Ok my dad has always bbq'd the best steaks but recently i got more and more interested in cooking and finally was able to beat him out on how to do the best steaks. For me it all begins with the steak. You can get cuts like the tenderloin, new york, porterhouse, that are a little less fatty and will be more tender, but for flavor nothing can even come close to a rib eye. If you can get it with the bone still attached that's a bonus and get it as thick as you can. Safeway has actually got a nice ribeye but if your buying from somewhere else don't get anything under AAA. I haven't found a place to buy some yet but a steakhouse here in Winnipeg is apparently the only one of two restaurants in Canada the other being in Toronto that serves Canadian Prime and the money is defenitly worth it so don't cheap out on your steaks. Now it comes time to grilling. First off never freeze your steaks. Go buy em fresh in the morning and then closer to cooking time take them out to get to room temperature. About 20 minutes before grilling turn on the bbq and then take some vegatable oil (not olive it doesn't work as well) and brush it liberally on both sides. Next take some pepper, garlic powder and maybe a bit of basil and thrown it on both sides. Right before they go on the grill put a little sea salt on. It's important to do this right before they go on as if you put the salt on earlier it will absorb moisture and your steak will be less juicy. Finally once your grill is up to about 500-550 slap the steaks on like //////// for approximately two minutes. Now if you want nice grill marks turn them but do not flip them so the grill marks are like \\\\\\\\\\ and grill for another two minutes (Note this step is not necessary. If you choose not to do it just cook the steaks four minutes like ////////).Finally you flip the steak and do two minutes like /////// turn and then two minutes like that\\\\\\. Note: Lid should stay closed as much as possible. Take em off the grill and let the juices settle before you dig in. This wil give you just a medium doneness. personally i like mine a little more so i only cook for about three minutes per side.
Anyways go experiment and don't be afraid to try different things.
Oh and pleases don't wreck a perfectly good steak by going and slathering bbq sauce all over it or eating it with steak sauce. There a reason why high class steak restaurants don't have theses availible and that's because the flavor of the meat and a little bit of spice should be what it's all about
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