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Steak sauce?

TN_Egger
TN_Egger Posts: 1,120
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Not a fan.  Don't know why anybody would ruin a well cooked steak by drowning it in a sauce.
Signal Mountain, TN
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  • bhedges1987
    bhedges1987 Posts: 3,201
    Blue cheese enhances a great steak IMO

    Kansas City, Missouri
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Only if it was charcoal coming off the grill.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,397
    I like A-1 on burgers.  My steaks don't even see pepper; salt and smoke only.

    "Dumplings are just noodles that have already eaten"   - Jon Kung

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • Brisket_Fanatic
    Brisket_Fanatic Posts: 2,885
    A good sauce will definitely enhance a steak. To me A-1 though is like ketchup, it's just wrong with a steak 

    NW IA

    2 LBGE, 1 SBGE, 22.5 WSM, 1 Smokey Joe and Black Stone

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  • Scottborasjr
    Scottborasjr Posts: 3,494
    I'll use it on a cheesesteak sandwich, but never a properly cooked steak. 
    I raise my kids, cook and golf.  When work gets in the way I'm pissed, I'm pissed off 48 weeks a year.
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    I make my own steak sauce as well as Worcestershire sauce. I like a good steak sauce.....and I like my meat alone sometime. Depends on how I feel. 
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    If my FIL cooks a steak it's time for some Franks Red Hot 
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    At the most a finishing compound butter. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • onedbguru
    onedbguru Posts: 1,648
    epcotisbest said:
    My steak, my money, my sauce, even my ketchup. If I like it on my steak then it is not wrong for me.

    Still doesn't make it right or good... ;););) 
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  • MaC122
    MaC122 Posts: 797
    the only I like with a steak is a nice spicy horseradish sauce 
    St. Johns County, Florida
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  • bobroo
    bobroo Posts: 143
    The meat should speak for itself. 
    If it's brown, it's cook'in....If it's black, it's done ---my Grandfather     Medium BGE
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  • Aviator
    Aviator Posts: 1,757
    Philly cheese steak at the DEFAC goes with hienz57.
    Just sayin

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  • MaC122
    MaC122 Posts: 797
    who hasn't enjoyed a rare steak with some well made horseradish sauce?
    St. Johns County, Florida
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  • fishepa
    fishepa Posts: 211
    MaC122 said:
    who hasn't enjoyed a rare steak with some well made horseradish sauce?
    I do with some prime rib. 
    War Damn Eagle!
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  • DuckDogDr
    DuckDogDr Posts: 1,549
    I was raised if cooked right doesn't need it. Should be an insult to the chef if you ask for sauce 
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  • jonnymack
    jonnymack Posts: 627
    Only used on sh**ty steaks. Love it on burgers and even fries.
    Firing up the BGE in Covington, GA

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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
    There's a couple of places near me that sell whole strip and bone out rib-eye sections. Inexpensive, but only select. Often tough, and not much flavor. If no gravy  or jus available, a little sauce doesn't hurt.

    And there are folks who don't want any pink in their meat. Gotta offer something that returns the moistness.
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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    You should never drown a steak in a sauce. But a good sauce in proper proportions can compliment a good steak.  I usually don't bother, but I do like the following:
    • pan/board sauce of steak drippings and butter
    • Béarnaise
    • Horseradish sauce

    Not a fan of ketchup, A1 style, or bbq sauces with good steaks.


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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,659
    peter lugers steak sauce is great.....i use it for shrimp cocktail =) its really good
    fukahwee maine

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  • eggo
    eggo Posts: 492
    DuckDogDr said:
    I was raised if cooked right doesn't need it. Should be an insult to the chef if you ask for sauce 

    When asked "do you need steak sauce", I always reply, "I hope not".

    Eggo in N. MS
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    steak au poivre wouldn't be steak au poivre without the sauce.

    and as others mentioned, Bearnaise is good stuff.  or a compound butter, bleu cheese....


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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    I don't use sauce on a good steak, but I'm not offended if someone puts sauce on one of my steaks. It's their plate, they can do what they want with it. 
    Living the good life smoking and joking
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  • GregW
    GregW Posts: 2,678
    As the quality of the steak goes down, the need for a sauce increases.
    I like Peter Lugers and I also like another one called Country Bobs. 

    Lately, I have been basting the steaks with a solution of Better Than Bouillon Roasted Beef Base.
    The beef base really amplifies the beef flavor of the steak. When I do this I don't need any additional steak sauce.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Horsey sauce is great on quality beef.


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    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,937
    It's an acquired taste but nothing beats HP sauce with steak

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  • annjamaican
    annjamaican Posts: 152
    I do a cream and mustard-based sauce with mushrooms (champignons). My husband tends to prefer steak in its own juices but he always has some of my sauce when possible. 
    - Jamaican living in rural Western Washington
    - Got my first egg (XL) in October 2015
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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,552
    edited January 2016
    paqman said:
    It's an acquired taste but nothing beats HP sauce with steak
    I can't get behind this one- my friendin the UK tries to get me to like it everytime I'm over there but can't.  Especially not on eggs-
    Greensboro, NC
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