Brown Sugar Cowboy Ribeye

The Magical Steak That Beat Bobby Flay

There’s a prominent chef in Westchester named Peter Kelly, he had a restaurant that was less than a block from my house called X2O - amazing location on the water with city skyline views. My brother was a chef there before we went on to start our food truck together.

This place made a steak like I’ve never tasted before - it was thick, glazed in this sugary, spicy, salty marinade, and cooked to perfection. The kinda steak where, when you tasted it, all other steaks became less impressive. The kinda steak that beat Bobby Flay on Iron Chef - back when Iron Chef was at its peak, season 4 episode 7, had bobby flay squaring off against none other than Peter Kelly… and Peter pulled out this steak and ultimately was the thing that beat bobby flay.

And since my brother was responsible for making the steaks most of the time, we know exactly how it’s made. With the restaurant sadly having closed, it’s time to immortalize the recipe here for all.