Steak Doneness Guide & Temperature Charts

🥘 Ingredients

1. 1

   Rare – 120F
2. 2

   The steak has cool-to-warm red center, and soft, tender texture. This is an excellent choice for leaner steaks like top sirloin or filet mignon that don’t have as much fat to melt.
3. 3

   Medium Rare -130F
4. 4

   Steak will have warm red center – perfect steak texture with a nice brown crust. Cooking to medium rare allows the fat (marbling in the steak) to render and add buttery, rich flavors to your steak. This is the ideal doneness for a juicy, flavorful steak.
5. 5

   Medium – 140F
6. 6

   The steak will have a hot pink center and slightly firmer texture. The longer cooker time will make your steak slightly drier and the bite less tender.
7. 7

   Medium Well -150F
8. 8

   The steak will have a mostly brown center and firm texture. The meat will be drier as water evaporates during the cooking process.
9. 9

   Rest Your Steak
10. 10

    For a juicy, delicious steak, it needs to rest ⏱️ 3-5 minutes . This will help the juices redistribute for the best-tasting and juiciest steaks. Keep in mind, the temperature of your steak may increase up to 5 degrees as it rests. Top with a simple compound butter for an amazing steak dinner.