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I have cooked a lot of Japanese Wagyu A5, but I've never cooked like this.
Today I'm going to show you how a barbecue legend schooled me on cooking a wagyu steak.
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This is Steven Raichlen. Nice to meet you Steven and thank you for coming to my house.
-Very nice to meet you I'm a super big fan of your work. If you guys don't know Steven, he's an author
of 30 plus books including the international bestseller The Barbecue Bible, five times James
Beard Award Winner the host of Project Fire and Project Smoke on PBS. Now that you know Steven,
tell me about this technique, I really want to know. -This is a traditional technique
used in the Australian Outback it was developed by the ranchers and cowboys. -Is that safe? -We're using
a carbon steel shovel, now carbon steel the same material that many frying pans are made out of
so it is completely food safe. You don't need to worry about that. -Now you brought me some
steaks you told me, I'm excited to find out what it is what did you bring today to cook.
-It is an a5 Wagyu Ribeye from Kobe in Japan probably the most expensive steak in the world. In fact
if you were to order at a restaurant it would probably cost $1,000. We're also going to grill
a ten dollar steak from Walmart. -I have cooked so many different types of steaks different ways but
I have never done that. I'm really interested to see how it's gonna turn out and most importantly
I'm ready to learn. -Here they are the A5 wagyu from Kobe and the $10 steaks from Walmart.
-How are you going to season these steaks -As simply as possible coarse sea salt, freshly
ground black pepper, that's it. -Okay Steven now what's the next step because we gotta
prep that shovel. How is this gonna work? -Okay peel off any plastic that may be on your shovel,
then scrub it with soap to remove any factory grease, then we're going to sterilize the shovel
over the hot fire. -You mean we're gonna burn the crap out of it? -Yeah we're gonna burn the crap out of it.
-So now I say it is enough talking and it is time to cook these beautiful steaks. So let's do it!
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All right everybody here we have our beautiful steaks. Great job Steven.
-Thank you. -Wow give me a pound. -I'm excited.
-Yeah me too. -I'm really excited. -Oh look at this boy. -It's a little different than what you usually see on the
show huh? -Quite different, I would say. You know what I mean? -You know what it was the most interesting
thing for me? He seasoned the shovel you know what I mean you put that oil and all that good stuff.
-It's very important to get the shovel ready. -Honestly you took care of so much of that
shovel that it looked like a regular pan you know what I mean. All right that's enough
talking I say we go for the steaks. Which one you want to go for it first Angel you pick it. -Wagyu.
-You don't even want to go for the $10 bucks one. -Let's go with the ten bucks. -Yeah.
-You can't let me choose. -I like Steven he likes nice and easy. -Build up. -That's right okay let's go for
10 bucks. Let's see. Now it was cooked to medium rare which is my temperature preferred doneness.
Is that yours too? -Absolutely. -Oh you already went! Oh Steve don't wait everybody. Cheers!
-Hey I'm wondering where the wine is.
For a 10 bucks steak? Come on.
-This is a fantastic steak. Richly flavored, very moist, surprisingly tender, because I think
when you cook on a shovel you know you don't dry the meat out. -If you don't have a grill dig
a hole, put some charcoal on it some wood and cook it on a shovel man. -If you had this steak
at a steak house 40 bucks you'd be happy. -Oh yeah definitely. -I would. -Yeah 100%. Are you ready to try it? You
ready Angel? -I'm ready. -I know you're built for this. -I asked for this, I wanted this one first.
-All right let's go for it everybody dig in. Cheers everybody! -That's just out of here man! -You feel
that sear? So rich it's so luscious it melts on the tongue. Sometimes my criticism is it's so rich it
doesn't even taste like steak. -Right. -This has a beefiness obviously not nearly as beefy as the
$10 steak from Walmart but it's extraordinary. -I would say this is absolutely delicious. Now
here's the big question for you; Would you try the shovel method? I wanna know in the
comments down below. Make sure you let us know. -And how the results are. -And how the results
are because it's quite interesting. Just make sure please you use the right shovel it must
be carbon steel it cannot be galvanized that it is extremely important. Safety is number one priority.
Anyway guys these are the results. I hope you guys enjoyed this video. I want to thank you for coming
Steven and showing me this technique that was a treat, I really appreciate it.
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Thank you so much for watching ,we'll see you guys on the next one. Take care everybody bye.