Shamelessly stealing the title from a nearby thread - tonight I pulled the trigger on some prime tomahawk rib-eyes, but unlike STLBBQer having the best steak of his life, these were some of the worst steak I've had in mine.
It was tough and had very little flavor. It was just flat out bad. Is this just a case of "blame the meat" or could I possibly of caused this?
They were Costco Prime Tomahawk Ribeyes.
It looked BEAUTIFUL. But it tasted like a $10 cheap, tough, flavorless steak.
WTF did I do wrong? Just picked the wrong steak? Could I have known by looking at them? :-(
It was tough and had very little flavor. It was just flat out bad. Is this just a case of "blame the meat" or could I possibly of caused this?
They were Costco Prime Tomahawk Ribeyes.
- I bought them and drove home
- I did a mild kosher salt dry brine and left them in the fridge uncovered for 90 mins
- I cooked it on the Kamado Joe BJ2 at 230 until the internal temp was 117
- I removed the meat and got the soapstone up to 550F
- I seared for 1 minute per side and repeated until the outside looked nice an seared
- The final internal temp was 135
It looked BEAUTIFUL. But it tasted like a $10 cheap, tough, flavorless steak.
WTF did I do wrong? Just picked the wrong steak? Could I have known by looking at them? :-(
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