Cooking the Perfect Steak- with vacuum cleaner and blowtorch

[CosmicDamian]

You should make an investment in a few more "R"'s.

[jeffg85]

these guys probably missed a comic book star trek convention just to make this

[clutchcity]

You don't need a vacuum cleaner. Just use a pot of water and dunk the bag into it. The water pressure will push all the air out. Obviously don't dunk it past the zipper.

[StupidChris19]

I love tomatoes - they wemind me of my bweasts!

[ramenx2]

how can ANYONE consume vegetables? they have beautiful souls; all they want is to see the sunlight but noooo you gotta go and chop their roots off and eat their leaves. horrible horrible people!

[jonnyisonfire23]

cor look at these PETA fags... anyway great video! sous-vide is the way to go!

[EasyRecipesHQ]

good videos....congrats good stuff

[Chthonian121]

That looks Fucking marvolous... i love the phrase

[Slashbag69]

They didnt make the focus in 1994. DUMBASS

[ThePugFather]

Hacks.

[gimletta]

How can you look at that beautiful animal and just see meat? Cows are NOT plants - they are LIVING THINGS with brains, feelings, emotions. How can you eat something that had a mother? The world is changing. Hardly anyone eats steak anymore, for a reason. Get out of the Middle Ages!

[kamikazecookery]

@gimletta But it's such a tasty animal... As for how I can eat it, generally I cook it, chop it up, stick in in my mouth and chew. Seems to work OK.

[gimletta]

@kamikazecookery Yeah, and heroin is tasty too but you'd be a fucking retard to consume that, too.

[kamikazecookery]

@gimletta Ah, that explains all the junkies I see ripping off grannies to feed their steak habit. Not to mention the international War on Cows.

[gimletta]

@kamikazecookery Actually, every war that has ever been fought has been over food. It takes enough fresh water and grain to feed two people for a month for just a pound of meat. Beyond the cruelty aspects and the pure waste of natural resources, the production of meat has wiped out the earth's rainforests, infected millions with incurable, debilitating diseases from the gas (farts) the cattle produce, and created ponds of cow shit the size of large city blocks on farms all over the world.

[a8vip]

@gimletta Every war that has ever been fought has been over religeon, not food.

Meat tastes good, and the human race has spent millions of years surviving on it.

Long may it continue. I suppose you detest all carnivores? Including natural ones?

[gimletta]

@a8vip Wait wait wait wait - did you just write that we have been around for "millions of years" and that we have been eating meat that long too? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH­AHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is the funniest &^%$ I have read in a long time. Jesus, dude, read a book. Ignorance is not a good look.

[smcoh327]

@gimletta If I could find something in which to marinate you that would remove the hippie taste, I'd happily eat you. Cheers!

[piffpete420]

@gimletta So plants arent living things? Im confused, instead of killing animals for food we should let them room and multiply, eventually forcing humans to kill them anyways. Your extremely lost my friend.

[gimletta]

@piffpete420 Actually, animals historically have culled themselves based on planetary need since the beginning of time. If you were an educated person you would know that. It is we as a human race who has been "domesticating" meaning, forcibly jacking off animals ourselves to get their sperm and then putting that sperm into other females in order to populate farms. Pigs, cows, sheep, chickens and many species of fish would not exist today if it weren't for us forcing them to procreate.

[gimletta]

@piffpete420 @piffpete420 Actually, animals historically have culled themselves based on planetary need since the beginning of time. It is we as a human race who has been "domesticating" meaning, forcibly jacking off animals ourselves to get their sperm and then putting that sperm into other females in order to populate farms. Pigs, cows, sheep, chickens and many species of fish would not exist today if it weren't for us forcing them to procreate.

[piffpete420]

@gimletta So in essence your saying Humans are less important then cattle, cause most of the techniques are in response to having to relocate animals to build cities etc. Humans are going to dominate lesser species whether you like it or not, if you want to complain about your mindless argument towards someone complain to the few handful of large corporations that hord and manipulate these animals for profit no matter the biological effects.

[gimletta]

@piffpete420 Er, how did you get any of that from what I wrote? Species naturally die out - that is nature. All you have to do is look at the devastation done to the planet because of our greed for meat. Did you know that 80% of the Southwest is used for raising, holding and killing cattle and poultry? And no, it's not grasslands - it's feedlots, huge killing factories, ponds of manure so large farmers need boats to cross them. Do your research. You sound like a moron.

[gimletta]

@piffpete420 And yeah, humans DO dominate all other species - we are stronger, smarter, far more advanced. But power = responsibility. We have been irresponsible with nature's gifts. We have poisoned the seas so horribly (before the oil spill) so that 30% of the oceans are DEAD, meaning, NOTHING lives in those parts. Do you think this is right? Do you think we can go on as a species this way? Look around you. And people like you wonder why they are obese and diseased.

[SuckMyRightToe]

@gimletta The only reason cows aren't extinct is because of how tasty they are. They are retarded animals . . they lick electric fences, get pushed over in their sleep and in general have no survival instincts. They're walking food to any predatory species. And I'd guess most realise they aren't plants, they taste good for a start, though I think you'll find plants are 'living things' to, and that the majority of humans are still omnivores, try india if you want plants and cow love, peasant

[dubbedcrazy]

@gimletta many indigenous people , consume meat,and live off the land inna natural way!

yeah i can see having a problem with meat that isn't organic, free-range, or sustainable...

how could you call someone a fucking retard? thats not very considerate of you being so righteous and all...people have downs syndrome, but are cool people too!

heroin is tasty? shame on you(and me too...) it's very tasty!

[gimletta]

@dubbedcrazy So would it be better if I called that poster "someone with down's syndrome"? Are YOU retarded? Did you bark at the meat-eating poster who said "cows are retarded" or just me? BTW those "indigenous people" the world over have many, many more cases of debilitating and terminal disease in the last 20 years, and many communities are dying out because their food sources (ie, deer, fish, etc) is poisoned. DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU SPOUT OFF ABOUT STUFF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT. Retard.

[dubbedcrazy]

@gimletta an intelligent person does not have to resort to name calling to get his/her point across. it just makes you sound less credible, and childish too.

[gimletta]

@dubbedcrazy Hmmmmmm so you are calling me unintelligent and childish. Well aren't you superior. (!) Why would I care if you think I am credible? I am talking FACTS here. If you can't take the hour out of your life to do the research for yourself, you really deserve to live in ignorance. But when profoundly intelligent people like Bill Clinton are vegan (as he is) you gotta realize that veganism ain't just for hippies anymore. It's the only way we can survive on this planet, REALLY.

[dubbedcrazy]

@gimletta i'm not calling you anything...i eat mostly vegetarian(organic or locally grown) i don't have a problem with vegans , if i do eat meat it's free range, organic , or sustainable so think what you want.

Hitler was a vegetarian... *_*

[comradebashu]

@gimletta your a fucking moron, i pray to god you wonder into a lion cage one day so you can explain to them how you how feelings while they rip you to shreds, and furthermore you say cows are beautiful? i know someone sure as shit hasn't lived on a farm (actually maybe you did I smell bestiality)

[awsomehighvoltage]

@gimletta what about chickens and pigs? there living things and taste good!

[strippedcandy]

Sorry guys, absolutely pointless. I didn't enjoy it one bit.

[kamikazecookery]

@strippedcandy Fair enough, you can't please everyone.

[tccham182]

@kamikazecookery well you pleased me, nice work

[broodm]

there wasn't even a close up on the meat.

btw this isn't very practical. using thermometers, vacuum cleaners, the effort, time for simply a steak isn't something restaurants would do. unless blumenthal could pull it off

[strangecompany]

@broodm You may want to Google "sous-vide" before you conclude that restaurants couldn't possibly do this. Obviously they use a commercial vacuum sealer rather than a vacuum cleaner, but we didn't really want to say "OK, now spend £2000".

Yeah, the lack of close-up was a fail on our part, sorry.

[broodm]

@strangecompany just wikied it. its really weird, i wonder how exactly do they do this things? i mean 55C is really close to temp danger zone. it takes a lot of time to make one of these and i dont know if its being prep before service (considering its dangerous to keep it for long). another factor is that the quantity of food being prep (well if the restaurant is well known it might not be much of a problem but still...)

anyway "sous vide" wasn't explained at school?

[kamikazecookery]

@broodm THere's a really good guide to sous-vide online - search for "Practical guide to Sous-Vide".

Most restaurants will be using lab water baths accurate to +- 0.1C - that's what I use these days. And most of them use "cook-chill" - sous-vide, rapid chill, then reheat for service. Sounds a bit icky but works really well.

[Francois89]

Great.

[Blackheartz75]

Your not suppose to show us our food alive..

[broodm]

@Blackheartz75 it just shows that the ingredients are authentic -not made by tofu. lol

[therealbatman1990]

great way to DIY sous vide! anyway, just a question, if your oven goes as low as 55 degrees, would keeping the pot in the oven give the same results? i mean i just thought maybe it would be easier to maintain and monitor the temperature and all.

[careylsparkes]

one of the funniest videos i have ever seen... specially the thermometer bit...

[Spl2iggan]

I'll stick to my grill thanks

[aznbutteredtoast]

youre retarded

[jakegreenblot]

Fun video! I would put a pot of cold water and a pot of boiling water beside the actual bath. That way, if the temp goes astray like in the video, you can quickly rebound.

[thiswasplanned]

you guys put alot of time into these videos

i personally would never cook a steak like this but for the time and effort you put in, the end result is fuckign enjoyable to watch. get your videos out there man

[emouch1]

the alternative is to flip the steak every 15 secs, for about 12-16 flips (4-6 mins). Every time you flip the steak the part that does not meet the pan gets cooler, so you can achieve internal temperature of 55-60 C with a crispy outside

[kamikazecookery]

Yeah, that's a great technique - it's the one Heston Blumenthal uses. I prefer sous-vide because of the increased certainty and reduced hassle, but I've used that technique too, and it works well.

(It's particularly fantastic for burgers).

[emouch1]

well... it is a McGeetechnique that HB adopted, but my gramma has been doing it for 60 years... as for hassle, I prefer to cook a steak in 4mins in a hot pan than 90mins with a bag, vacuum cleaner, pot, probe... ;) keep up the good work guys, thoroughly enjoy your stuff

[programaster]

lol, u guys remind me of me an my 6 monkey clones, except there aren't as many of you..., ah well, gd episode, orange button clickety click

[p3rs0nan0ngrata]

Er, actually 63C is the minimum safe temperature, insofar as pathogens are concerned.

[kamikazecookery]

I replied to this - not sure where the reply went.

Anyway - it's a factor of temperature against time. The FDA specifies a minimum temperature of 54.4 (for a VERY long time) to kill all foodborne bacteria - 55 is a bit higher, so takes a bit less time.

[DanielAnchondo]

90 mins for fillet? i thought the extra time was only helpful for tougher cuts of meat.

[0olong]

Quality.

I read on Wikipedia the other day that meat on its own doesn't have enough reducing sugar in it for the Maillard reaction to work though. CAN IT BEE TRUE??!

[kamikazecookery]

Stay tuned for my episode on "sealing" meat, where I totally fail to answer this question, but do discuss it...

The short version is that Harold McGee says it's the Maillard reaction, and he knows his shit, but I'm not 100% sure. I may mail him and ask.

[p3rs0nan0ngrata]

That's absolute shite.

[emilicon]

I don't have a blowtorch, but I do have a soldering iron & glue gun - what to do? Ace episode, & I say that as a pescetarian, abubble with excitement for the next installment, but really glad I'm 5 hours south of your ground zero cooking zone! (I must confess, this comment was partly an excuse to test the new 'Audio Preview' feature inspired by XKCD)

[traxdata2k]

Sounds like an awesome new upcoming feature. You bring the ingredients and tools and they'll whip something up!

[traxdata2k]

awesome