LOL Cabbie, I don’t eat meat but I can cook the hell out of it…for the hubby of course.
I worked in restaurants for a long time, using big gas grills. First, cleaning, after you grill, turn up heat on HIGH, shut top, let it burn shit off while you eat. Turn off, open top. Let cool down, shut, cover. Use a grill brush on a cold grill, it works. Then spray w/ Pam for grills, high heat. This makes it easier to clean next time and so the meat doesn’t stick.
Fire it up and make sure it’s HOT before you cook. I tend to stay around 400 for meats, but I flip every two-four minutes on depending on the thickness of the meat, and to make pretty diamond grill marks on the meat (stupid restaurant trick). For a one inch thick steak, about 12 mins @400 will suffice to make it mid rare (why cook all the juices out of it???) Put steak on grille, after 3 mins, turn 1/4 turn (for pretty diamond marks) next 3 mins, flip, next 3 mins, 1/4 turn, next 3 mins remove…Two inches thick, slow cook at about 350 for 20 mins. at the first five mins, turn the steak 1/4 turn for nice diamond marks, second five mins, flip, third 5 mins, turn 1/4 turn, after the last 5 mins remove.
TOUCH the meat. You can test this on your hand. Press on the pad beneath your thumb, the fleshy pad. This is what rare meat feels like. Press on the pad opposite that, close to the wrist, below your pinky, this is med rare. The pad beneath your middle finger, med well, the direct middle of your hand, well done. So feel your meat :naughty: … make sure to time the exposure to the grill for the same time each side. Make sure the grille stays the same temp throughout, adjust as necesary…DO NOT cook on HI heat all the time…And don’t put the meat on the grille before it’s HOT!