If you’ve ever ordered your steak well done, thinking it’s the safest or most flavorful option, it’s time for a little culinary reality check. While personal preference always comes first, overcooking ...

This post originally appeared in the June 20, 2022 edition of The Move, a place for Eater’s editors to reveal their recommendations and pro dining tips — sometimes thoughtful, sometimes weird, but ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ask any chef why you should avoid ordering a well-done steak and you'll get one of two answers. One type of chef will get technical: they'll ...

There’s no topic that fires up a kitchen faster than a ticket reading “well-done steak.” You’d think someone had just requested ketchup on caviar. To many chefs, it’s the ultimate test of patience.

Ordering your meat “well-done” is childish, limiting and you deserve better. I can say this because I was a well-done guy. Like very well. So well, I’d ask servers, “Can the chef make my steak ...