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My dad goes elking hunting in colorado every year, elk is my favorite meat.

Dinner tonight was grass fed Top Sirloin Steaks.

In preparing them I did nothing, being a little worried about how fast these steaks were reported to cook I wanted to keep it simple so I decided to pan fry the first batch, I coated the pan with olive oil and cranked up the heat, seared one side flipped the steaks to sear the other side, turned down the heat, stuck a meat thermometer in and pulled them out of the pan when the temp. hit 140, covered them up and let them soak in the juice for 5 minutes and then served.

Without a doubt some of the best steaks I have ever eaten, this without any seasoning. The steaks were tender, juicy and full of flavor. If I had cooked a couple of Sirloins from the local grocery store in this manner they probably would have been tasteless.

Now are these better than, Iowa, Texas or Nebraska steaks, I honestly couldn't tell you, but I certainly don't think I'll be eating any beef from the grocery store again.

The source of the beef is a big deal too. Of course, that also gets back to the grass fed and corn fed vs. the "whatever-it-is-we-feed-them" fed grocery brands.

Maybe we should all get together and have a BYOS (Bring Your Own Steak) cookoff. Not as a contest, but for "educational purposes"....

Glad you enjoyed your steaks!

Glad they were so great! Did you notice a difference in taste? Or was it such a different quality of meat (than from the grocery store) that it was hard to separate what exactly made it different (and better)?

Rich

Once you get off grocery store offerings it is impossible to eat that crap, yes it is crap, again.

The meat tasted like some of the better steaks that I would find in a great restaurant. I don't know if I would be able to distinguish it from a really good piece of grain fed beef bought at a butcher, but it was easily distinguishable from some of the better cuts at the supermarket. I plan on finding some really good cuts of grain fed Top Sirloin and do a taste comparison.

One of the major points in favor of the grass fed beef is that it has half the fat and at least 4x as much omega3. So If I'm going to pay premium prices for beef and all the good meats taste similar, I'll go organic and healthy first.