# Infomercial-cooks frozen meat in minutes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infomercial-cooks-frozen-meat-in-minutes/572816>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 27, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infomercial-cooks-frozen-meat-in-minutes/572816 "2011-02-27T17:55:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infomercial-cooks-frozen-meat-in-minutes/572816/1 "2011-02-27T17:55:06Z")

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Was up late last night. They had on an infomercial that caught my attention. Mr. T was in it. It was this cooker, see-through, which cooks a totally frozen piece of meat in 16 minutes.  
Interesting.  
My question is, is this unusual? Never tried to do that myself, and Is it for real?

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infomercial-cooks-frozen-meat-in-minutes/572816/2 "2011-02-27T19:52:49Z")

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I can cook frozen hamburgers on a Foreman grill in three.

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**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infomercial-cooks-frozen-meat-in-minutes/572816/3 "2011-02-27T20:54:53Z")

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I was wondering if this was an unusual feat or if they were just b.s.ing. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infomercial-cooks-frozen-meat-in-minutes/572816/4 "2011-02-28T06:28:05Z")

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How big a piece of meat? When I was a short order cook, we’d put a frozen steak on the grill (~3/4" thick, as best I remember) and cover it with a metal mixing bowl. It would cook in about the same time as an uncovered unfrozen steak of the same size, maybe 8-10 minutes.

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infomercial-cooks-frozen-meat-in-minutes/572816/5 "2011-02-28T07:02:38Z")

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> [@Gary\_T](#):
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> How big a piece of meat? When I was a short order cook, we’d put a frozen steak on the grill (~3/4" thick, as best I remember) and cover it with a metal mixing bowl. It would cook in about the same time as an uncovered unfrozen steak of the same size, maybe 8-10 minutes.

Starting frozen is the only way to make a thin steak to come out medium.

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infomercial-cooks-frozen-meat-in-minutes/572816/6 "2011-02-28T13:56:38Z")

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> [@gaffa](#):
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> Starting frozen is the only way to make a thin steak to come out medium.

Unless you sous-vide :D.