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How long to cook steak

Three things decide it, and none of them is on the clock. Answer them and the time below is yours.

Your time 7:00

How thick is it?

Measure the steak, not the plate. Thickness matters more here than weight.

How do you want it?

How hot is the pan?

A pan that is not properly hot steams the steak instead of searing it.

How to tell without a timer

Rest it for about half the cooking time before you cut. Cutting early loses the juices.

At this thickness and doneness a pan alone will scorch the crust long before the centre catches up. Sear both sides, then finish it in a 200°C / 400°F oven and use a thermometer.

At this thickness and doneness a pan alone will scorch the crust long before the centre catches up. Sear both sides, then finish it in a 200°C / 400°F oven and use a thermometer.

How it goes

  1. Side 1 of 2. Leave it alone — it releases when it has crusted.
  2. Side 2 of 2.
Every combination, as a table
How thick is it?How do you want it?How hot is the pan?Time
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Rare Medium 4:25
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Rare Medium-high 3:30
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Rare High / smoking 2:50
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Medium-rare Medium 5:30
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Medium-rare Medium-high 4:25
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Medium-rare High / smoking 3:30
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Medium Medium 7:00
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Medium Medium-high 5:30
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Medium High / smoking 4:25
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Medium-well Medium 8:15
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Medium-well Medium-high 6:45
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Medium-well High / smoking 5:15
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Well done Medium 10:00
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Well done Medium-high 8:00
Thin (about 1.5 cm) Well done High / smoking 6:15
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Rare Medium 7:00
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Rare Medium-high 5:30
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Rare High / smoking 4:30
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Medium-rare Medium 8:45
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Medium-rare Medium-high 7:00
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Medium-rare High / smoking 5:30
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Medium Medium 11:00
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Medium Medium-high 8:45
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Medium High / smoking 7:00
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Medium-well Medium 13:15
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Medium-well Medium-high 10:30
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Medium-well High / smoking 8:30
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Well done Medium 15:45
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Well done Medium-high 12:30
Medium (about 2.5 cm) Well done High / smoking 10:00
Thick (4 cm+) Rare Medium 10:45
Thick (4 cm+) Rare Medium-high 8:30
Thick (4 cm+) Rare High / smoking 6:45
Thick (4 cm+) Medium-rare Medium 13:15
Thick (4 cm+) Medium-rare Medium-high 10:45
Thick (4 cm+) Medium-rare High / smoking 8:30
Thick (4 cm+) Medium Medium 16:45
Thick (4 cm+) Medium Medium-high 13:15
Thick (4 cm+) Medium High / smoking 10:45
Thick (4 cm+) Medium-well Medium 20:00
Thick (4 cm+) Medium-well Medium-high 16:00
Thick (4 cm+) Medium-well High / smoking 12:45
Thick (4 cm+) Well done Medium 24:00
Thick (4 cm+) Well done Medium-high 19:15
Thick (4 cm+) Well done High / smoking 15:30

The app does this, then learns

The timer above is the same arithmetic Kitchen Sense runs. The part a web page cannot do is the next bit: you say whether it came out right, and the next one is closer. Free, 68 dishes, no account.

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