# Microwave Steak recs needed ITT **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889 "2014-03-17T00:58:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shadow\_of\_The\_Moose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Shadow\_of\_The\_Moose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadow_of_The_Moose)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/1 "2014-03-17T00:58:58Z")
I usually just throw em in the toaster, but these badboys were on sale at the local megamart and wont fit in the toaster slots. Im working with a 1500 watter, btw, as I take chefing seriously. Need a quick and easy recipe. Ive already marinated them in Dales and have them slathered in ketchup. Just not sure how long and on what setting to nuke them. Looking for medium rare, of course. TIA. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/2 "2014-03-17T01:05:25Z")
1 min on high, …enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/3 "2014-03-17T01:07:42Z")
Reported for forum change. In spite of this section of the forum being called the BBQ Pit, it isn’t generally about cooking meat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/4 "2014-03-17T01:23:00Z")
> [@Shadow\_of\_The\_Moose](#): > > I usually just throw em in the toaster, but these badboys were on sale at the local megamart and wont fit in the toaster slots. > > Im working with a 1500 watter, btw, as I take chefing seriously. > > Need a quick and easy recipe. Ive already marinated them in Dales and have them slathered in ketchup. Just not sure how long and on what setting to nuke them. Looking for medium rare, of course. > > TIA. n/m ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/5 "2014-03-17T01:23:21Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/6 "2014-03-17T01:39:26Z")
Have your sous chef pan grill them, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/7 "2014-03-17T02:37:02Z")
Microwaving heats water (mostly), which is inside the steaks. You’ll likely get horrible steaks; if you’re lucky you’ll just get really sub-par ones. If you want perfect medium-rare steaks, you need a sous-vide machine and a few seconds under a broiler. I found sous-vide machines too expensive so I use my dishwasher (minimal soap, top rack, no dry cycle). ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/8 "2014-03-17T03:58:31Z")
May I suggest a pairing? A nice pruno, something in a Libby’s fruit cocktail varietal, not too jammy, let’s say a 2014? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/9 "2014-03-17T04:00:32Z")
Philistine. 2014 was _all_ nose. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/10 "2014-03-17T06:31:24Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Philistine. 2014 was _all_ nose. Correction: the _spring_ 2014 vintage had an unpleasant bouquet, largely due to residual traces of tachyon particles brought on from fluxations in the capacitors that year. This was cleared up by the summer season (which was okay at best), and fall 2014 will be notable and very rare for several years ago now. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/11 "2014-03-17T15:49:30Z")
Steak in the microwave?! Blasphemy!! Don’t matter how powerful it is. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/12 "2014-03-17T15:52:47Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Steak in the microwave?! Blasphemy!! > > Don’t matter how powerful it is. Can’t make nachos, though…Kip at all the freakin’ chips. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/13 "2014-03-17T16:04:58Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > May I suggest a pairing? A nice pruno, something in a Libby’s fruit cocktail varietal, not too jammy, let’s say a 2014? Ow! I popped my ears trying to hold in laughter at that one! Reminder: Don’t read Straight Dope at work! ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/14 "2014-03-17T16:22:43Z")
BTW, WTH is ‘Dales’? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/15 "2014-03-17T16:55:34Z")
I never heard of “Dales” either, so I Googled it. Apparently, it’s a [brand of marinade](http://www.dalesseasoning.com/) from Birmingham, Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/16 "2014-03-17T18:38:57Z")
Holy crap!! The OP is apparently from the land of great BBQ and smoking and grilling and such and he wants to **microwave** a steak?!! :eek: The mind, it just boggles. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/17 "2014-03-17T18:52:28Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > In spite of this section of the forum being called the BBQ Pit, it isn’t generally about cooking meat. 🙂 Anybody that puts ketchup on a steak cooked in a microwave belongs firmly in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/18 "2014-03-17T19:23:00Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Holy crap!! The OP is apparently from the land of great BBQ and smoking and grilling and such and he wants to **microwave** a steak?!! :eek: > > The mind, it just boggles. Come on. Do you really think he asked that question in earnest? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/19 "2014-03-17T19:28:06Z")
I don’t care if he asked it in Bert, the mind still boggles. And what do Sesame Street characters have to do with steak? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889/20 "2014-03-17T19:31:36Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Holy crap!! The OP is apparently from the land of great BBQ and smoking and grilling and such and he wants to **microwave** a steak?!! :eek: > > The mind, it just boggles. You seem to miss that he claims to “normally” make them in the toaster but these are too big to fit in the slots. I suspect he may be having a little bit of fun with this thread. But now, I really want to try to make a steak in my toaster just so I can say I’ve done so. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-steak-recs-needed-itt/683889.md?page=2)