So if you are on true keto, Ketovore, or Carnivore diet, beef is probably your staple food, and steak is probably your preference. There are various degrees of steak doneness. Which one of these is the perfect steak for you?

Edited March 20, 20251 yr by Bob
added "uncooked" poll option

I prefer my steak "medium" - a little pink in the middle. 

I used to eat mine well done when I was younger but found the meat has more flavor slightly less done. I can tolerate medium leaning towards medium rare but not a truly medium rare.

My FIL will not eat meat that is not well, well, well done. He wants his steak dark brown all the way through, or he says it is raw and refuses to eat it.

 

On 9/10/2023 at 7:50 PM, Qapla said:

I can tolerate medium leaning towards medium rare but not a truly medium rare.

Same here. I've eaten medium rare but I feel funny about it. Maybe it's a mental thing, but I prefer medium for sure. Medium well will start to disappoint.

 

On 9/10/2023 at 7:50 PM, Qapla said:

My FIL will not eat meat that is not well, well, well done.

Ugh! I can still eat a well done steak, but I won't be enjoying. I will be eating it because I paid for it and don't want it going to waste, lol.

This is also the one situation where I might actually have to call on the power of steak sauce to mask the fact that it was overcooked 😄

Most of the time, I hardly eat steak but whenever I do, it's definitely going to be well done. If it's not well done, it normally feels like I'm eating raw meat. I don't know why it makes me feel that way but that's why I only eat it well done. 

I’m a “lob off its horns, wipe it’s butt and bring it out here to me” kinda guy. I like mine rare.


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I was little disappointed that the poll didnt have a selection for "uncooked"

I settle for "blue" when Im out somewhere, and it IS tasty that way.  I can seriously eat it raw though.  At home I prefer just warm (which is hard to do without cooking too much)

My wife says I do em so "a good vet could bring it back"

When I look at it on plate and I feel like an average to above average veterinarian could still save him, I'm good.

Scott

If its "very hot" Im OK.

Many years ago while still at school I had a weekend job in a restaurant .... I remember a customer, when asked how he'd like his steak cooked replied, 'just tear off the horns and wipe it's ass' 😆

Growing up on a ranch, I ate a lot of Beef and a lot of steaks.  I hated the idea of a bloody steak, so Medium Well was the way I wanted them cooked from a child to my late 20's.  Starting in my late 20's I began to realize that steak cuts like Top Sirloin was WAY Better when it was a hot pink center.

Medium (Hot Pink, slightly bloody center) is my favorite these days.

11 hours ago, PeterT said:

Many years ago while still at school I had a weekend job in a restaurant .... I remember a customer, when asked how he'd like his steak cooked replied, 'just tear off the horns and wipe it's ass' 😆

And I bet he ate that cold center, rare steak.... after about 4 Bourbon's neat.

On 3/18/2025 at 9:45 PM, Skeptic said:

I was little disappointed that the poll didnt have a selection for "uncooked"

Poll option for "Raw / Uncooked" has been added 😉

Vote cast!!!

I can remember sneaking some raw ground beef from the kitchen when I was staying with my grandma. She was horrified. Told me I was going to get worms. It was delicious.

Funny. When I was a kid my best friend's dad would eat a chunk of raw hamburger while making patties for the grill.

His wife use to tell him he was going to have worms as well.

Scott

Medium rare leaning towards rare usually. Depends on the cut, though.

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Medium rare for me!!

I do my ribeye's medium, but for me one of the biggest differences came when I brought my first cast iron frying pan a few weeks ago, amazing the difference it makes to the taste by searing it properly with a lovely dark brown finish, instead of the what I use to get by using my old ceramic frying pan, 👍👍👍🐂🐂🐂

On 6/11/2026 at 9:57 AM, Oyodi said:

I brought my first cast iron frying pan a few weeks ago, amazing the difference it makes to the taste by searing it properly

In the winter when I cook inside, the cast iron pan is the way to go.

I'm still a slightly bigger fan of my 2 grills. One is an actual grill and the other is a flat top Blackstone type grill (Sam's Club brand though) which is also cast iron.

Moo_ing is great 👍 if it's not mooving I will process it myself 😂🤣😍