Best steaks ever

MatDrums

We had great steaks last weekend for the family dinner. The meat was from La Queue de Cheval, one of the best steakhouses in Montreal. They call this cut Lou's Cut. 2 inches thick!



I put them on the Egg at 600 for about 3 minutes a side, pulled out, shut the vents, let the Egg get down to 400 and put them back on for about 5 minutes.



Rubed with the mix they gave us with the meat, they were the best steaks I ever cooked.



Sorry for the quality of the pics, I was too busy eating!

Crimsongator

Those look really nice.

Austin Egger

That looks mighty fine! Good job!

MemphisQue

Fantastic. Those sure look like they would be U.S. Prime. I guess in Canada you don't have the silly government restrictions on selling the best beef to the general public.

nysportsfan

They look awesome :woohoo:

Memphis, can you expound on the "general public" comment for me? As a neophyte, I'm curious.

Carolina Q

Ho Hum. Another perfect steak on the egg. Big deal. :laugh:

Those look awesome, my friend! Wish I could find steaks that look that good around here! The ones I DO find are pretty tasty, but that looks over the top!!

MemphisQue

Because such a limited quantity of beef gets graded by the USDA as prime the steakhouses are able to buy almost all the available inventory. You will occasionally get lucky and a specialty chain (whole foods, Fresh Market, etc) can get their hands on the prime beef. Of course if you are fortunate to have a high end specialty retailer near where you live you may also have access. I have heard this practice of funneling the prime beef to restaurants dates back to years and years ago to the restaurant lobby. They did not want you to be able to cook as good of a steak at home. Luckily a steak restaurant in town does sell its prime cuts where I live but the price is very high.

fire egger

Those steaks are absolutely beautiful, and it looks like you did an eggcellant job!!

Double Bogey

Nice job! That second picture is probably the best picture of a steak that I have seen. Now I'm hungry again.

2Fategghead

Nice thick cut 2 inch flipping steaks. I bet you'll go back and get more steaks. Great job on them. :P

fieroguy

Hey MatDrums - Dem things are beautimus!

XLentEGG

WOW !! The spinach looks great too!

SmokeyPitt

Wow. I agree- that second picture belongs on a magazine cover. The rub sure looks interesting. I love the way it blackened up. The marbling in that beef looks crazy good. Nice work!

Mickey

You got a winner. Wow.....

FlaPoolman

I've got a lot of butcher choices around here but those beauties brought a tear to my eyes

Uncle Phil

They sure look great!

eenie meenie

Now that is a steak!

Gorgeous marbling and you did them justice with your cook.

MatDrums

Thanks for the replies! It was a stressfuk cook, that is for shure. 7 huge steaks to feed 10 people, on a medium egg, it is not an easy task to manage. Especially in the snow at -10 !

We were celebrating 3 birthdays that night so it was worth the effort.

Close up of a bite :woohoo:

nysportsfan

MemphisQue wrote:

Because such a limited quantity of beef gets graded by the USDA as prime the steakhouses are able to buy almost all the available inventory. You will occasionally get lucky and a specialty chain (whole foods, Fresh Market, etc) can get their hands on the prime beef. Of course if you are fortunate to have a high end specialty retailer near where you live you may also have access. I have heard this practice of funneling the prime beef to restaurants dates back to years and years ago to the restaurant lobby. They did not want you to be able to cook as good of a steak at home. Luckily a steak restaurant in town does sell its prime cuts where I live but the price is very high.

Didn't know this, so thanks for the info. Looks like I will be hitting the Whole Foods right next to my house, ha.

Hoss

Looks PURRRRFECT to me.Job well done!

rsmdale

I can cook a steak-And that is a perfectly cooked piece of Beef!! You did a great job with a nice cut!!


GOOD EATS AND GOOD FRIENDS

DALE

Hoss

Folk's Folly?????

WeberWho

Was looking foward to my No Name Steaks this weekend. Not so much anymore.

EggSimon

indeed, this was one of the beast marblings I´ve ever seen...

And also good cooked

Mr Holloway

Nice looking steaks
Great thing about cooking on the Egg
You start having a lot of "best ever...."

Shane

MemphisQue

Absolutely...have you been there? I live just down the street from the store.

MemphisQue

Confirmation of a great cook.

NC-CDN

That looks great. That spinach does too. Yum. Wish I could snag some steaks like that without giving away my first born. He's much to cute to trade for steak. :laugh:

Pro du Bar B Q

I have a medium Egg also, and believe me, I will never cook steaks on a gez grill, NEVER!

Mike