Grilling: How to Grill a Steak

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Steak is everybody's favorite backyard food,

and every summer, we all want steak, steak, and more steak.

So I'm gonna show you the way to make a perfect steak,

and it can be done in three simple steps.

Number one, you always want to remove

all the surface moisture from your steak.

The reason we wanna remove all the surface moisture

is because we wanna get those great grill marks.

And you have to have a dry steak

to get that great caramelization

and those great grill marks.

So now that we have a good, dry steak,

I'm gonna use my grilling trilogy.

And the grilling trilogy is olive oil,

kosher salt, and freshly ground pepper.

I'm just gonna take a brush and lightly oil the steak.

The next thing we're gonna do is season it

with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper.

Any time you season food, you wanna be

as far away from the food as possible,

because if I'm close to the food, then what happens is

the seasoning all goes in the same place.

If I'm far away from the food,

then I get an nice even coating of seasoning,

and that's exactly what I want.

I'm gonna take my salt, and I'm gonna put a nice

light seasoning of salt on the steak.

You wanna do this just before

you're gonna grill the steak.

Then I'm gonna put a little bit of cracked pepper.

We have our grill set up for direct heat,

because I like to grill my steaks

on a nice, hot, direct heat.

So we're gonna put it down.

(steak sizzles) Here that sizzle?

You definitely wanna hear that sizzle.

That means that your cooking grates are preheated.

Then we're going to put the lid

back on the grill for about two minutes.

And this is very important because if we want

those really great grill marks,

then we have to put the lid back on the grill.

And after two minutes, I'm gonna turn it 25 degrees

so that we get a nice crosshatch mark.

Well, we seared it for about four minutes on

the first side, so I'm pretty sure

we've got great grill marks.

And it's time to turn over.

Wow, look at that!

Now what we wanna do is close the lid,

just so the steak will cook through,

because I've got a one inch steak here,

and it'll take about 10 more minutes

to really cook through to a medium-rare temperature.

And then, as soon as you take it off the grill,

you wanna let it rest for at least five minutes, maybe 10.

Meat needs to rest after you cook it.

That will allow the juices to reabsorb,

it'll become tender, it'll become juicy,

and there'll be that beautiful hot pink in the inside

that we all love to see when we cut into our meat.