Finishing
Cutting immediately — the single most common mistake in home meat cookery. The juice on your board is flavour and moisture that should be in the meat. Not accounting for carryover — pulling a steak at 57°C (medium) means it arrives at 60–62°C (medium-well to well) after rest. You've overshot by an entire doneness level. Wrapping tightly in foil — you're steaming the crust. The crackling, the sear, the bark — all destroyed by trapped moisture. Resting too long — a steak at 20 minutes is lukewarm. A steak at 30 minutes is cold. Time it. Resting on a cold surface — granite countertop, cold ceramic plate, cold cutting board. They all pull heat out of the meat unevenly.
Cutting immediately — the single most common mistake in home meat cookery. The juice on your board is flavour and moisture that should be in the meat. Not accounting for carryover — pulling a steak at 57°C (medium) means it arrives at 60–62°C (medium-well to well) after rest. You've overshot by an entire doneness level. Wrapping tightly in foil — you're steaming the crust. The crackling, the sear, the bark — all destroyed by trapped moisture. Resting too long — a steak at 20 minutes is lukewarm.
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