🥩 Interactive Steak Doneness Guide

Drag the slider to see how the color, texture, temperature, and chef recommendation changes at each stage of doneness.

Five steaks showing every level of doneness from rare to well done side by side
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RareMed RareMediumMed WellWell Done

Medium Rare

130–135°F / 54–57°C

Pull at

125°F / 52°C

Texture

Yielding

Juice

Maximum

The chef recommendation. Maximum flavor, maximum juice, perfect tenderness.