I Tested Everyones New York Strip Steak- Guga, Gordon Ramsay, Tasty, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

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Intro: (0:00)
Tasty's French Pepper Steak: (0:25)
Kenji's Reverse Sear Steak: (3:17)
Gordon's Mushroom Pan Seared Steak: (6:00)
Guga's Grilled Steak: (9:30)
Outro: (13:05)

[@andrewshandle]

So Guga mostly does indirect heat after searing to avoid the grey band. He'll sear under high heat, then put in the thermometer probe and cook under indirect heat until 135F, at least every video I've seen.

[@Timmycoo]

Yeah a lot of cooks I have seen on YT who use propane always have a hot side and indirect side which is similar to Guga's method of rotating the grill.

[@paulwagner688]

Guga also rotates the grate as well so it doesn't overheat.

[@summonabletrap]

So disappointed in this channel, exactly the sort of thing I unsubbed over long ago

[@sjmoorez]

Came here for that. It's not a guga steak.

[@Keanuthelegend]

@@summonabletrapIf you unsubbed, why are you still watching him?

[@user-rk5jy1jg5h]

Guga doesn't cook his steak directly over the high heat grill for the entirety of the cook- it's either sous vide and then blasted with the torch, or cooked on low heat until the temp is reached, then on high for the sear.

[@Timmycoo]

And he cooks it over the charcoal grill that has a rotating grill so he alternates it from the hot to warmer side so you can cook it evenly and not get that grey gradient.

[@smith6ar]

Interesting

[@Ottoni174]

@@Timmycoo he always rotates the grill so the heating element is the charcoal and not the metal from the grates for a perfect crust too, dude literally perfected charcoal steaks to a level that is basically impossible to beat

[@Timmycoo]

@@Ottoni174 Ya he's against grill marks lol but damn his steaks look good.

[@dixonjt89]

@@Timmycoo my brother in steak...after watching guga for 2 years+ i finally bought the equipment he uses to achieve his steaks and it does not disappoint, I have people begging for me to cook them steak dinners now after they come over and I cook once for them.

[@nafspark]

[testing Guga's steak recipe] [changes literally everything about the cooking method] [ranks it last]

[@Jabem]

can even do his method on a little 80 dollar portable charcoal grill and get much better results than this.

[@mowas8620]

i figured Guga style is either charcoal or soui vide

[@solvency2690]

@@mowas8620 he uses a propane grill and does it over direct heat for the entire cooking portion. (nothing like the guga method)

[@xJDMWaRRi0Rx]

I can’t wait for guga to react to this. He’s gonna be like what the heck man you only cook in the grill for the sear then leave it in indirect heat until it’s to temp.

[@GizmoAlys]

If you're gonna rank Guga's steak you should at least cook it how he actually cooks it. 😂

[@PettyPerkins]

Came here to say you didnt do guga justice but i see everyone agrees lol

[@MichaelADemei]

To be honest the guga steak cooking was messed up, cooked over direct heat all the way is why it didn't come out right, should have had some way to cook it over indirect heat after the sear was done.

[@JonBoehm]

@GugaFoods - You should invite David out and show him how it's really done. :-)

[@pablowiththeskills]

Take it from me as someone who's tried most of the sauces and all the cooking methods, Guga's method has to be revisited once you get a round charcoal grill. Other than the charcoal flavor, the technique of spinning the grate so the flame puts the crust on the steak rather than the grate doing it is a big difference in flavor and visual appeal. And when done right you get a sense of accomplishment too 😅

[@thomasnederman]

Thanks for the video. Think you missed something with Guga.. He always cook it on indirect heat after or before establishing a crust... You seem to have cooked it on high heat all the way

[@collinvickers2345]

I would have enjoyed seeing one of Guga's sous vide steak recipes on this list.

[@paulwagner688]

After the sear Guga cooks on indirect until it comes up to temp. That's why his steaks are the best.

[@IamLINErida]

guga definitely specifically uses large wood charcoal, and an indirect heat in the hood until he reaches his desired temperature. the indirect heat keeps it from going well done, and the charcoal gives it distinct taste. idont think hes ever uses a gas grill

[@JKenjiLopezAlt]

Great video!

[@mattymattffs]

The man the myth the legend

[@runbitch55]

The GOAT 🐐

[@funty420]

goated with (out) the sauce

[@cb4460]

Biggest loser on the Internet

[@zachsdickDOTmpg]

Myth: we don’t bring a steak to room temperature for an even cook. Truth: We bring it to room temp because a cold steak will drop the temperature of your searing hot pan more than a room temp steak will. Love these videos though, happy holidays!

[@xipalips]

That would be fairly insignificant with a properly heated cast iron or carbon steel truthfully. Stainless maybe. The pan also doesn't need to be "ripping" hot unless your meat is super thin, 350f is a good number to work with. Letting it(really just the outermost layer, Kenji's testing shows how little it affects the core) come to room temp is good as a way to modulate heat flow, heat flows faster into colder areas than warmer areas, aka overcooking the steak's cold exterior layer.

[@prccap]

Actually we never bring it even close to room temp. Even after 4 hours out of the fridge it still wouldn’t be at “room temp”

[@zachsdickDOTmpg]

@@prccap I’m talking surface temp, since that’s the part of the steak that would drop the temperature of your hot pan. The middle of the steak never touches the pan, the effect it would have on a hot pan is negligible.

[@glockenrein]

Jesus Christ that pepper jar. 😂 I didn’t know they came in that size!

[@Rabbit_Nova]

You should do a salmon showdown! There’s plenty of really good salmon recipes!!

[@thealrightchef2800]

Please redo one of guga’s steaks, it’s indirect heat at the end it’s very important!! And the charcoal is extremely important!

[@justinabaya6622]

If you do it correctly on a charcoal grill you won’t get that gray band/overcook. If Guga watches this video he’ll lose his mind lol. He gets it spot on medium rare tip to tip every time.

[@chrissnyder4439]

My favorite way is a reverse sear on a charcoal grill. Same steps as Kenji but just indirect heat on the grill, and then a fast sear directly over the coals. Nice smoky flavor, but without the outer layer becoming well done.

[@D2BII]

Exactly.

[@prometheus25]

So the actual real Guga method... I agree.

[@MrNathansdad]

My takeaway here: I'm gonna do a reverse sear and make that cream sauce. Yum Yum

[@skillet3753]

i like the part where he tests everyone's new york strip steak but doesn't follow their recipe rip guga

[@ItsJustLisa]

Did anyone else notice David’s *gallon* sized container of peppercorns?! I didn’t even know one could buy a *gallon* of peppercorns! And here I’ve got steaks for our Christmas dinner. Great video timing!

[@libfit9068]

I always see them at the grocery store

[@ItsJustLisa]

@@libfit9068, I have never seen something like that outside of Sam’s Club and it wasn’t spices. I don’t know where you live, but not in Minnesota. I’ve been in high end grocery stores, mid-priced stores and budget stores, including Aldi. If I saw a gallon of peppercorns, I’d not only have posted about it, I’d take a picture.

[@Anonymous-sy7or]

None of your videos have made my mouth water as much as this one i’m definitely cooking steak tonight

[@unstoppabledoris]

I'm gonna have to try this for my husband! Looks absolutely delicious

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

A great surprise david! Thanks 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤

[@mattymattffs]

No sous vide? No shallow fry from Chris Young. That's too bad. Sous vide + shallow fry is crazy

[@yvonne5322]

Yup, always crave a steak dinner at Christmas! So we have one Dec 23rd each year! Edit to add my husband is a chef and cooks turkey dinners constantly over the last 2 weeks of Christmas so that's why we do steak.

[@charlielima9080]

I recommend a sear in the rear on a charcoal grill. Dry brine (s&p) over night. I have never worried about over salting as the meat will retain what you need and lose some when you cook. But I am sure you can screw it up, but should be forgiving. Set it up @225F indirect for ~40 min. A little apple or hickory,chips are my favorite. If you like it smokier mesquite. I do think you need to aim for a lower temp prior to sear to hit your ideal cook. Once you open the grill the charcoal will heat up quick with the extra O2. Sear and done. Thermometers are a great tool.

[@melissaweyrick5311]

Happy ⛄ Holidays David.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

LOVE steaks! Gonna love this battle!!🥩🥩🥩🥩🥩 9:23 Amen to that! And in the words of hank hill: we ask them politely yet firmly to leave

[@stephenatohi]

The grey band on the "Guga" steak makes it pretty obvious that it wasn't done correctly. Plus, the obvious flavors associated with charcoal. Propane doesn't get as hot and is basically a glorified indoor range. If you don't have charcoal, I would just go for a cast iron pan and forego the entire "grill" concept.

[@zhavroldsamuel6080]

I've never been so early! I'm so excited!😂

[@rhondawest6838]

I usually make beef for Boxing Day, and this is giving me ideas

[@yitziyyb]

You know you've made it when the godfather gives his approval stamp!!

[@henryverniz7852]

It seems the best combo is reverse sear but finishing in the grill instead of pan. The additional smoke flavor would be a nice touch.

[@15oClock]

I wasn't craving steak before, but now I want steak.

[@AlaSazondemiFamilia]

Thanks for sharing my friend 💗💗

[@moira329]

Thank you showing a reverse sear. I keep hearing about it but didn’t know what it was.

[@VoxRatio]

You do realize you cooked it in direct heat for Guga right? He uses direct heat for the sear, then indirect heat to finish.

[@jeffreyanziani4480]

That definitely wasn’t a Guga steak

[@CapnRiggs2k5]

Yeah since you didnt have a charcoal grill, maybe do a sous vide steak instead for Guga. Should have gotten a nice golden crust then finished it off in indirect heat until it got to that 128-130 mark.

[@mizzpunk05]

this video made me go to the store and buy a New York strip 🙃

[@justinabaya6622]

Can’t call it a Guga steak if you didn’t do it exactly as he does. I don’t care how hot the grill gets, if it ain’t charcoal then you’re definitely way off the mark for a Guga steak. Besides sous vide, he does it more traditionally now. Sear then finish in indirect heat

[@Comrade_mommy]

I like dudes content so much that even tho I’m a lifelong vegetarian with a pathological aversion to meat, I still click as soon as I see he unloaded a new vid.

[@AsheshDubey]

Exactly!!! Vegetarian here too but love his videos

[@NotContinuum]

The winner of this competition is David.

[@imjames29]

David & FutureCanoe at the same time. Merry Christmas

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Loved the video as always david! Please do a Carbonara battle next

[@samjones0528]

why inevitably?

[@Strawbella35]

Versus videos are a faveeeee

[@cr0wn9001]

Love the content, but yeah you didnt cook a Guga steak. Im sorry that one was a miss :(

[@paulwagner688]

"French pepper sauce". C'mon, Tasty. You can say steak au poivre.

[@TheElmo337]

You didn’t even cook half of them properly. As much as I dislike guga’s videos sometimes, you can’t discount the fact that ZERO of his control steaks have any grey band. Pro chefs he’s collabed with even say it’s the best steak they’ve tasted. Furthermore it looks like you sourced your steaks from different places too.

[@kokopelli434]

I haven’t watched your videos in a bit, so when I saw the decorations it was a bit shocking lmao

[@DavidVaini]

Interesting a Ramsey steak versus a not a guga steak. Would be interesting to see what it would be like to see a Ramsey steak versus a guga steak. That should be your next video

[@Bradimus1]

You can cook frozen steaks pretty well too. If you want it rare in the middle and don't have time to thaw.

[@xavierdevante1]

It's actually more of a pro move to use the meat thermometer

[@coltonmartin5057]

What if they want their steaks cooked more? Then we ask them kindly yet firmly to leave.

[@Dctctx]

Hank hill said it best

[@jordanmitchell5946]

You're definitely going to have to remake this video because that was a disgrace to Guga himself that for sure is not a Guga steak

[@prccap]

It’s videos like this that make me so happy that Humans are meant to eat red meat!!!! Definitely having a steak for dinner now

[@papabadgers1555]

That huge tub of pepper is crazy

[@stnbl1569]

Waited to watch this on Monday so I could have Meat Monday

[@troycribb733]

A REAL guga steak would have been cooked sous vide then put on the grill or used a torch for a nice crust

[@esairamirez6792]

Gugas steak had a gray band because of the dry brine trust the temperature probe

[@mrtech2259]

You really messed up that Guga steak. Not only was it not done on a charcoal grill, you didn't do his method of cooking either. Don't call it a Guga steak.

[@MichaelQ-iv7pt]

David, I don't know why YT is doing it. But you are rarely recommended to me anymore despite watching all of your videos =/

[@IAmLucipurr]

... but what happened to the bbq sauce in Gordon's dish? i never saw it make a reappearance... unless i missed it?

[@lenapawlek7295]

Really makes me want steak lol. - although i use americas test kitchen searing version

[@jenrosejenrose7417]

use smoked salt in cast iron, and a little Worcestershire with the butter. You get the smoke without the nuisance.

[@xipalips]

Combustion Inc's thermometer would let you know that layer was getting overcooked ;)

[@chaotin42]

Now I crave steak, damn! 🤤

[@Mykasan]

DANG, i don't eat steak but this sounds and looks delicious.

[@sheds]

I'd like to see a guga episode. Just a bunch of his methods against each other. I feel like a sous vide would have worked here too.

[@Ugcwithluba]

I've never been this early to a video. I feel so special. Love you David! From an irrelevant Nigerian fan😅

[@JustinaReee]

I'm not David, obviously, but I think he would agree that you are very relevant and wonderful :)

[@KatieCarpenter2014]

I wonder how Guga's method would hold up with the reverse sear.

[@babybookworm003]

This must have been expensive

[@Quixan]

beef is very expensive. but most of the recipes Don't have a long list of things to buy, so all your budget should be just the one thing-STEAK

[@jasonsmith2775]

David! Been nipping on that brandy!!!

[@EricTams]

You are in luck Seymour, the sofritas are the best 'meat' on Chipotle's menu.

[@EpicKidzzENT]

Did guga a disservice with this one

[@nthdegree1269]

You're doing Guga incorrect

[@raineynight713]

Wait, do people really complain about using meat thermometers??

[@Isekai_Fan]

David, David, David... YOU f'd up a Guga style steak. So glad everyone else is roasting you on this, as YOU deserve it. Now, do Guga right and make the steak the way he does. FYI, you've got to stop cheating with the extras ON the steaks. Sauces and Mushrooms with onions are going to drastically change the flavor profile. So, hop up and get to making a revision video, or many of us will never watch your videos again.

[@billbixby7788]

Really did guga wrong here but it's all good lol

[@3xtremelamborghini]

Why are you going vegetarian?

[@President-JonSnow.Malkowich]

I think it’s a joke. I mean he can’t be gay AND vegan. Can he?

[@keborn6teen]

Right? Like what kind of content would come of it?

[@3xtremelamborghini]

@@President-JonSnow.Malkowich ikr how is he gonna eat meat but be vegan

[@missizzy1886]

I love my steak black and blue. Although I'll eat steak no matter how it's cooked

[@WideLoad405]

Do a reverse sear, but instead of the pan, sear it over a charcoal grill.

[@firehot427]

No one in the medical field says to chill on the red meat lmao

[@Mick-HHH]

You can't call that a guga steak haha

[@meganblack9236]

Happy to see you doing a Guga recipe! His food always looks like it'll blow you away with one bite.

[@johanne3767]

love your videos, but that is not a guga steak bro

[@ryanlee954]

Shout out to Tasty? More like shout out to the French because that was just Stake au Poivre. It’s one of my favorite steak preparations and it looks like you did a pretty fantastic job at making it.

[@mattymattffs]

Yup. And it wasn't even a particular good approach IMO. Sip and feast recently did one that is IMO better than the tasty approach

[@NE-BO]

highly recommend that you don't sear your steak with butter. Get the pan hotter and when you do if you add butter to it, the milk proteins will burn.

[@odddood]

steak is well done cause you cooked wrong lol

[@jonsible]

Look at Mr David over here with his 100% Gourmet steaks. I can barely afford the 80% Gourmet / 20% Garbage mix!

[@smiffyOG]

You did Guga wrong

[@liveinthetruth]

Inevitably going to become a vegetarian! May I ask how come!? I've been a vegetarian for 15 years and I have been trying some fish and one day I will try some farm fresh meats! Inevitably I will be a carnivore!

[@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr]

i much prefer these comparisons to the shitty tiktok recipe compilations

[@mts982]

Curve or curb your cravings?

[@FishyDaGamer]

Stek 🤤

[@chrisjongetjes8959]

That salt looks more like margarita salt.