Ignoramus31546 wrote:
> I bought some NY strip steaks for $3.99 per lb on sale yesterday.
>
> It looked like fresh meat, but possibly not as tender as it could be,
> just a hunch.
>
> I want to grill them.
>
> I recently bought a mechanical "meat tenderizer" that is like 16 forks
> joined together (google for "jaccard tenderizer"), that pierces
> meat. Also I bought some chemical tenderizer powder in a little
> bottle.
>
> My question is, would I benefit from, say, sprinkling over that
> chemical tenderizer, then piercing meat with the mechanical one,
> letting it stay for say 10 minutes, and THEN grilling?
>
> Would that be helpful or would it be an overkill for NY Strip steak?
>
> Or should I just grill it with usual spices?
>
> i

At 3.99lb you didn't get usda prime. Don't expect it to
be too tender. You probably got usda select. Nothing
wrong with it, it's just probably very lean. That is
too cheap even for usda choice. Prime around here goes
over $10/lb.