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We all know that a thermometer is the best way to tell when your meat is done. But how do we know where to stick it? Here's our trick for making sure you take the temperature of your meat the right way every time.| Serious Eats
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The best immersion circulators (aka sous vide machines) heat water baths fast and are highly accurate. We tested 22 and found four winning models for at-home sous vide.| Serious Eats
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Thanks to the precise temperature control of an immersion circulator, sous vide steak turns out more consistently cooked than traditional steak, every time.| Serious Eats
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Cooking foods at precise low-temperatures in vacuum-sealed pouches has revolutionized fine-dining kitchens around the world. To help those who'd like to experiment with sous-vide cookery without having to put in the capital, a couple weeks ago I devised a novel solution to the problem: cook your food in a beer cooler.| Serious Eats
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This thick and meaty pan-seared steak, infused with color from butter and flavor from aromatics, is perfectly cooked thanks to these seven tips.| Serious Eats
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With careful attention and patience, it's possible to dry age beef at home for steaks with unparalleled flavor and tenderness.| Serious Eats
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The reverse sear is one of the easiest and arguably best methods of cooking a steak. Start it in a low oven, then quickly sear it in a hot pan or on the grill for a beautiful crust.| Serious Eats
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The best technique for an even crust and deeply flavorful pan-seared steak includes pre-salting your meat and bathing it in butter.| Serious Eats
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Can you spot the difference between the two hanger steaks? They were both cooked to a perfect 130°F medium-rare in the same pan, both cut from the same piece of meat, and both sport a beautiful brown, crackly crust. Yet one of them is more tender than Otis Redding on a good day, while the other has more in common with a rubber band. What's the difference? It's all got to do with the angle at which it's sliced.| Serious Eats