The way I used to cook a steak before stashing away this little chart ages ago, was I would cut into everyone’s steak every once in awhile to see if it was done. Now, I know this is done often enough, but it’s not so fun putting a pretty steak on someone’s plate all cut up like they were your 5 year old. So, a long time ago, I found a steak cooking chart and put on an Excel spreadsheet (because, yes, I am OCD like that). Today, as I was going through too many files to ever actually be as organized as my OCD would like, I found my steak cooking chart. **Note to self: print steak cooking chart, laminate and post on inside of spice cupboard.**
Because I like to share, I shall share with you my steak cooking chart below (you can download it too through this link for cleaner, easier & prettier printing).
Hot Charcoal or Gas Grill | Preheated Oven Broiler 2-3″ from heat | ||||
Thickness | Doneness | First Side | After Turning | First Side | After Turning |
Rare | 4 Minutes | 2 Minutes | 5 Minutes | 4 Minutes | |
3/4″ | Medium | 5 Minutes | 3 Minutes | 7 Minutes | 5 Minutes |
Well | 7 Minutes | 5 Minutes | 10 Minutes | 8 Minutes | |
Rare | 5 Minutes | 3 Minutes | 6 Minutes | 5 Minutes | |
1″ | Medium | 6 Minutes | 4 Minutes | 8 Minutes | 6 Minutes |
Well | 8 Minutes | 6 Minutes | 11 Minutes | 9 Minutes | |
Rare | 5 Minutes | 4 Minutes | 7 Minutes | 5 Minutes | |
1 1/4″ | Medium | 7 Minutes | 5 Minutes | 8 Minutes | 7 Minutes |
Well | 9 Minutes | 7 Minutes | 12 Minutes | 10 Minutes | |
Rare | 6 Minutes | 4 Minutes | 7 Minutes | 6 Minutes | |
1 1/2″ | Medium | 7 Minutes | 6 Minutes | 9 Minutes | 7 Minutes |
Well | 10 Minutes | 8 Minutes | 13 Minutes | 11 Minutes | |
Rare | 7 Minutes | 5 Minutes | 8 Minutes | 7 Minutes | |
1 3/4″ | Medium | 8 Minutes | 7 Minutes | 9 Minutes | 8 Minutes |
Well | 11 Minutes | 9 Minutes | 14 Minutes | 12 Minutes |
Enjoy your summer BBQ’S!