Dry vs Wet Aged Steak What’s Better? Very Surprising Results!

I took two ebony Angus sirloins the same size. I took one out of the bag and left one in the bag and placed them in my dry ager for 30 days to see the difference.
The results were slightly surprising!
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[@savant_spoon_bender]

Finally an authentic cooking channel on KZbin! Exactly what I’ve been wanting. Thank you for this content Chef!!

[@rbu2136]

And we got to see his Boning room. I just call mine my bedroom.

[@imigrantensohn9310]

yes! no flashy bullshit or stupid overacting.

[@davidoconnor7828]

Hi 20 yrs exp west aussie artisan butcher..ill have a crack at answering one of the questions. . the reason for the tenderness of dry aging. Decomposition.. we can safely do this without salts etc because we control all the factors that let bacteria grow .effectively curing it like jerky. Also the "purge" is called metaglobin its type muscle blood its actuall different to arterial blood or hemaglobin. Its slowly pulled out of the meat because its under vaccum.However if you hung the body for a week or 2 in the chiller before breaking it down and vaccum sealing you would still lose weight over the whole body as it drys in the chiller but less in the purge under vaccum for the same 30 days almost zero.. i personally go with 4 weeks max 6 weeks vaccum sealed any day . For flavour texture tenderness and weight loss. Also nicer/easier to prep trim and slice. . There. Novel done.

[@samasterchef]

The garlic powder comment was firmly directed at Guga / SVE 😂

[@smilekev123]

This looks amazing and I love the commentary that Andy gives. Keep up the great work!

[@emersonteoh3534]

As a fellow chef, really enjoying your videos, keep up the good work mate! Hoping for more informative videos like this one

[@RICDirector]

Yes, Id love to see the same type of comparison between completely fresh-off-the-animal and straight-from-cryovac bag, too....

[@stephen5187]

You've got a really nice presentation style - Really chill, informative and very very easy to watch. Keep it going!

[@ElBach1y]

real pros don't need bombastic presentation to make some really great content :)

[@CC-dx6bc]

@@ElBach1y so much better than Jamie Olive oil

[@Budabaii]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. It's was very well put together and informative.

[@SociallyAwkwardGinger]

Love the recipe videos and shorts but this was super cool as well. Hope more of them pop up :)

[@WineJulian]

That garlic powder comment was a fatal blow to Guga 😂

[@deanwilliams2374]

Emotional Damage!

[@niko_pdx]

When Guga dry ages beef, especially high quality cuts, he just does Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper.

[@VeganV5912]

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[@VeganV5912]

@@niko_pdx 6 hours !!!! 🔴🦌. 5 days or more sitting inside your stomach puuuu-trifying !!! No fibre if you eat animals in their secretions !!! Timelapse. kzbin.info/www/bejne/op62o4isnLycp6c .... 🤢🤮.. That’s why I am vegan !!!! Your teeth are flat 😬. And your stomach is very very long, “combined length of the small and large intestines is at least 15 ft in length”. We are herbivores. The ape family. ✅❤️😬💪🦍 GorilIas never ever eat animals, they are huge !!! 98.6% the same as us !!! And I’ve gotten bigger and stronger and fitter on a plant based diet. Scientific fact !!!! Fat deposits clog the arteries, eating animals and their secretions. Deodorant mask the symptoms but the shoes and socks and armpits.. 🍳🍖🍔...🦠🧟‍♂️👕🧦🥾🤮...

[@niko_pdx]

@@VeganV5912 wow, great addition to the conversation!

[@greatdividehunting7887]

I’ve always wet aged my wild game - venison and goat .. I find there is less wastage which is critical on a smaller animal .. great vid with spot on to the point delivery 👌

[@spinningbackspin]

wild goat or domestic? Grass fed?

[@greatdividehunting7887]

@@spinningbackspin wild mate

[@DMSProduktions]

@@greatdividehunting7887 Oh lovely!

[@DMSProduktions]

Dry age is NOT worth it, gets too smelly & you lose too much mass in water along with the trimming you have to do! IF you have a DOG, puppy will LOVE you for it! LOL!

[@Palios33]

​@DMSProduktions dry age further than 15-20 days is simply put a fetish. Flavour develops very well in this timeline, after that it gets very distinct, and you have to be lucky enough to afford trimming. Experimenting is good 😉

[@kimberleystewart9940]

I always wondered what the difference was. Thanks for clearing that up! Love your channel!

[@juanbabauta7569]

Wonderful video! Love to see more of these and others similar. Beautiful art work!

[@zhijiawang9726]

Love your long videos! keep it up!

[@desireerrudnik1106]

I’ve been waiting for a video like this!!

[@biffsharrock6134]

Awesome channel - would love to see more of these type videos/experiments!

[@chrissyknowsitall5170]

Another great video!! And the grill marks on those steaks were spot on!!🥩🥩🥩🥩🥩🥩

[@andrewsema359]

Great explanation and experiment. Learn something from you every show. Thanks Andy

[@MyW115]

Fascinating insight! Thank you Chef, Andy 👍🏽👊🏽✌🏽

[@ryancarroll9294]

Love your videos mate awesome to see your career and skills

[@petequesada2936]

I know this was posted a year ago. But, I cannot thank you enough for your thoroughness and honest evaluation.

[@mattmacoboy]

Would be interesting to know how much water was lost during the cook? I wonder if the wet aged steak lost more during the cook and the overall wastage is more comparable to the dry aged?

[@coyrex1250]

I'd bet the wet age did lose a bit and by the time its all said done they probably were pretty dang close in weight from raw to dressed and cooked. Although I would guess the wet age still retained a bit higher of a percent overall.

[@Margalus]

You can see in the video that the dry age is a lot dryer than the wet aged. During cooking they both probably lost similar amounts of moisture, so the wastage is not comparable.

[@Chroniknight]

I too wondered if dry aged losses less on the cook than wet

[@PeterJavi]

@@Chroniknight less, but probably not in large amounts

[@junebugg208]

I always wet age my briskets for 30-45 days from pack ..never fails ..Im smoking 2 briskets for my restaurant tomorrow ..love the video and I wish I had a dry ager!! Great work chef

[@malakaihersburgh5964]

Great content, would love to see a video on improving cheap cuts like rump and gravy to enjoy steak on a budget?

[@ravennyt6672]

Great video Andy. I really enjoy your content.

[@jerrylong3580]

You have the best job in the world. Testing tasting cooking. Perfecting things to make peoples dining experiences memorable. Great job chef.

[@EDavies14]

I was wondering how you were cooking so often in a state of the art kitchen and beautiful ingredients! That’s epic sounds like the dream job!!

[@zeebass2690]

Hi Andy, great vid. Would be interesting to see a longer age around 60 days and the flavor comparison.

[@davewielhouwer11]

That was informative. Thank you Andy

[@yungyusuke13]

I didn’t know you could use the trim. I’ve wanted to dry age for a while, but hate the idea of wasting the trim so I’m glad I’ve learn how to use it in a resourceful way.

[@kowabungafpv]

Brilliant video. Learnt a lot. 🙏

[@denzelmaniac]

Hell, the first honest and fully professionall video about dry aging I have seen. I've been dry aging steaks for quite a while now, but this video is simply excellent.

[@andy_cooks]

Thanks mate !

[@artrocious]

Have you not seen Guga Foods?

[@denzelmaniac]

@@artrocious Of course I have, I am a Guga Follower since his beginnings. But to be honest, Guga has always pushed the Umai Bags. Never really heard from him that 30 Day dry aging is not really worth it, when you take in account the amount of loss and gains (for an average cut of meat). I still dry age my steaks, and will continue to do so, all I am saying is that I like the honesty in this Video from Andy. No advertising, straight honest opinion.

[@chairforce664]

@@denzelmaniac well guga did say that you won't see dry aged steaks in restaurants due to how much they will lose from it.

[@denzelmaniac]

@@chairforce664 that makes no sense, since every steakhouse today has dry aged on their menu. It costs more, that's all.

[@meitoj7639]

Cool man… I’ll be a long time viewer, that’s for sure. I’m in Melbourne too actually. Good to see another NZ fella up this way. Keep it up 👍🏼

[@georgiebestmanutd4746]

Thanks 4 info; learned a lot

[@luciandoruherlas3572]

Thanks mate, nice presentation.

[@rexman94]

love your vids dude

[@keithsarty3039]

Love this guy! Thanks Chef!

[@joe.c.]

Great stuff, chef!

[@ButacuPpucatuB]

This was an epic and yummy experiment 🙌🏽🙌🏽 More please 🤤

[@krosmanfamily]

Possibly the most informative video you have done mate. Excellent 👌 thank you!

[@ShubhamSingh-up8xq]

Love your videos and how factual they are.

[@abcthings1122]

Beautiful. Thank you for your insight Chef. all love and support from The PNW.

[@padders1068]

Andy! Great video, very well explained and executed! Peace! ❤

[@johnmreddington]

Nice one Andy very good information

[@USAUSAM82]

Great review! Thanks!

[@andy_cooks]

Thanks for watching!

[@joubertwesson5285]

Great Video Andy. thanks

[@philcool1968]

Awesome vid. Informative.

[@justinarmand9861]

a weight comparison of the cooked cuts would've been interesting. Love your work.

[@angelogervasio5723]

Great Video!!! Really appreciate the honest opinion. Any tips on dry aging in the bag without having a dry aging refrigerator?

[@Tonyhouse1168]

From what I’ve seen, you can’t dry age in the bag. Dry aging involves losing the moisture and it can’t evaporate in a sealed bag. Most restaurants in the US that dry age have special coolers with moving air at a constant temp.

[@ianrobert6239]

Excellent again. Thanks Andy.

[@andy_cooks]

Thanks for watching!

[@omertepe8201]

Love your content chef

[@kelvinpillay3966]

Well done Andy great content 👏🔥

[@tonymontana6823]

Totally spot on 30 dry aged is minimal. Had a 100 dry aged at Hereford Beefstouw in Melbourne that's about as far as I would go. Again thanks for your fantastic knowledge chef and look forward to more videos.

[@andy_cooks]

Thanks mate 🙌

[@McShag420]

I think 60 day is very nice and 90-100 becomes something else entirely but is probably also my favorite.

[@captainsubtext7446]

At my work we have two big dry aging cabinets and at some point we made a test with letting a loin hanging in there for over 150 days. I wouldn't say it was inedible, but certainly not suitable for most tastebuds. Very funky, kinda cheesy with milkynotes.

[@VeganV5912]

@@andy_cooks

[@VeganV5912]

@@McShag420 Heart attack pictures, fatty foods is animaIs cIogged arteries, hard arteries, PH 5, no fibre🧟‍♂️🦠🍔🥓🥩🍗🍳🧀... 🤮. Vegans don’t stink. PH 7 , plants have fibre ✅😉, vegans are peaceful, Peer review science. Actual pictures of the heart. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2bamIypidSCiK8 !!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnezd6Gem9p_qKc Vegans don’t have this problem because that is the animals. Vegans don’t get clogged arteries, 4% cancer if you’re vegan. Meat based diet 51% death rate. That is extremely high for a frigging burger etc. Gorillas in the wild, have 1 percent cancer. And they never ever eat animals !!! Peer review science !!!! KZbin delicious vegan food. Time to change ✅❤️😉

[@davidcarew2708]

Great job Andy Well Done mate

[@craigchaotic]

Not a huge steak eater myself but it was such a fascinating topic that I watched it anyway. Great video.

[@bigbill1993]

When doing comparison like this it would be nice to see the « normal » one in your test. For taste difference. Then again to see for a restaurant if it’s worth doing it ! Great content ✌🏼

[@CoolPanda_LOL]

guga food 😂

[@Jrenyar]

@@CoolPanda_LOL That guy loves to "keep it simple"

[@mattm00ey]

if i wasnt already hungry enough, I'm blimmin starvin now! Very interesting stuff!

[@pollepollepolle222]

Honestly i like these longer videos more than your shorts. Also would have been nice to see compared to just a normal steak with no aging at all.

[@justinblyton404]

Andy I love the channel! You make cooking so easy. Could you possibly do a beef stroganoff 👍🏻

[@andy_cooks]

Thanks! I’m posting one to TikTok this week

[@stevemilam466]

My mouth is watering!!

[@PogMcDog]

10:45 calling out Guga hahahah

[@davidohlson6872]

I wanna hang out in this place for a day such a awesome kitchen. Lucky

[@peterg1239]

Great video Chef!! IS 30 days aged the longest you go for dry aging , are there any exceptions for going longer and does that depend on the cut?

[@owenmccord5078]

Great stuff! Did you disposed of the wet aged trimmings; or did you save those for burgers as well? When you do a dry aged burger, how do you determine the ratio of fresh meat to pellicle? Does the 80/20 fat ratio change?

[@truedardii]

Sounded like a shot at Guga Foods with the garlic powder

[@omekafalconburn9202]

Good work!

[@privatekochschulepeterfuch9202]

Great Job!

[@RH-sb5co]

I do a 3 day dry age I saw on "Good Eats". Works GREAT.

[@PLF...]

There is an in-between option though with the aging bags

[@jaimejohnesee]

With aging the muscle cells will be releasing enzymes that help break down the meat and make it softer. This was really interesting; I was surprised the wet aged steak wasn't a little funkier than the dry aged.

[@andy_cooks]

Thanks 🙏

[@McShag420]

@the reason The amazing, wonderfully tasty controlled decomposition. All the best things are fermented/aged.

[@donaldlilly495]

I always find the wet-aged beef to have a metallic (iron) taste to it. To me it is borderline inedible. I really enjoy dry-aged beef from 45-50 days. That range seems to be the sweet spot to my palate.

[@edvinnorling6331]

Would be nice to see the difference between levels of the meat that you mention and maybe do a price comparison so we know what to aim for in a nice beef.

[@bbarber6845]

Thank you chef

[@Parth-gn4bz]

Andy you are phenomenal chef

[@andy_cooks]

Thank you 🙏

[@Atmosnofear]

Thanks for a great presentation. Can you explain how you age your beef, under what conditions - temperature, humidity, etc? Thanks again.

[@WhitetailVigilantes]

So I work in a butcher shop and I enjoy cooking at home. I've done a few experiments in my time, and I definitely agree that I prefer wet aging over dry aging. I don't like the taste of dry age and I feel the wet age is more tender and juicier. That being said, I definitely like garlic powder on my steaks 😂 But I'm really glad you didn't use any pepper. I don't believe pepper has any place on beef. Also, I don't agree with resting steaks. Something larger like a brisket it's necessary, but on steaks I feel you lose too much heat and don't actually get enough benefit to be worth it. I like my steaks hot. Overall, excellent video. Your descriptions were spot on and your process and record keeping helped convey just how much loss there was.

[@DMSProduktions]

Pepper steak:Am I a joke to you?

[@durstroyer3924]

So I recently wet aged some AAA sirloin caps from costco. I had bought a cryobag of 2 and tossed it in the chest freezer, pulled it out to the fridge to thaw for portioning. Between being lazy and busy I decided to try wet aging it another 4-6 weeks beyond the 2-4 weeks you would get meat from the store at. I opened the bag up and processed them earlier this week, I can say it was well worth it. It has this light kinda funk or ferment thats fantastic.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@durstroyer3924 Costco is a scam.

[@nagyviktor6522]

Hy Andy, it is good to see how you eat steak (not just how you make it:). not just a tiny size...haha Thank you for making videos. A big fan!

[@yrbelite8450]

damn an executive chef! That’s amazing hopefully I can get to that title!

[@jackpalumbo4678]

Thanks for the video , I just had a 55 dry aged steak in Italy and loved it , so tender, but for hone I’ll try the wet aged , I’m after tenderness , the flavor I’ll get from smoke & charcoal , great experiment

[@CIoneOutcast]

You can minimize waste by dry aging on the bone. The bone not only keeps the beef from flattening out too much while aging but it reduces the loss and pellicle on a whole side. You also want to keep the fat caps as generous before aging as well because fat will discolour and get funky quicker so you want some buffer. 45 days is usually the sweet spot for dry aging and they definitely need to be cooked for a shorter period of time than a normal steak.

[@asdas4312]

Butter dry age is another way

[@CIoneOutcast]

@@asdas4312 thats not dry aging since the meat isn't exposed to oxygen. It's closer to curing.

[@rbu2136]

I live by a big n old butcher shop. Whenever I cook one of their really aged beef…I just don’t care for the taste. What you call funky I call ewww. No thanks. I like my steaks without so much aging.

[@RICDirector]

Totally agree. Just tastes rotted to me, not at all desirable.

[@tomevans4402]

I’m hungry now. Thanks for this

[@Milney10]

The quickest 14 mins 48 seconds in my life. Well done. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@SkellyWaggs]

So how did you do that bag age one? Just leave it in a bag and then put it in a dry ager or just left it in a bed in the fridge?

[@jerrycash5606]

How long is a shrink-wraped sirloin safe to wet age? At what temperature?

[@murshiddaniels]

That kitchen is clean af

[@frankiechan9651]

I've done a couple of dry age at home, with the membrane bags. I think I went 45-50 days and they were amazing. I will add, using the trimmings with some fresh mince made the best burgers I have ever tasted.

[@ruukusanla]

I used to. it's very expensive long term. what's way cheaper is buying Kombu from an Asian grocer and soaking it, wrap your meat and that's it. the seaweed dries on so you cut your steaks and then trim the edges. granted you cannot keep the edges like the bags can but volume is greater and the flavor is amazing. the Kombu has MSG that naturally permeates the cut of meat.

[@rustbucket9318]

I threw all of my trimmings away. Didn’t read up on what to do with them. Now that the rib roasts (prime rib) I was using now costs me $30.00-$40.00 per pound I haven’t done any more. Maybe now that I know I don’t have to throw it away I can justify it again. It did make the best steaks I’ve ever eaten.

[@daganattias274]

@@rustbucket9318 be careful though. Although you can use the trims they are still full of bacteria. You supposed to use them as a seasoning to the main mass that you are making burgers from. Also, burgers made from it cannot be kept more than 24h

[@rustbucket9318]

@@daganattias274 Thank you. I will also do a little research before hand.

[@VeganV5912]

@@rustbucket9318 6 hours !!!! 🔴🦌. 5 days or more sitting inside your stomach puuuu-trifying !!! No fibre if you eat animals in their secretions !!! Timelapse. kzbin.info/www/bejne/op62o4isnLycp6c .... 🤢🤮.. That’s why I am vegan !!!! Your teeth are flat 😬. And your stomach is very very long, “combined length of the small and large intestines is at least 15 ft in length”. We are herbivores. The ape family. ✅❤️😬💪🦍 GorilIas never ever eat animals, they are huge !!! 98.6% the same as us !!! And I’ve gotten bigger and stronger and fitter on a plant based diet. Scientific fact !!!! Fat deposits clog the arteries, eating animals and their secretions. Deodorant mask the symptoms but the shoes and socks and armpits.. 🍳🍖🍔...🦠🧟‍♂️👕🧦🥾🤮.

[@JonTheBrisketMisfit]

55 days is my favorite. On a thick cut, like Wagyu, I love 21 days.

[@wilmetteentwistle9242]

I learned that wet aging was done mostly because of production. Meat purveyors could sell more beef meanwhile having it age in a cryo-bag en route to a customer. Dry aging was the norm prior to mass production. But it seems in the past 10 years hipster cooks have led a resurgence in dry aging. Currently with both aging systems it all depends now (as you mentioned) in what kind of restaurant you're operating. Your wet age had a loss of around 30% while the dry aged had a loss of over 50% (give or take I don't recall the numbers) Also dry aging takes space and extra equipment. Its quite possible to age a sub primal for 10 days to allow for moisture to evaporate. Anyways its up to the restaurant owner on what theme they want. Thanks for the great video Chef Andy cheers

[@andy_cooks]

Thanks mate! I don’t run a restaurant, I run a test kitchen

[@wilmetteentwistle9242]

@@andy_cooks I know Kilcoy you mentioned it. I was just saying if someone had a restaurant....etc. something they need to remember for food costs and yield percentages. I have a restaurant in Korea.

[@paulmayon8821]

Great video. I knows it's from months ago. It just popped up on my feed. I also,didn't think I was going to have a elliptical fit.from camera switchs

[@davidwootton683]

Great video! Many thanks for sharing this with us. I try, and dry age any steaks that I do. Usually for about 7 days. Where I live the standards in good restaurants has fallen. So you will have to go a distance to find a good place. Sadly economics has forced many places to take short-cut's which has affected the food. Cooking dry aged meat. You could try this method. Do not pan fry. "T" Bone Steaks, 4"/100mm thick. Trim excess fat off, before dry aging. 7 days minimum. Salt the fat only. Brush with oil. Do not cut off the hard crust*, or fat before placing on the coals of a cool fire. (*This is the best bit). Do not season. Cook slowly. Have a "Chef's test one" going as well. To test as you go along, with a nice coldy of course. Lightly season. Rest for at least 15 minutes. It will be Yum Yum. Kind regards, and greetings from Africa.

[@Yergs]

So how do we get those funky blue cheese notes in Australia that I've heard about from elsewhere on you tube?

[@TWINEINZ]

With the scrapes, do you discard it? Add it to ground beef? Save for beef stock? Stews? Render off the fat for other recipes?

[@mrkiplingreallywasanexceed8311]

I just couldn't wait to see Andy in the boning room☺️

[@laryjohnlastimado6741]

3:11 "Boning room" . Hehe

[@theboredshroomz4908]

Where I'm from we just call those strips. Also those end pieces can help tenderize that piece of silverskin by taking either a paring knife or a threadcutter and just giving her the stabby stabby and it helps break up that sinew. so you barely notice in your bite.

[@mitchelle245]

The funky taste from aging is a little of an acquired taste.

[@andy_cooks]

Definitely

[@sebastionjunior4125]

For me once u had that flavour nothing else satisfy me. Its weird. That almost rotten taste blew my mind, nothing else would satisfy me as dry aging. So weird.

[@jyoshi1491]

@@sebastionjunior4125 haha for me it’s the opposite. Maybe I just don’t eat it enough.

[@sovitaseng5519]

@@sebastionjunior4125 it’s an acquired taste. Not for everyone. Just like everything else expensive lol. Blue cheese. Most fermented stuff.

[@TheWeekendShooter308]

Just say you can't afford steakhouses

[@rachellebovits9360]

@andycooks how would kosher meat work in such a system. kosher butcher is salted and dry brine to begin with so would it lend itself better to a wet brine? or need a shorter time frame

[@seranadevirus]

For the dry aging it really depends on fat content. At the place I work at we dry age the strip loins, and rib roasts. The ribs easily taste so much better when compared to the strip loins.

[@VeganV5912]

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[@ikyiAlter]

That's probably the most genuine opinion

[@WhatDooYouThinK]

Damn, I felt like you were talking directly to me about garlic powder, I never make a steak without it 😂

[@nickypoo52]

Do you own your own restaurant? If so is it something you'd make publicly avail? Would be cool to visit. looks like it has some really good food from what i see in the vids

[@henrychiremba304]

Nice video l learnt a lot