch of our new RFX™ system, including RFX MEAT™ and RFX GATEWAY™ (available together as the RFX Starter Kit) and have already had a ton of fun working with it here at ThermoWorks HQ. Among the many things we’ve cooked with it, of course, is steak. And it works great for it. So here we’ve put together five reasons RFX is great for cooking steak, and why it will help you nail your doneness every time.

1—RFX can easily go from the oven to the stovetop or grill.

If you read this blog often, you know we love to reverse-sear our steaks. The control you get from careful cooking followed by a hard sear is the best way we’ve found to get perfect doneness every time. And RFX MEAT goes easily from the oven to the cast-iron pan, or from the indirect side of a grill right to the flames.

2—Fire is no problem.

Cooking a steak in a hot pan inside is a thermal challenge unto itself, but it pales in comparison to the heat of grilling flare-ups. Those high temps are why we usually recommend not using a cooking probe while grilling. (The transitions on our Pro-Series^® probes can go up to 644°F [340°C], plenty high for smoking, but too low for flare-ups.) As long as you insert the probe up to the minimum line, RFX MEAT can handle temperatures up to 1000°F (538°C)—high enough to handle the flare-ups that come with cooking deliciously fatty steaks over an open fire, so you can easily track the temp through the whole cook.

3—Extensibility makes you the life of the grill party.

Ok, we’ll throw in one more great reason why RFX is great for cooking steak: Parties. RFX GATEWAY can communicate with over 50 RFX MEAT probes, so you can keep an eye on everyone’s steaks at the cookout and see that they’re all done just right. All the data goes right to the ThermoWorks app, making you the grill master of grill masters.

4—There are no wires.

No matter how you cook your steak, there is going to be some flipping and turning. But with RFX MEAT’s wireless probes, there is no untangling, no removing the probe and hoping you got it back in the same spot again. Cook it like an SCA champion:

“I am a huge fan of the RFX Meat wireless thermometer because I don’t have to worry about wires getting in my way when I’m turning my steak. This gives me more time to focus on getting the perfect grill marks.”

– Anthony Lujan, SCA competitor, golden-ticket recipient, host of the Pitmaster’s Podcast

5—You can watch the carryover easily, graphically.

When your steak comes off the grill, out of the pan, or out from under the broiler, it will continue to cook. Keeping RFX MEAT in the steak will let you watch that carryover as it happens, even displaying the data graphically for you to better understand. Will it stop the carryover? No, but you can take notes in the app about the cook so that next time you can know what to expect from similar conditions. This kind of data analysis is what you need to become a true master of steak cookery.

Of course, this is just what RFX can do for steak! There are a host of other applications where RFX can shine, helping you become a better cook. Check it out, and see how things improve from your already-excellent level. Happy cooking!