I have a wild idea to try and dry age some steaks for ****s and giggles. Any of you guys ever done this? Any recommendations?

I guess for a basic setup I was looking at getting a mini-fridge and putting a fan inside of it to circulate the air.

It it my understanding that you do not dry age steaks you dry age primal cuts

Yes. You are correct.

i have wanted to try this as well

The Food Lab's Complete Guide to Dry-Aging Beef at Home | Serious Eats

i've considered the same given how often i eat steak

i'd prefer finding a local butcher that does the aging tho

i'm finicky about controlled spoilage

the thread where that poster made his own cheeses was interesting too

Yeah. I checked out that SeriousEats thing and it seems doable.

I just really wanted to try it myself because the price is insane for dry aged meats. Maybe I'll Craigslist everything and try it out.

please report back your findings. i am really interested in this myself.

such a massive way to save money on something i know i will enjoy

i have been reading about making my own prosciutto

dont forget you lose a bunch of the meat in the process because you have to cut the outside off afterwards

might be worth just buying it instead of going through the hassle

you also lose final product due to evaporation process of dry aging

upwards of 1/3 of the weight of your original cut will be lost from my readings

which explains why it costs so much more......just not that much more

i'd still give it a try.