Thank you Alton Brown

For about 50 things actually but today in particular I finally got around to making a steak the Alton Brown way.

I watched the steak show years ago but the reality is that I don't cook steak very often. Probably for these reasons:

1) The cuts of meat I normally had access to were never worth the effort.
2) My cooking techniques left room for improvement.
3) Adding the above points together = chewy leather steaks.

Some grass fed NY strips caught my eye today and I figured, why not? Might was well try the Alton method on some quality cuts and see what happens.

And I figured I'd place odds on my bet by crumbling a little Maytag blue cheese on top and throwing the dice.

Winner on the line!!  ;)

I did manage to fill up the place with a big cloud of searing steak smoke that wafted out the patio door and onto my neighbours so they could curse me for living the grass fed steak dream.

For sure the best steak I've ever cooked myself.

Light coat of canola oil, salt and pepper (I also used to Montreal).
Sear each side for 30 seconds in a blazing hot cast iron skillet.
Blast each side for 2-3 min in a 500 degree oven (in said skillet).

Easy, smoky, and pretty damn impressive results.

Thanks Mr. Brown!