anything cooked to 160+ better be a bird, or else it's fucked.
meh, sear the shit out of the outside for the yummy fatty parts, and hit maybe 132 on the inside and she's good.
avoid e coli by not rubbing steaks on an unclean butthole (you're right catocom, buttholes aren't for meat), and not buying shit grade beef at (insert name of loathed retailer).