A steakhouse employee in Texas posted a video on TikTok that has gained more than 30,000 views after showing what he described as a “fridge-to-table” steak, a 24-ounce raw ribeye served to a customer exactly as it came out of the refrigerator, with no heat applied at any point. The employee, Dvon, who goes by @iamdvon on TikTok, works at Primal Steakhouse, located in The Colony near Dallas.
In the video, Dvon showed the uncooked steak resting on a wooden board before it was handed off to a manager to bring to the table. “He’s gonna walk this to the table,” Dvon said in the clip. In a comment on the video, he wrote, “I’ve seen a lot of [expletive] in this industry. Never heard of fridge to table steak. Comment your thoughts.”
The video drew a wide range of reactions in the comments. “Give him the Garlic salt,” one viewer wrote. Another asked, “Was there a full moon?” A third simply commented, “VAMPIRE.” Others referenced internet personality Liver King: “Yall forgot about crazy ass Liver King that quick?! But also. That’s wild af.” One more added, “Vampires are real 😳.”
Steakhouse staff thought it was a prank until the customer finished eating
Dvon gave a more detailed account of the order to Brobible. According to Dvon, it was a slow night when a man and a woman came in as one of the last tables. The server returned from the table with a confused look, Dvon said, and told him the customer wanted his steak “cold.”
Dvon said he initially assumed the man wanted something along the lines of a black and blue steak, a preparation style where the outside is briefly seared and the inside is left very rare, or a steak rested to room temperature.
The server clarified, however, that the customer wanted the steak “directly from fridge to table” and did not want it to “even touch an ounce of heat.” Steakhouse servers sometimes find themselves schooling customers on how to order steak when unusual requests come in, though this case appeared to go the other way around.
Dvon said he then went to the restaurant’s chief operating officer, who was working as a floor manager that evening, and relayed the request. The COO went to the table to confirm the order directly with the customer. “After a small series of nods and laughs, our COO comes back and confirms that he indeed would like his steak, he ordered our 24oz Delmonico, directly from the fridge to the table with nothing more than a side of salt and pepper, which he also specified needed to be separate,” Dvon wrote.
The woman accompanying the customer reportedly ordered a medium-rare 8-ounce filet with a black pepper crust, a more conventional order by comparison. Dvon said staff watched from a distance after the food was served to see whether the situation was genuine or a social media stunt. The customer reportedly did eat the steak and even took the remaining portion home when he was full.
Dvon also noted that Primal Steakhouse has consumer advisories on its menus, and that the customer was informed of the risks associated with consuming raw meat before the order was fulfilled. “Upon serving the food, our staff stood by in the shadows observing whether or not this was real or some sort of social media gimmick,” Dvon wrote.
Raw beef carries potential health risks, according to health authorities. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends that steaks reach an internal temperature of 145 degrees Fahrenheit during cooking, followed by a three-minute rest. According to Healthline, bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli, Shigella, and Staphylococcus aureus can be present in raw meat and may cause illness. While dishes such as beef tartare, carpaccio, and Pittsburgh blue steaks do involve raw or minimally cooked beef, those preparations typically include some level of seasoning, slight searing, or other handling.
A steak served with no preparation beyond being taken out of a refrigerator does not appear to fall under any established culinary category. Food technology has pushed the boundaries of what a steak can even be, including what a 3D-printed steak tastes like, making this raw request yet another unusual chapter in how people consume beef.
Published: Jun 12, 2026 07:55 pm