He tried steaks from $1 to $10,000 and this is his surprising conclusion: “Expectations can always be broken”
A Youtube creator has tried steaks from $1 to $10,000, arriving at a shock conclusion.
Nick DiGiovanni must have smiled when his idea to try a range of steaks for content creation was approved. Starting on an empty stomach, the MasterChef finalist, in his own words, “scoured the globe to find the cheapest and most expensive steaks to see what was worth it and what wasn’t.”
Here are his results:
$1 Steak:
This vacuum-sealed, frozen option resembled an ultra-processed fast-food option, and was “pre-rubbed with mystery seasoning and somehow didn’t expire for an entire year” while also sitting in what he called a “mystery liquid.”
Despite noting that it was “extremely tender” and “basically mush”, he came to the conclusion that it was in fact “the best bang for a buck I’ve ever had.”
Mid‑Range Options ($10–$100):
In this range, he found noticeable improvements. Cuts became “juicy, well-seasoned” and more tender. Moving up to $100, he bought an A5 wagyu filet mignon which his friends called “butter in your mouth,” and “the best-looking steak I’ve ever seen.”
$1,000 steak:
Entering luxury territory, for $1,000, DiGiovanni bought Salt Bae’s golden tomahawk at Nusr-Et.
The “amazing” tasting steak “came out covered in edible gold” and “was so tender that you could have cut it with a spoon."
$10,000 Steak:
A three-star Michelin chef cooked a Steak Oscar – a tenderloin with hollandaise and warm crab, which breaks down into the following: “$7,500 bone-in A5 wagyu ribeye, added a $750 live king crab, and topped it off with a $500 tin of sturgeon caviar.”
using minimal seasoning to “let the flavours speak for themselves”, DiGiovanni called it “insane.”
“The visual,” he wrote, “the flavour, the richness, the texture — the pure happiness you get from a bite like that can only come with this kind of price tag. This was a true once-in-a-lifetime meal, and I will never forget it."
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His conclusions were striking: “the cheap one reminded me that expectations can always be broken” while the $10,000 steak “was a reminder of what’s possible when you take the best ingredients in the world and hand them over to someone who knows exactly what to do with them.”
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