Are You Cooking Your Steak Wrong

It’s grilling season and we couldn’t be more thrilled. What is better than the smell of your favorite meats sizzling away on a fire hot grill. Whether it’s steak, burgers, dogs, chicken or fish, it all tastes better when it’s cooked outside.

If you consider yourself a grill master and steak is your go to meat, than you might want to check out the 5 tips from experts.

If someone came up to you while you were grilling and told you you're cooking your steak all wrong . . . what would you do?  Them'st fighting words.  But don't worry, we're just here to help.

If someone came up to you while you were grilling and told you you're cooking your steak all wrong . . . what would you do?  Them'st fighting words.  But don't worry, we're just here to help.

Steak is best when it's cooked evenly, and no one wants a cold center.  So, it's best to take your steak out of the refrigerator 30 minutes before you cook it.  This will help ensure an even cook all the way through.

You need a generous helping of salt on BOTH sides to season a good steak.  And if you only add salt after it's cooked, it's too late.  The seasoning beforehand helps the steak form its crust, which is important for the texture of the dish.  Try Kosher salt, with its big crystals.

Use a wire brush to clean it once your grill is preheated, and then again as soon as you are done.  A buildup of grease and soot will give your food a pretty gross taste.

  A lot of people either just eye-ball it and say it's good, or go by the clock and hope it comes out OK.  Cut the guesswork . . . Get an instant-read thermometer, and put it into the center of your steak.  (You can check out the proper steak temperature, here.)

We know you're hungry and want to dive in, but if you cut your steak as soon as it gets off the grill, all of that delicious juice will run out, and you'll be sad.  Letting it rest for 5-10 minutes first allows the juice to redistribute itself through the meat.

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A welder for the Weber welding company was frustrated with what was available four grills at the time. With his amazing ingenuity, he cut a buoy in half and made a metal grates to fit over it and produce the first modern barbecue grill.

At first he wasn’t able to control the smoke when he put the cover on it. It wasn’t until a neighbor told him to drill holes in the cupboard to allow smoke out of the grill that he perfected it. He then added holes on the bottom and the loud smoke to vent out the top and bottom. That gave a controlled heat in the modern barbecue grill was born.

This welder loved the idea so much he started manufacturing them for friends families and neighbors. The business took off so much so that he ended up buying the Weber welding company and transformed it into what we know today is the largest grill company in the world.

Now there are so many types of barbecue grills it’s hard to keep up with them. There’s everything from the big green egg to smokers, outdoor pizza oven’s and of course trendy outdoor kitchens with permanent grills and refrigerators

Use high-quality pure lump charcoal. Charcoal briquettes are popular because they're easy to light and provide even heat to the grill. But the chunks are often held together with chemical additives that can release additional emissions into the air.

Avoid lighter fluid. Lighter fluid is made of hydrocarbons, which can be toxic if ingested. And the smoke given off by lighter fluid-soaked coals contributes to air pollution.

Shut down the grill as soon as you're done cooking. Most people will let their coals burn down and out when they're done cooking, which means hours of extra and unnecessary emissions. Instead, when you're done cooking, simply close the lid and shut any vents.

Switch to a natural gas grill. If you want to go all-in with eco-friendly grilling practices, ditch the charcoal in favor of a natural gas grill.