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spooner wrote

>> I be doing something wrong that causes the blood to drain? My
>> medium steaks always look medium and I check them with a thermopen.


> After you remove the meat from the grill, you need to let it "rest",
> this means to cool down, then the juices will retract back into the
> meat and it will be juicy and tender.


It's the eaxct opposite: while cooking in heat, the meat's juices
leave the outside and remain in the inside of the meat-cut. By letting
the meat rest, you allow juices to spread evenly, which means they
move from the inner parts to the outer parts.
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