9 Levels of Cooking Meat: Easy to Complex

Internet Shaquille explains how to cook meat in 9 levels of increasing complexity. Starting off with an emphasis on food safety and moving on to dishes that consider airflow, skin, fat, physics, culture, and chemistry, this video describes how meat cookery evolves through techniques.

0:00 Introduction
0:28 Cooking out the poison
2:02 Not Overcooking it
2:48 The Braise
3:51 Skin as Insulation
5:29 The Cookout
6:58 Barbecuing
8:18 Laborious Dishes
9:08 Cooking a Feast
10:14 Molecular Gastronomy
11:39 Paid Advertisement

[tomhall]

The 9th level of multimedia popularity over the Internet: posting irregularly and still holding an adoring fanbase who are just astonished to see a video longer than 10 minutes

[chrisdavies]

I'm real early, but I swear this is the first time he's confirmed he's now married! Congratulations, especially during such crazy times!

[EthanChlebowski]

Killer approach to learning. Top-notch content good sir...also do you have an affiliate link to the cookout glasses?

[lilms]

Level 10: Opening a thing of bacon to take out 1 strip without ruining the entire package

[robertolopez]

Can you do a 9 levels of cooking vegetables/fruits/desserts in the future? I'm really curious what the ladder for those would look like

[allanisgod]

As someone who’s graduated Culinary school and worked in kitchens for 5 years, this video is so accurate, i only think that the barbecue level and the level of feast could possibly be swapped as a result of location, here in Canada were not smoking as much meat as were cooking feasts

[eggpassion]

so glad your brand of youtube home cooks exist, im sick of everyone else doing caviar and lobsters in a ribeye or some bull. while i know some of this information (im on the meat chapter of food lab) i still feel like i can learn something from you and have a conversation about food, instead of feeling yelled at by a guy who's lifestyle isn't relatable.

[sagehoge]

did the chicken thigh thing it worked like a charm. Combine that with my homemade *family recipe* buffalo sauce and that shit slapped. Thanks Internet Shaq.

[streetninja]

This man has made upload incosistency his brand and beat the youtube algorithm.

[lorenzofraterrigogarofalo]

Level 1 - A focus on safety 0:28
Level 2 - Cooking to spec 2:02
Level 3 - The braise 2:48
Level 4 - Get cracklin' 3:50
Level 5 - The cookout 5:29
Level 6 - Barbecuing 6:58
Level 7 - Laborious dishes 8:18
Level 8 - Cooking a feast 9:08
Level 9 - Molecular gastronomy 10:14

[ShatteredGlass]

Omg, your very first over 10 Minutes video. Congratulation

[Ortex]

I can relate to having a pescatarian wife. I spent all that time in my youth learning how to make romantic steak dinners... for myself.

[JuIietaASMR]

Ok but this plaid shirt & gray apron situation looks gr8

[Pranzatelli]

7, 8 and 9 seem like three different skillsets that each elevate food but aren't really distinct levels of meat prep. Making complicated food with many moving parts, making lots of food and considering presentation and entertainment, and really understanding what is happening when you cook. The best thing I've ever cooked was a technique from 6 inspired by the skill at 9, and I served it at an event where the meat was made with the technique at 5 and the host clearly had the skill of 8.

[allcopsarebald]

in which shaq continues to operate the most informative cooking channel on yt

[kittykaylington]

I would class myself as a level seven. Cooking for my large extended family (also Texan) was a big part of my culinary upbringing. Now I prepare feast style dinners 2-3 times a month for my immediate family! The menu planning and organizing what needs to be cooked when is half of the fun. ☺️ There is just something special in a meal that took days of planning and preparation. Thanksgiving turkey “Alton Brown - Good Eats” style is probably my favorite meal of the year.

[gavinharris]

Hey Shaquille, I know this is 3 years old now but just wanted to say thank you for this. I've been cooking with my family ever since I was old enough to reach the counter but moving out for the first time and being on my own has added a significant level of intimidation to things I'm otherwise used to or that would be handled by my parents while cooking dinner. So seeing videos like this has restored a significant level of confidence in my ability to cook, and having people like this as a lifeline for learning more challenging meals has been a breath of fresh air. Thank you.

[Sagalink]

Before going into this video I would have said I'm at level 5 or 6, now I realize I'm at level 3. The path is long but rewarding, guess I'm going to go buy some duck breasts.

[llfbkvb]

Ayyy skillshare sponsor, moving up the ladder. Your videos are exceptional, your content is one of the best on youtube, entertaining, funny and educational! Always happy to see a new video come out.

[mustysmells]

That's gotta be the coolest way to introduce and present an ad.