HOW DO YOU GRILL T-BONES PROPERLY ?

[Sheila Blair]

Guys, I have a package of expensive T-Bones (a.k.a. porterhouse I think?) and I don't want to mess them up on the grill. Everytime I try to BBQ something I screw it up - Help!

[Fabrk8r]

I like my steak rare. I usually use my gas grill for steaks for better temp. control.

I get the grill up to 425°-450°F and then clean the grate and apply olive oil with a paper towel using tongs. Close the lid for a couple minutes to get the grate hot again and throw the steaks on for about 4 minutes on one side. After 4 minutes open the lid and flip. 4 minutes later take them off.

If you like them a little less bloody turn them 90° for a few minutes after the second flip. That'll give you the cross-hatch people like too.

[Fabrk8r]

I should add that I never season T-bones or Porterhouse or any other highly marbled cut of beef with anything but salt and pepper. No need IMHO.

BTW, a porterhouse steak is a different cut than a T-bone. I like them both, but if I have the money a porterhouse will always get my attention first.

[Senior Tech]

A nice rub of garlic and lemon pepper.

Charcoal grill, let charcoal get good and gray.

3 minutes on each side to sear then move to side out of direct heat, put lid on grill.

About 15 minutes per side for medium.

You will have 2 of the juiciest, best steaks you ever ate!

[Tool-Slinger]

I like mine medium well. Not cooked over the fire, off to the side. For thicker cuts it takes time to get them cooked.

[yellowirenut]

olive oil, see salt and pepper

4-5 min each side opposite side of heat
4-5 min each side on top of heat
let rest 5 min

[Sheila Blair]

To: Fabrk8r, Senior Tech, Tool-Slinger, and yellowirenut:

I'll try to follow your advice and apply your good information. Sorry I don't have a third, fourth, fifth, and sixth steak for each of you. maybe sometime in the future ...

Sheila

[ACFIXR]

This is the only way to grill steaks.......over mesquite coals.

[Tool-Slinger]

I always use black pepper. For the MW done I generally also toss on a little Worcestershire somewhere in the process too.

A buddy of mine used to cook them direct on the fire for a few minutes or less to "seal the juices" he said. then put them on the side to finish. He made good steaks.

[boom]

This is the only way to grill steaks.......over mesquite coals.

Mesquite is always the way to go! you can taste that mesquite flavor all the way to the bone!

[hvacker]

I leave grill meat up to my wife. She's disciplined.
Olive oil, salt, pepper.
For say 1 1/2 thick, grill on high 3 min, crisscross to make grill marks another 3 min and same for the other side. This should give you a med rare piece.

[Stucker]

I like to poke a fork into the steaks several times. Then cover the bottom of a pan with Jack Daniels. Let them sit in the fridge for 30 minutes and flip them for another 30 minutes. Fire the propane grill and get it up to around 300 to 350.

Lay the steaks on the grill and put a nice thick slice of bacon on top of each steak as they cook. I like mine medium, my wife likes hers burnt. Flip them every couple minutes. I cut them open to check to see if hers is cooked enough. Mine is done when I am hungry.

[Senior Tech]

I like to poke a fork into the steaks several times. Then cover the bottom of a pan with Jack Daniels. Let them sit in the fridge for 30 minutes and flip them for another 30 minutes. Fire the propane grill and get it up to around 300 to 350.

Lay the steaks on the grill and put a nice thick slice of bacon on top of each steak as they cook. I like mine medium, my wife likes hers burnt. Flip them every couple minutes. I cut them open to check to see if hers is cooked enough. Mine is done when I am hungry.

Oh my...you murder the steak with a fork and then waste good sipping whiskey

[Green Mountain]

Any beef.

First I sprinkle Adolf's meat tenderizer on the meat. Poke it with a fork. Then marinate it in a little lemon juice for a hour or so. Cook it on a gas grill or the George Forman in the dead of winter.

[kirbinster]

Well I use my TEC infrared grill, it glows at about 1600 degrees. I put the steak on for about 2 minutes on each side and then turn the grill down to medium and cook a few more minutes. It comes out burned and crisp on the outside and very rare on the inside -- the perfect steak!

[hvacbear]

Get the grill as hot as you can.
Sear the steak. 3-5 min per side depending on how done you like it.
Like HVAC work experiance and a good thermometer helps a lot.

[hotnphx]

Here in Arizona we use chunks of mesquite wood thats well seasoned and light a bed of hot coals to grill those steaks at 300 - 400 degrees F 12- 16 inches from the coal bed for the best steak you have ever eaten!!

[scrogdog]

Cooking your steak is always a two step process be it on the grill or in the house. Sear first (open flame outside; pan sear inside) and then remove the steak from the flame or pan. Now put them off to the side on your grill or in the oven indoors to bring to the proper internal temperature.

Use the poke method to determine when done. Press the middle, if it doesn't spring back it's not done. If it springs back a bit, it's medium rare. The more bouncy and firm it becomes back the more well done it is. With practice, you'll know exactly when to pull them off.

Never ever poke your steaks with a fork and only turn them with tongs or a spatula. Both searing and not poking with a fork seek to trap the juices inside, as well as creating a desirable outside texture. Similarly, you want to "rest" your steak for about 10 minutes when you pull them off. Else when you cut in to them you'll lose a lot of that internal moisture to steam and juice run off.

[Todd S 2]

Mesquite is always the way to go! you can taste that mesquite flavor all the way to the bone!

There was a place in Scottsdale, Arizona my parents took me 45 years ago where they specialized cooking the steaks/fish over a mesqite wood fire.

I can still, to this day, get hungry thinking about that place.

Thanks for the picture, yummy!!!!!!!!!!

[Frostie]

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