Get ready to rock your barbecue and cook your best steak ever

Robin Donovan

Recipe Developer

If you love to barbecue, grilling a perfect steak is definitely on your to-do list. Of course, it starts with a good quality piece of meat, so go to a butcher you trust and ask for their best grilling steak. Once you bring your prize home, you can expect success by trying a few helpful techniques.

Start by bringing the meat up to room temperature. Take the meat out of the fridge and let it sit out for about 20 minutes before you slap it on the grill. Next, pat it dry, brush it with a bit of oil and season it generously with salt and pepper. Then cook it on a hot grill for about 7 minutes for medium-rare. Add a few more minutes for medium and a few more for medium-well. Let the meat rest after you take it off the heat, loosely tented with foil, for at least 5 minutes before slicing or serving it. Follow this advice and you’ll soon be savoring your most tantalizing and perfectly cooked steak ever.

Cooktop Cove

The Perfect Grilled Steak

5 minutes, plus 20 minutes to come to room temperature and 5 minutes to rest

8 minutes

38 minutes

4 1 ¼-to-1 ½-inch-thick boneless rib eye or New York strip steaks, about 12 ounces each, or filets mignons, 8-10 ounces each, trimmed

2 tablespoons canola or extra-virgin olive oil

Kosher salt

Freshly ground black pepper

Take the steaks out of the refrigerator about 20 minutes before cooking, and let them come to room temperature.

Heat the grill to high heat.

Brush the oil on the steaks and season them generously with salt and pepper.

Put the steaks on the grill and cook them for about 4 minutes, until the underside is lightly charred. Flip the steaks over and continue grilling for 3 to 5 minutes more for medium-rare. Add an additional 2 minutes for medium and an additional 4 minutes for medium-well.

Remove the steaks from the grill, tent them loosely with foil, and let rest for at least 5 minutes before serving or slicing.

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