Okay, I Can’t Imagine That We’ve Been Doing This Wrong !

How any times have you heard to let the protein slowly warm to room temperature before grilling?

We’ve all heard this so many times that this information and the accompanying video will feel like heresy. In fact, a man I love and respect very much recently decided to grill up some hot dogs, last minute. Because he had just taken them out of the refrigerator, he automatically tossed them into the microwave. Shocked, I asked him what he was doing, I didn’t want them heated in the microwave, I wanted them grilled. He said, no worries, don’t you know that it’s wrong to toss cold protein on the grill? I argued with him because I can’t imagine pre-cooking them in the microwave could possibly be a good thing. He hasn’t learned how to defrost yet, so he put them in on cook for 3 minutes, then tossed them on the grill.  

Well prepare to have your mind and palate blown, because if you’re defrosting and bringing them to room temperature, you’ve been doing it wrong according to Dan Souza, Senior Editor of Cook’s Illustrated.

In this video from America’s Test Kitchen that challenges conventional wisdom, Souza demonstrates the differences that occur when you cook the frozen versus thawed steaks, and the end results are shocking. “When we tasted them here in the test kitchen, we preferred them cooked from frozen steaks hands down,” states Souza.

Along with taste, there are also added benefits in terms of both time and size. Click play to learn how your next steak can be made so much better than ever before. If course, as Grillers, we will sear the meat on the hot side of the grill, then move them to the indirect side to finish it.

I respect Americas Test Kitchen enormously. If you haven’t checked them out, please do yourself a favor and click on the link above.