Best=Delmonico’s in Mexico City; worst=Tad’s ($2.99 or so, back in the CKC days) in Times Square–both, many, many years ago! Dietary restrictions now–not much steak allowed!

Gary- I’d like to get into box wine but todays show wasnt too reassuring. QOTD: Best steak: at Oakmont CC, Oakmont, pa, rare ny strip. I still can remember exactly how it tasted. Worst: this steak house in Monteal, good steak with all this crap on it, that ruined it. greg

Best steak of all time: My boyfriend cooked me my first steak ever on our bbq this summer. It was the first time he’d ever cooked for me, so it was really sweet and a cherished memory.
Worst steak of all time: Same steak! It was wildly overdone.

QOTD: Best steak I have ever had is a tough call, but I would have to say it’s a tie between any T-Bone steak my Dad has ever cooked me. Wine and steak with my family – there’s nothing better!

Thanks for saying the new wristbands was a good idea – but I’m glad to at least have an original from the Thanksgiving pack – will there be one in the Christmas pack?

QOTD: best steak was at Ruth’s Chris’ on my 18th birthday… i’ve probably had better steaks since then, but it was my first good steak, and the first is always the best. worst steak was when i was stupid enough to order steak at Denny’s…

QOTD: best steak was at Ruth’s Chris’ on my 18th birthday… i’ve probably had better steaks since then, but it was my first good steak, and the first is always the best. worst steak was when i was stupid enough to order steak at Denny’s…

QOTD:
Best steak I ever had was a Filet Mignon I had at Wolfgangs in NYC. The worst? Probably when my college dining hall attempted to serve steak for dinner one night.

QOTD:
Best steak I ever had was a Filet Mignon I had at Wolfgangs in NYC. The worst? Probably when my college dining hall attempted to serve steak for dinner one night.

best – Morton’s Porterhouse; Las Vegas; early 90’s
worst – this summer; cheap sirloin; baked not grilled; last Summer
Leo Brancazio

Thanks for the box ep. Too bad they weren’t better. Like bottle wines, box wines vary. There is a big selection out there and not all are bad. Best feature is that you can drink them over several weeks without deterioration.
Best steak – ribeye off the grill at home.
Worst – No Name Steak anywhere.

QOTD Best: I actually made the best steak I’ve ever had – on a gas grill too.

As far as the episode – I don’t know if anyone else brought this up, but can we assume that Gary didn’t decant and pour back in the box?

QOTD: Ironically, the best steak I’ve ever had was at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse last night. I had a Ribeye and it just melted in my mouth it was so delicious. The worst steak I’ve ever had was at this place in the middle of nowhere (near Huntsville, TX) that boasted that they had a 2 lb. steak for like $15. Let me tell you, that was NOT good quality steak, but it was definately an experience!

QOTD – best, kona-crusted dry aged sirloin at capital grille in boston. worst, any time my sister doesn’t finish hers because she insists on having filet mignon butterflied and cooked well

excited about the christmas pack. also, gary, I went back and watched episode 18 over the weekend because I had a question about decanting, and couldn’t help but notice a few things. first of all you said it was your favorite episode at the time, you scored a barossa valley shiraz 96-97, and the show was entirely devoid of ‘the thunder show,’ ‘sniffy-sniff’, ‘qotd,’ and ‘changing the wine world’

QOTD – best, kona-crusted dry aged sirloin at capital grille in boston. worst, any time my sister doesn’t finish hers because she insists on having filet mignon butterflied and cooked well

excited about the christmas pack. also, gary, I went back and watched episode 18 over the weekend because I had a question about decanting, and couldn’t help but notice a few things. first of all you said it was your favorite episode at the time, you scored a barossa valley shiraz 96-97, and the show was entirely devoid of ‘the thunder show,’ ‘sniffy-sniff’, ‘qotd,’ and ‘changing the wine world’

My mother seems to enjoy cooking with “Black Box” wine. I have not actually tried it, so I can’t really say if its good or not. Her food is damn good though which should say something about it. QOTD- Best: 10oz filet with a mustard/rosemary rub. Worst: Undercooked new york strip that gave me food poisoning. Not fun.

QOTD: Best: Lobel’s Madison ave. boneless strips (14 or 16oz) are always the best aged prime, gently messaged with flaked sea salt, black pepper and tuscan olive oil, 50-60 seconds each side at 600 degrees.

Worst: probably something I’ve been served at a wedding

QOTD: Best: Lobel’s Madison ave. boneless strips (14 or 16oz) are always the best aged prime, gently messaged with flaked sea salt, black pepper and tuscan olive oil, 50-60 seconds each side at 600 degrees.

Worst: probably something I’ve been served at a wedding

QOTD: I guess the best steak I’ve had was at Topeka Steakhouse in Richmond, because I never order steak when I go to “fancy” restaurants. The worst was at some place in Traverse City MI, don’t remember the name, it was a local place, they smothered the steak in some kind of cheese topping, and it covered up a “steak” that was almost all fat. Yuck.

The liner of that Cuvee de Pena is probably made from the same materials as most running shoes. Pour some wine into a new pair of shoes and see how it tastes in 2 years. I’ll stick to glass for now. Still, thanks for checking on this.

QOTD: My best steak ever was a fillet mignon (thin-sliced) cooked by my grandmother with great love. I was thinkiing that the worst was dorm food in college, but I believe it was some grizzled hunk of rock that would be more suitable for road resurfacing. I can remember the meat but not when – too unpleasent to recall.

worst streak: sizzler’s steak I had was dry, rough and chewy (not a pleasant experience)
Best Streak: Ozumo’s (Japanese) in San Francisco, CA. I had a wagyu streak with mushrooms and a cabernet sauce…wow

QOTD – Best steak i Have had was a 12oz Mushroom Sauce Filet at the Capital Grille in Miami, Fl. amazing. Mtched Perfectly with the Gaja Promis Super Tuscan i had that night.

side note: I had last night a Cote Du Rhone that was smelling and tasted like Olives in olive juice all day long… hehe it reminded me of GV and his pickles…

QOTD – Best steak i Have had was a 12oz Mushroom Sauce Filet at the Capital Grille in Miami, Fl. amazing. Mtched Perfectly with the Gaja Promis Super Tuscan i had that night.

side note: I had last night a Cote Du Rhone that was smelling and tasted like Olives in olive juice all day long… hehe it reminded me of GV and his pickles…

QOTD: Best:Cowboy Ribeye At Stephan Pyles
Worst:I have eaten too many overcooked steaks to count.

Great Show!!!

QOTD: Best Steak: Filet Mignon from Pappas Bros. Steakhouse
Worst Steak: New York Strip cooked by a friend. Actully, thinking about it now that steak was horrendous….absolutely terrible.

–Rani H

QOTD: Bulgogi cooked on my parents grill. Unbelievable thin marinated steak. I’m gettin’ hungry…