Blindfolded Steak Taste Challenge: Grill vs. Griddle vs. Pizza Oven!

Chef Jet Tila and his wife Ali Tila recently got themselves a brand new outdoor kitchen… And they’ve been itching to try it out! So to really kick things off with a bang, the Tila’s have come up with a blindfold taste test. There’s more than one way to cook a steak… And in this video, we’ll be cooking the best ribeye 3 different ways. Yes, there’s pan seared, reverse seared, and all that. But we’re cooking these steaks up in an even more unique way.

So how is cooking the best ribeye 3 ways with an outdoor kitchen even possible? Isn’t grilled steak your only option? Not at all, friends. While Ali will be using a gas grill to cook up one of the steaks… That’s not all there is to it. Ali Tila will also be making great use of their power burner and pizza oven for cooking steak. (Yes, you can cook steak in a pizza oven!)

And that’s what’ll make up this blindfold taste test. Chef Jet Tila will be blindfolded (of course!) and presented with three differently cooked steaks. Grilled ribeye steak, seared ribeye steak on the power burner, and ribeye steak cooked in the pizza oven. From there, it’ll be @jettila palate that will have to do the heavy lifting! Will he be able to tell what steak was cooked on each appliance? We’re dying to find out for ourselves. Be sure to watch this blindfold taste test to see the results…

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Video Transcription

0:00
I’m starting I think I I’m going  to be able to figure this out I think all right we’ll see hey guys I’m  Chef jet Tila and this is my amazing wife Ali Tila so we just installed  this amazing new outdoor kitchen

0:15
and Ali has devised a devious game  uh to put my palette to the test yeah we’re about to find out how good Jet’s  palette really is I’m going to be cooking three strip steaks on three different cooking  appliances and then Jet is going to have to do

0:30
a blindfolded taste test and see if he can  figure out which appliance each steak was cooked on we’re going to be using the gas  grill the power burner and the pizza oven

0:45
wow so what do you think you up to the  challenge 30 years of experience I accept your challenge all right jet all right pack  your knives and go okay I’ll see you later

1:00
so I’m going to season these steaks with a  little bit of olive oil some salt and pepper I’m going to give them a generous seasoning  I love this thing it’s like so much fun

1:15
since they’re all seasoned the same it’s  going to be really interesting to see how each Appliance affects the cooking and the flavor so let’s start with the gas grill so I’m going to start my my steak on the  infrared burner so I can get those nice

1:30
grill marks and then I’m going to finish it  off over the ceramic briquettes I’m thinking that this infrared burner is going to  give us a really beautiful crust here and I think it’s going to give us a really  beautiful sear and really great grill marks

1:45
the infrared gives you a restaurant level Char so I’ve got my Char and now I’m going to  move it over the ceramic briquettes to finish off and get the internal Temp  that I need so my steak is done and

2:00
now I’m going to put it in the warming  drawer to keep it warm and let it rest as a chef I’m anticipating three different  Steaks so on the gas grill I think I’m going

2:15
to get the best crust because of uh the grill  grates are going to give a really nice crust to the steak I think all three steaks are  going to be cooked perfectly in interally

2:30
so what I’m going to be looking for is kind  of top crust and texture so on the power burner I think I’m going to get a more even  crust versus grill grates crust so I’m going to get a really nice kind of crunch on the  outside and then a perfectly cooked Center

2:45
next we’re going to try our power burner whether  you want to call it a griddle or a plancha this is going to give us a beautiful sear and a beautiful  crust on our steak I can’t wait to try this out it

3:00
doesn’t have to be just a steak this is a griddle  you could make pancakes you could make English muffins if you wanted to this is so versatile and  the BTUs are really high so you’re going to get a lot of power and a lot of heat it’s like we’re  getting a nice sear so I’m just going to flip it

3:15
to the other side look at that crust it’s going to  be interesting to see what happens when jet taste it and what I like about this is that you’re  going to get a nice even crust from end to end

3:30
looks like we’re done so I’m going to pull this  steak off and pop it right in the warming drawer when cooking a steak the more direct heat contact  on the steak the better the crust is going to be

3:45
so the advantage of the power burner is giving  you a beautiful even sear uh on two sides the biggest question mark for me is what is the pizza  oven at 7 to 800° going to do to the steak will it

4:00
give it enough um Browning to give me a crust so  I think the pizza oven steak is going to give me the least amount of texture I think the power  burn is going to be the most texture and the

4:15
grill is going to give me somewhere in between so  we’re going to switch up our technique here for the pizza oven we’re going to preheat a cast iron  pan it’s going to be super hot be very careful and then we’re going to get a really nice Sear in the  bottom of this preheated cast iron pan right there

4:30
I love the versatility of this pizza  oven you can sear your steak in it of course but then you can also use it as  an oven you could do the grill and get

4:45
nice grill marks and then finish it in here  like you would in an oven so there’s so many things you can do with this pizza oven I  love that so I’m just going to check the internal temperature of my steak just check  for doneness we’re there the great thing is

5:00
you don’t even have to flip it because we  got top heat from the pizza oven and all I need is this oven because I can cook my steak  and then throw in a bread all right all three are ready I’m going to pull my steaks from the  warming drawer and then let’s get jet out here

5:15
you ready to try some steaks babe okay here’s  the counter okay perfect okay good okay I’m

5:30
good so I’m going to put a piece of steak on  a fork I’ll you want me to feed it to you no no no that I mean later when the cameras aren’t  here yeah we’re going to try our first stick are

5:45
you ready I am I am okay I’m going to put the  fork in your hand okay perfect okay it’s right here okay all right all right this is going to  be funky cuz I can’t see anything so this one has smokiness to it but I’m tasting a crust and  I’m tasting a nice amount of smokiness here all

6:00
right all right I don’t so there’s number one let  me lock it into my memory banks okay number one

6:15
are you ready for number two very juicy by the way  okay here it comes all right all right here we go this one eats totally different this one  has a very distinct crust on both sides

6:30
it’s like a little mini potato chip on both  sides that’s how much it crisp like is going

6:45
a tremendous amount of sear and texture  on this one the first one was Smoky and had different levels of char this one’s  a very consistent Char on two sides I’m I I’m starting I think I I’m going to be able  to figure this out I think all right we’ll see

7:00
we’ll see wow that was delicious um so so  tender are you ready for number three I’m ready for number three I’m ready for number  three all right I can’t blow my my reputation here you’re and no tricking me right no no no  no tricks here okay okay no tricks here we go

7:15
wow huh what do you think I want to  say this is the most tender um not

7:30
distinct crust and Char but better kind  of coast to coast temperature okay right way better even but I’m not missing Char I  think it’s just an overall more consistent

7:45
cook so more even cooking 100% okay I  know I’m very confident uh which steak came from which pieces of equipment all  right let’s let’s see if you can guess

8:00
the last one I ate was the most juicy and I I  like the even temperature the most that one is the pizza oven ah he got us on that one right a  um I’m going to nail this cuz uh each each piece

8:15
of equipment was very distinct the second one I  ate with that super even Char on two sides really felt like a flat top that’s the power Briner ding  ding ding ding ding that’s right that’s right you

8:30
got the second you got the second one too so so  lastly obviously that was my favorite fat piece that was because the fat was charred crispy uh  huh um that had to be the gas grill I’m going to take this off cuz you guessed already ah but wow  this is steaks that had to be the first because

8:45
I can see your your Char marks over there um  this was the second look at that beautiful even flat top grill that I want to cook a burger  immediately on that flat top cuz look that would be a Smash Burger Ville and this of course is  the gorgeous Pizza Oven tremendous so three

9:00
different steaks all restaurant quality I really  dig how the coyote Pizza Oven gave me this kind of Italian BCA Florentina kind of Vibes amazing  coyotes cooking appliances are so versatile you

9:15
can do different things in each one so I’m  really into this power burner situation cuz look at that sear it’s incredible but what if  I want like eggs bacon and pancakes you want a steak it doesn’t matter because we can do it  all on the power burner and look the OG coyote

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gas grill is going to give perfect grill marks  and also just give you a beautiful crust three coyote appliances three different Stakes all  amazing so make sure to reach out to your RTA

9:45
design expert to start your dream build today  and you can cook all of these steaks you don’t have to be a professional chef like this guy no  clearly you just you made three amazing Steaks

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