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  1. "you don't need bring your steak up to temperature" like before cooking, or afterwards to let it rest? Cus like. you probably should do both.

    Letting it come up to room temperature will make it cook faster and more evenly, because food is a terrible conductor of heat. if it is already at room temperature, it takes that much less energy to heat the inside, so the outside doesn't burn before the inside is even warm.

    Also letting it rest is good too. Steak is a terrible conductor of heat. letting it rest means that the hot outside part has time to spread the temperature around, and finish cooking it. Ever bit into a hot pocket and the one part is lava and another part is ice? That's why they tell you to let it sit in the microwave for 2 minutes after cooking. Gives the heat-energy time to dissipate through the food and warm it up.

    Source: I am a physicist

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