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Cooking Stones (steak stones)
Hello everyone,
I recently went to a restaurant, where I had steak cooked on a stone. I absolutely loved it and when I got home, started to look into buying one. Does anyone own one or know people that have them? What are they like to use? How practical are they to use at home - ie do you have to heat it up in the oven for hours first? What are they like to clean? Are some types of stone better than others? Etc, etc... Cheers |
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I have a pizza stone which is the best thing I ever bought.
I've never heard os a steak stone though |
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I've never heard of it either.
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I can't see why you would need a steak stone. Get yourself a cast iron griddle pan instead.
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It's the sort of thing that if I bought it I might use it once or twice then it'd get put to the back of my cupboard and never see the light of day.
And isn't it wasteful of heat energy? You have to heat the thing up to a very high heat first just so you can cook on it. Stone doesn't transfer heat as quickly as a pan so it's going to take a lot of energy and a lot of time to get it up to the very high temperature it requires. Doesn't sound economical to me at all. |
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OP, you are thinking of a stone grill. There's a fair few restaurants that have them, one near me. It's not just for steaks though. M&S do a stone grill/Raclette which I have and use a lot - it's great for steaks, although I use it more for Raclettes. It's easy to clean, no worse than a griddle.
http://www.marksandspencer.com/amp-C...P_2_FRO_T_MSF_ |
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If you like making pizzas or flatbreads then I would kill 3 birds with one stone and get a pizza stone.
As others say, I would say a quality cast iron griddle would work best. I use a £5 cheapo pan and still manage to cook decent steaks. |
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I know what the OP means. I once went to a restaurant in Portugal called the 'sizzling stone'.
Basically, its a large slate that is put into an oven at massively high temperatures. The stone is then placed in front of you with your raw meat, and you cook your dinner yourself at the table. Bloody gorgeous, and i have wanted one since. |
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I know what the OP means. I once went to a restaurant in Portugal called the 'sizzling stone'.
Basically, its a large slate that is put into an oven at massively high temperatures. The stone is then placed in front of you with your raw meat, and you cook your dinner yourself at the table. Bloody gorgeous, and i have wanted one since. |
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Why would you want to go to a restaurant where you cooked your own food?
I've has oner of thes steaks-on-a-rock things but i assumed thet the steak was cooked first, then put on the stone to heep warm/look nice. It was certainly cooked when it reached the table. Another favourite was a little Japanese place which has little BBQs on the table where you cooked the food you ordered. |
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because it's fun and different. Think Fondu.
I've has oner of thes steaks-on-a-rock things but i assumed thet the steak was cooked first, then put on the stone to heep warm/look nice. It was certainly cooked when it reached the table. Another favourite was a little Japanese place which has little BBQs on the table where you cooked the food you ordered. |
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If i could cook a steak like they do in a restaurant I wouldn't go to one to eat one.
(cancels Tommy's surprise fondue party)
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Andrew-James-N...item563d5be587
This is an expensive one, but the videos are interesting and show the thing in action. And an electric one: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Giles-Posner-H...item3cb03c590a Hmm - I'm quite tempted! |
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I have had steak cooked on stones in New Zealand and believe me it was the best steak I have ever eaten. The steak was not precooked, just browned on the outside. That means you can eat the steak exactly how you like it ie bleu, rare, medium,rare, medium or well done. Unfortunately I do not know if you can buy these stones.
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I have had steak cooked on stones in New Zealand and believe me it was the best steak I have ever eaten. The steak was not precooked, just browned on the outside. That means you can eat the steak exactly how you like it ie bleu, rare, mediumr are, medium or well done. Unfortunately I do not know if you can buy these stones.
Also Google Cooking Stones for more information. |
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(cancels Tommy's surprise fondue party)