Gizmodo: steak

Judge How Cooked Your Steak Is Based on Video Transmission

Rosa Golijan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Noah Feehan looked at his raw steak one day and thought "What if I plug some composite video into that hunk o' meat?" So he did just that. Turns out that it lets him judge when the steak's perfectly cooked.

If you have nothing better to do, it looks like you could easily imitate this project at home. Just keep in mind that chicken and fish apparently don't "present an easily-readable image" on the screen. [Eat Me Daily via Kottke]

Mythbusters Tests: Will Explosives Properly Tenderize a Steak?

Jason Chen — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:20:00 EDT

Mythbusters returns for a whole new season tomorrow, August 6, and they were nice enough to drop a preview of their first episode off while they were on their way to blowing shit up. One of the experiments they're going to test is whether explosives can tenderize a steak as well as a traditional tenderizers. Can it? We're not sure—you'll have to watch Discovery at 9PM tomorrow to find out. [Mythbusters]

A Steak Toaster. Did You Hear Me? I Said a Steak Toaster

Adam Frucci — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:12:52 EST

Sometimes, you just want a steak and you don't want to go through a whole process to get it. Who wants to light the grill just so you can have one measly steak? Why make a whole production out of it? What you need, my friend, is a steak toaster.

OK, so it's not called the steak toaster, it's called the Ariete SteakHouse Indoor Grill, but that's pretty much what it is. It holds your hunk of meat vertically, keeping the heating elements on the side so all the fatty, greasy juices drip down to a tray and don't smoke. Sure, for $220 you could just fire up the grill, go to a steak house or get a cheap George Foreman grill to get similar results, but then you wouldn't be able to brag to your friends that you have a steak toaster. [Product Page via Boing Boing Gadgets]

Cut Steak with a Laser and Make a Vegan Angel Lose its Wings

ybaranovsky — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:05:50 EDT

Knives are so passé—it's time for us to be able to make steak with a lightsaber. The guys over at Instructables have put together a tutorial on how to cut and make a delicious steak with a laser—or, more specifically, how to cut the words "PETA" out of a delicious steak with a laser and then cook the letters to consume PETA's courage.

The tutorial details what your laser settings should be and how to maximize the flavor, but strangely doesn't mention what exact laser you should use—though I assume it was done with a laser etcher and a device to catch the drippings. With lasers being used in surgery, war and coffee-making, I hope that some day soon we'll be able to pleasure women with just a smile, a kiss and a phaser. [Instructables]

Steak Button Thermometers Makes Cooking Steak Easy Enough For Five-Year-Olds

Jason Chen — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:20:27 EDT

With this $15 set of 4 steak thermometers, you'll no longer have to yell at your kids whenever he or she cooks your steak the wrong way. Just plop the reusable thermometer inside your steak and watch as the gauge goes from Rare to Medium to Well.

We've been cooking steak for a while and still don't know what the "optimal" temperature for it is, so an easy-to-read thermometer like this is perfect for idiots like us. And your kids. – Jason Chen

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