Learn how to cook specific cuts of beef, the science behind the effect of temperature on food, as well as simple temp tips to successfully cooking beef.
For a meal that is celebratory, you just can’t beat tenderloin. Its tenderness and luxuriousness practically scream important dinner, and its cost backs that claim up. Most people don’t just toss a tenderloin in the oven because—I don’t know, it’s Wednesday? This is meat for special occasions. And the great thing about tenderloin is that…
Chicken fried steak is one of the most iconic dishes of the South, and of Texas in particular. Most likely the descendant of the schnitzels that arrived with German and Austrian immigrants, its ingredients are simple and inexpensive—it was never a food for the rich. No, the hills and hollers of Texas bred this dish…
Once confined to the kitchens of modernist restaurants, sous vide circulators have lately become increasingly popular among regular home cooks. Small, powerful circulators like the ChefSteps Joule make water-bath cooking accessible and easy. In particular, cooking a steak sous vide is an easy, sure-fire way to get your steak cooked to just the right temperature. But…
While the hardcore-meat-lover may claim that medium-rare is the only way to eat a steak, a lot of home cooks look to cook their steaks to a safe and still flavorful medium temperature. To achieve a medium temp in your steak or other beef cuts we recommend using an instant-read thermometer, like the Thermapen®, which…
Medium Rare Temperature The coveted medium-rare doneness has long been the goal of the steak and prime rib home cook. It is the optimal cook temperature of meat because of the tenderness and flavor it brings. Attaining this grilling and roasting goal can be quite the challenge. Using an instant-read thermometer, like the Thermapen, and cooking…
It’s game time! You’ve gathered your friends, donned the jersey, and are ready for the biggest snack-food event of the year. What are you serving? Chili-Cheese Fries! Aren’t you? You are if you want the undying admiration of your football crew. After some extended work on fries here at the ThermoWorks demo kitchen, we thought that…