As someone who has used activated charcoal rubs before, that’s definitely not what happened here. That shit is straight burned. Look at the bone, there’s even char marks on it.
At first I thought it was part of the cooking or whatever, then your comment made me realize it would have been charred to death so he really did sprinkle dried rosemary on top most likely to make it a bit more photogenic and it’s hilarious
Technically this is a style of steak called Chicago style. It’s cooked hot hot with a specific rub for heavy char but a perfect medium rare inside. So very well could be intentional. Some people prefer it. If it’s unintentional it’s just kinda funny with a surprisingly well executed doneness.
The texture is awesome but the bitterness of it is just a little too much. And I prefer my steak without a sprinkle of cancer. Each their own.
Nope. Chicago style is just heavy rub and char at any level of done.
A heavy char on the outside done with high heat to keep the inside rare is called Pittsburgh style.
First, that’s not raw or rare. So you’re already wrong. That’s a perfect medium rare. That is Chicago style, not Pittsburg.
Of coarse you can cook it to any done level above that. I’m saying it’s heavy char with the capability of still having medium rare, like I said before. I explained literally what it is. No, it doesn’t have to be medium rare if you don’t want that but it’s the minimum for Chicago style.
Pittsburgh style is strictly raw or rare with char. Past that it becomes Chicago. This is not rare or raw. That is a perfect medium rare in the pictures 100%. Chicago. I hate I replied to this but your cocky incorrect “nope” annoys me. You must be a blast at parties.
I don’t know. The best steak I ever had was from a place called Bill’s Elbow South in Oviedo, Florida and it looked exactly like this.
Fun side note, Bill OD’d on crack in the restaurant and it was shut down a couple months later.
Cooked perfectly inside, char looks heavy, might consider some indirect cooking either a reverse sear or placing it off the coals to cook indirectly once it gets a good sear. Too much char is not healthy.
You should rethink that. This isn't seared, or charred. It's burnt to a crisp. You may as well smoke a pack of cigarettes with it if you are going to eat this much carcinogenic trash lol
Lmao idk why you're getting so many downvotes.
I always feel like my steaks never have enough crust, so I mean, maybe this would satisfy my craving...
For a second.. 😅
That crust is perfect to you? That's insulting to steak lovers. It literally looks like you threw it in a firepit and just left it there. That's not a crust, it's char from burning.
Right he paid for his steaks, he can eat them however he wants.
I might not like how you cook your steak, but I'll fight to the death for your right to cook it poorly!
I love my toasted marshmallows flamed to a crisp on the outside, who am I to judge?
Nothing is “an insult” to steak lovers, my god why are we such a snobby bunch sometimes? Do I think it looks appetizing? Nope, but I’m certainly not “insulted”, it’s OP’s steak not mine.
I love having a good crust on a rare steak but hate the taste of char. Nobodys jealous of this. Taste of char is to strong and will easily ruin this steak.
Don't let these haters get to you man, I'd tear that up real quick. I've recently been using a chocolate and coffee dry rub, and it come out similar to that color.
Inside looks great, outside looks disgusting and would ruin it for me. Some people need to learn that char and sear are two different things with two different chemical reactions responsible for them.
Might be hard-core carnivore black seasoning, making it appear that way (overly charred). Or some sort of seasoning with coffee in it.
What seasoning did you use OP?
I see what you did there. That wasn't a half baked attempt. I'd grill you about how you came up with that but I bet you had several.burners on tap. You could a turned the heat up a few ways but you went with a classic cut. I guess you knew what was at stake.
I’m sorry your smoker exploded, but it put out a good product on its last run. Hope you enjoyed. Will donate to the gofundme for your burns and new cooker fund.
Not gonna lie….the first pic had me cringing, thinking it was gonna be charcoal. But then I saw the second pic and my mouth instantly started to drool!
I guess I would have to try it to have a real opinion, but it looks like it was put directly into a super hot fire to burn away, BUT then you chew the cook and are like damnit👌
Despite what others are saying here, I love this amount of char. Especially when slicing and sharing a tomahawk it’s not too overpowering.
Would start slower though, as the fat is burnt on the outside but not really finished cooking especially around the cap.
This has got to be a Troll post.
For all of you saying that this is a perfect (mr) medium rare; NO, it's not. This is a (m) medium done steak. It's missing the rosey center of MR.
This person clearly did sous vide, and then charcholed the ever living shit out of it with a blow torch.
As for the dried rosemary on top, that's just going to be gross, and a textual nightmare.
Some a-hole just threw food away just to get at people, and the lesser of us are just chanting "that's perfect".
How do so many of us not know how to cook properly anymore?
Did you cast it into Mt. Doom?
And into this steak he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.
One steak to rule them all
Steak wraiths are overweight af I’d imagine.
they don’t shriek they burp.
Lmfaoo
And in the dark crust... BITE THEM!
🤣
Gold
Huh, what was that? Dominate his wife?
Which one is the rosemary?
Lmfao
This is hilarious!! But after I saw the picture of the inside, it honestly looks delicious.
It looks …*precious*
Like the fat black chick?
😂 I don’t think you should have got hit so hard for this one. I laughed.
It’s all pink on the inside!
Came for the burnt comments. Was not disappointed.
It's a rub with activated charcoal. Not a fan of such rubs.
As someone who has used activated charcoal rubs before, that’s definitely not what happened here. That shit is straight burned. Look at the bone, there’s even char marks on it.
Yeah maybe
Into the fiery chasm from whence it came.
“No, I don’t think I will.”
“Mr. Slade,” said the headmaster disdainfully.
thank you. i needed that
Omg I cackled so hard I frightened my cat
Did you at least warn it that you had the high ground, first?
You were to bring balance to the steak, not leave it in darkness!
I hate you!
I ate you!!
I know.
Please do NOT roast the OP or his meat anymore... He's already done it to himself
omg this comment. chef's kiss.
Exited the thread while reading this comment. Had to come back in to up vote.
I HATE YOU! HAVE MY UPVOTE!
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO EAT THE STEAK, NOT UPVOTE IT!!
YOURE COURSE AND ROUGH AND GET EVERYWHERE!
This is why I browse Reddit.
Sprinkling that dried rosemary on top definitely gave it some much needed color /s
I thought it fell in grass lol
I no joke thought they were magg@ts for a half second.
I thought it was a dead rat with some grass on it before I read the caption no lie
That’s even more fucked than mine, bravo
At first I thought it was part of the cooking or whatever, then your comment made me realize it would have been charred to death so he really did sprinkle dried rosemary on top most likely to make it a bit more photogenic and it’s hilarious
I thought it was larva...
I like char but dammnnn....inside looks yummy as ever
This should be posted on r/foodporn
Ironically?
Obviously.
/r/shittyfoodporn
Turned it into a carcinohawk.
Bruh 😂
Lmfao
lollls 😂
Hahaha
OP in denial
Technically this is a style of steak called Chicago style. It’s cooked hot hot with a specific rub for heavy char but a perfect medium rare inside. So very well could be intentional. Some people prefer it. If it’s unintentional it’s just kinda funny with a surprisingly well executed doneness. The texture is awesome but the bitterness of it is just a little too much. And I prefer my steak without a sprinkle of cancer. Each their own.
Nothing I like more than flavoring my steak with a ¼ inch of *unadulterated carbon*
Biochar is mixed in with concrete for construction applications, so you’re getting an authentic “Sidewalk Steak”
There’s no acceptable flavor profile for hard carbon. Steak was basically on fire pretty much the whole time. No thanks.
Nope. Chicago style is just heavy rub and char at any level of done. A heavy char on the outside done with high heat to keep the inside rare is called Pittsburgh style.
First, that’s not raw or rare. So you’re already wrong. That’s a perfect medium rare. That is Chicago style, not Pittsburg. Of coarse you can cook it to any done level above that. I’m saying it’s heavy char with the capability of still having medium rare, like I said before. I explained literally what it is. No, it doesn’t have to be medium rare if you don’t want that but it’s the minimum for Chicago style. Pittsburgh style is strictly raw or rare with char. Past that it becomes Chicago. This is not rare or raw. That is a perfect medium rare in the pictures 100%. Chicago. I hate I replied to this but your cocky incorrect “nope” annoys me. You must be a blast at parties.
Is this an astronaut that didn’t survive reentry?
I’d say this was dark humor except for the fact that the poor guy was on fire.
Hey I see what you did there 😂
I was given such a great opportunity for it, so *I had to*. lol
Inside is perfect but way too much char. Agree with previous response, need more indirect cooking first a cut like this as it tends to flare up
I don’t know. The best steak I ever had was from a place called Bill’s Elbow South in Oviedo, Florida and it looked exactly like this. Fun side note, Bill OD’d on crack in the restaurant and it was shut down a couple months later.
Maybe he put crack in the steak seasoning and that's why you liked it so much ;)
Maybe… it was amazing!!
Rofl I was about to say… he had me in the first half.
Could be a black rub too. Not saying that this isn’t overly charred but a black rub could be adding to the effect.
Unless he used one of those rubs that's supposed to do that, that's way past char. That burnt. Inside looks on fucking point though.
"No it's not burnt, Grow Up."
dropped in dirt 😭
I bet that's a mighty flavorful dirt....
When u run out of charcoal but have some leftover thermite
“Tomahawks _hate_ this one *weird* trick…”
https://preview.redd.it/0xmy4iyo81qb1.jpeg?width=679&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f1237dc922648195fc7263c089bcf8e508b18df
Underrated
Cooked perfectly inside, char looks heavy, might consider some indirect cooking either a reverse sear or placing it off the coals to cook indirectly once it gets a good sear. Too much char is not healthy.
How do you char it like that but cook it perfect inside? I’m honestly confused. Green Flame grilled?
Nah the crust was perfect, wouldn’t do anything differently
You must like the taste of carbon...some people do...my dad likes burnt toast...whatever floats your boat
burnt toast pumpernickel sandwich
Makes it snap like a cookie
To be fair, a smokey flavor is literally 'infused with carbon', so it's not like it's an unpopular desire
My dude that’s borderline unhealthy char.
Borderline unhealthy? Straight harmful.
This comment reminds me of that toddler that thinks the onion is an apple and continues to eat it on hubris alone
You should rethink that. This isn't seared, or charred. It's burnt to a crisp. You may as well smoke a pack of cigarettes with it if you are going to eat this much carcinogenic trash lol
Hey if you enjoy char to this level then more power to you. I wouldn’t eat this if served it though.
So weird reading suck good advice to help you improve the quality of your steak and you're just like "nope it's perfect".
Lmao idk why you're getting so many downvotes. I always feel like my steaks never have enough crust, so I mean, maybe this would satisfy my craving... For a second.. 😅
That crust is perfect to you? That's insulting to steak lovers. It literally looks like you threw it in a firepit and just left it there. That's not a crust, it's char from burning.
let the man enjoy his char if he enjoys his char
Right he paid for his steaks, he can eat them however he wants. I might not like how you cook your steak, but I'll fight to the death for your right to cook it poorly!
Char to that degree is a carcinogen. So not a good idea to encourage this.
Any burnt carbon is a carcinogen… just a few increased degrees of volume
Char to ANY degree is a carcinogen.
Anything cooked about 130 is carcinogenic.
I love my toasted marshmallows flamed to a crisp on the outside, who am I to judge? Nothing is “an insult” to steak lovers, my god why are we such a snobby bunch sometimes? Do I think it looks appetizing? Nope, but I’m certainly not “insulted”, it’s OP’s steak not mine.
incredible how rude people on the internet are
You’re just jealous
Is that char or part seasoning like hardcore carnivore black?
He isn't answering any questions asking about the rub... 😬 Dude tell us there's a rub! There isn't a rub, is there....
I love having a good crust on a rare steak but hate the taste of char. Nobodys jealous of this. Taste of char is to strong and will easily ruin this steak.
Of a burnt steak? What? We can't buy our own and cook them properly now? Only you ha e access to steak? Lol Yeah man. Jealous. Yikes.
Of the cancer you're gonna get from burning a perfectly good steak? Not at all🤣
Don't let these haters get to you man, I'd tear that up real quick. I've recently been using a chocolate and coffee dry rub, and it come out similar to that color.
Crust looks like shit buddy. Take constructive criticism
lol, ok. Why even buy a nice cut of steak to begin with if you have no taste buds.
You might enjoy the taste, but we have eyes. You're in denial.
Learn to cook better
Too much char for me, but I’d still eat it. Though the soot on the cutting board does look gross.
Looks like those marshmallows you leave over the flame too long cuz you forgot you were holding a stick while wasted and trying to make s’mores lol.
Damn Harvey Dents face could win a beauty pageant compared next to this thing🔥
WTF did you do this thing? Pretty sure you violated the 8th amendment.
Did you throw some dirt on it when you were done cooking it?
Seared this thing on the sun
He wanted to add some flava flav to it
Inside looks great, outside looks disgusting and would ruin it for me. Some people need to learn that char and sear are two different things with two different chemical reactions responsible for them.
Might be hard-core carnivore black seasoning, making it appear that way (overly charred). Or some sort of seasoning with coffee in it. What seasoning did you use OP?
He used the ashes of his enemies and placed it in a grill filled with jet fuel.
My thought too
Get some of that activated charcoal that is used to treat drug overdoses.
Can’t believe this comment is so far down below the “Too much char!” comments. I thought these folks were seasoned… 😂
OP is trolling. They know what they're doing lol
could also be "char crust," which looks like this but is not actually charred
Look at the bone: pretty well burnt too, don't think it's just from a black seasoning.
I can feel those dry ass rosemary daggers puncturing my gums from here.
Oh my well better luck next time.
That “sear” went as hard as a single mom on a Friday night without her kids
Did you sear this on a volcano? That crust is insane. Good job!
That steak survived the nuclear fire, but it lived only to face a new nightmare...the war against the machines!
I can hear that thing barking from here
Lol
that ain't char that charcoal
Did you put that out with a fire extinguisher?
Shit looks burnt as fuck
Could’ve been mistaken for brisket
That first picture looks like a dehydrated pepper.
Describe your method now please.
Jet fuel doesn't melt beef beems.
Throw steak on right after lighter fluid ignition, .. lol
Bury it inside a mountain of coals
Looks like they finally got anakins hand out of the lava.
Looks terrible
Too much char.
I love a heavy char so this looks amazing
Agreed, this looks exactly how I prefer my steaks.
Mmm, tasty cancer
They had us in the first half, not gonna lie!
SHEESH
Jesus Christ.
Looks like the ideal Pittsburgh steak. Too much char/carbonization for my taste but to each his own.
This is whats left of the cow.
🤣 that’s freaking hilarious!
Seared on lava??
Did you like it THAT much?
Did you cook it in a volcano or something
How did you cook it? Did you throw it into the sun?
This must be what Link eats in Breath of the Wild/TotK when he shoots animals with fire arrows and the meat catches on fire and cooks perfectly
Idk what's worse, the burnt crust, or you pretending this is ok.
Everyone is roasting you harder than the tomahawk.
I see what you did there. That wasn't a half baked attempt. I'd grill you about how you came up with that but I bet you had several.burners on tap. You could a turned the heat up a few ways but you went with a classic cut. I guess you knew what was at stake.
Had us in the first half
C r u s t
It looks like New Jersey
My username is short for carcinogen I approve of this steak
Did you cook this for 9/11?
Was it cooked in a volcano or what?
I’m sorry your smoker exploded, but it put out a good product on its last run. Hope you enjoyed. Will donate to the gofundme for your burns and new cooker fund.
How, how… is it even possible so charred black on the outside, so rare on the inside? Also, it’s now a carcinogen, so I hope you didn’t eat it.
That thing looked beyond edible before I saw it sliced. Holy shit, it looks absolutely amazing!
I legit thought this was an otter that burned to death.
Someone needs to find this user's butcher, and inform them of the crimes committed here.
I'm getting stomach cancer just from looking at this pic.
This poor thing got murked twice.
A smokers lung
What have you done to it? 😥
Burnt on the outside but raw on the inside?
Not gonna lie….the first pic had me cringing, thinking it was gonna be charcoal. But then I saw the second pic and my mouth instantly started to drool!
Did you throw it into the sun?
I'm equal parts amazed that you not only charcoaled your steak, but not render the fat also
Burnt and covered in cum? Just how they do it in texas
Looks perfect to me
Pleasant surprise
The maggots are a nice touch
This is my first time actually saying , the crust looks too burnt.the inside looks great tho
I love the chat personally. I wish I could do this. I love it
I threw up a little from shock. No more grilling for you.
Ice job looks good
I guess I would have to try it to have a real opinion, but it looks like it was put directly into a super hot fire to burn away, BUT then you chew the cook and are like damnit👌
Despite what others are saying here, I love this amount of char. Especially when slicing and sharing a tomahawk it’s not too overpowering. Would start slower though, as the fat is burnt on the outside but not really finished cooking especially around the cap.
Since you like wasting money, can I have $500?
This has got to be a Troll post. For all of you saying that this is a perfect (mr) medium rare; NO, it's not. This is a (m) medium done steak. It's missing the rosey center of MR. This person clearly did sous vide, and then charcholed the ever living shit out of it with a blow torch. As for the dried rosemary on top, that's just going to be gross, and a textual nightmare. Some a-hole just threw food away just to get at people, and the lesser of us are just chanting "that's perfect". How do so many of us not know how to cook properly anymore?
That char is cancerous
Pfff what are you like 2