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Watch some American entertainment shows like man v food etc. They always use a steak press on their steaks/burgers and cover their patties at some point during cooking. They always look mouthwatering when finished. Does anyone use these methods and do they make a difference to flavour?
I thought they mostly covered patties when melting cheese on top?
As for steaks, never pressed them down (other than with a spatula). Not sure how you cook yours but a thick cut steak + reverse sear method gives great results (I always used to just shallow fry a normal thickness steak but with mixed results).
Oh yes; Binging With Babish on youtube will sort you out. (i am not responsible for you watching every one of his videos thereafter). smash burgers are a recent find of mine and i would usually cover the burger to either keep the moisture in the patty and/or after i put the cheese on. Sealing in the heat of the pan makes the cheese melt evenly and heavenly
Con on - the real reason for covering burgers or steaks is so you don't get a bollocking off the missis for not cleaning up properly after you've splattered fat everywhere! 😁
No experience of the steak press of which you speak, but bear with me. As a long standing fan of cooking steaks on the barbeque I've made a recent (to me) discovery. "Sous Vide" have a look on Youtube :o) The steaks are cooked in a hot water bath sealed in a bag at the correct temperature to produce the level of cookedness you prefer. Once cooked you remove the meat, pat dry & reverse sear using a blowlamp :o) What you get is a steak cooked consistently all the way through with a nice sear on the exterior. Not being fully equipped to cook this way we had to find a work-around.
So, we cooked the bagged steaks in the dishwasher & did the thing with the blowlamp. These came out great & were a bit of a revelation as it was done this way for a bit of a giggle. The next batch were done in a pan of water monitoring the temperature & got the same treatment with the blowlamp. These came out medium all the way through, were very juicy & fully of flavour. Give it a go. It produces next level steaks.
Yeah smash burgers. Huge on tiktok. I am 39 but technically a millenial so trust me 😀
Steaks only need pressing down if they're pishy wee thin things that curl up.