4 Butter Basting Mistakes to Stop Making

4 Butter Basting Mistakes to Stop Making Butter basting has 3 primary benefits: 1. More even cooking as the hot butter cooks the steak from all sides 2. Distributes the flavor and aromas of the basting ingredients (butter, garlic & herbs) 3. The browned butter deepens the crust for better flavor My goal in this video is not to over complicate butter basting, rather a few things to think about (at the end of the day it doesn’t always have to be perfect). Here are some additional tips: How hot should the pan be initially? I let the cast iron preheat on high for several minutes until it’s just starting to smoke, then add avocado oil. If the oil starts smoking like crazy, take the pan off the heat for a bit, you want the oil close to its smoke point but not excessively hot. How hot should the pan be when adding the butter? It should still be very hot. If you add enough butter, it will naturally cool down the pan. If it’s burning, turn down the heat or just remove the pan from the heat