The TODAY host couldn’t believe the Senator used a common appliance to whip up a steak.

Karl Stefanovic thought Pauline Hanson’s technique of cooking steaks in an office setting was pretty surprising. Picture: Channel 9

Pauline Hanson has left some people shocked after throwing a barbecue for Barnaby Joyce at Parliament House. However, it wasn’t her choice of meat or the guest that raised eyebrows, but her BBQ style.

The Senator fired up the humble sandwich press to cook the wagyu fillets in the kitchen section of her office in Canberra. The technique copped a spray on early morning Aussie TV.

“I mean, are there no standards in the parliament of this great nation?” federal parliament reporter Liz Daniels joked on Channel 9’s Today.

“Imagine the stench in the office… it would still linger, wouldn’t it?” Today presenter Sarah Abo replied.

“I don’t think it’s possible to cook a steak through on a sandwich press,” her co-host Karl Stefanovic added.

Earlier in the programme, Amanda Rishworth, the federal employment reporter, told the hosts that she was worried the cooking technique could result in a “poisoning incident” if the meat wasn’t properly cooked.

Over on Channel 7’s Sunrise, Edwina Bartholomew admitted Parliament House has “limited facilities”, and she did what she could with what she had.

“We could do a whole series on that,” she told the hosts, referring to all the food you could whip up on a sandwich press.

Pauline Hanson opted for a sandwich press to whip up a few steaks in Parliament House. Picture: Channel 9

Should you use a sandwich press to cook a steak?

According to Taste, it’s possible, but you have to be careful.

“Boneless cuts of meat, including steak and chicken, can be cooked in a sandwich press and turn out well due to the constant and even heat,” the publication’s Nina Husaric said.

“You just have to make sure the meat, especially chicken, is thin enough to cook all the way through.”

Aussies have also revealed on social media how they managed to rip into a steak while at work or in a hotel room using the appliance.

Sandwich presses are usually just meant for sandwiches, but Aussies have revealed they’ve cooked steaks on these appliances as well. Picture: Getty

“It works just fine, then you can make gravy in a coffee percolator,” revealed one person.

“You can cook just about anything in one. It’s my favourite travel hack,” added another.

“I used to do it at work, just need to find the right thickness to suit the sandwich press,” wrote a third.

A fourth, though, warned that you should only use a sandwich press for this type of food “if you want your sandwich press to smell like steak forever”.

“I tossed mine out after some clown did this,” they added.

Hanson slammed over burqa stunt

Pauline Hanson’s steak moment came moments after she walked into the Senate for the second time in her political career, wearing a burqa.

The stunt saw her quickly condemned by politicians across the spectrum.

“It’s racist, and it’s Islamophobic, and so are you,” Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi yelled.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong added that stunts like this are not welcome in Parliament.

“Senator Hanson, all of us in this place have a great privilege in coming into this chamber … and we represent in our state people of every faith … of all backgrounds,” she said.

“And we should do so decently. And what we should not do in this place, whatever views we may have on policy, is to be this disrespectful of the chamber and of people of faith.

Opposition frontbencher Anne Ruston echoed that sentiment and said Parliament is a place where everyone needs to respect each other. others”.

“And so I would respectfully suggest to Senator Hanson that this is not a way that you should be addressing this chamber,” Senator Ruston said.

“This is not a respectful way to address other people.”