How best to cook steaks on a park charcoal grill?!


Question: How best to cook steaks on a park charcoal grill?
I'll be cooking steaks on an outside charcoal grill tomorrow that has no lid on it. I am used to using a conventional gas grill that has a lid on it.

How will the absence of a lid affect the cooking of the steaks? Should I bring a cover to the park grill with me? Like some kind of lid or something to cover the steaks with while they are cooking?

Any other pointers?

I'll be using salt and pepper, then olive oil rub, then brown sugar all over the steaks. Throw them on the grill and hope to cook them right...

Answers:

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Take the steaks out of the refrigerator and season both sides well with kosher salt.

Heat the grill to medium-high. Oil a paper towel and using tongs, run the oiled towel across the grill grate.

Place the steaks on the grill angled at the 10:00 position and cook for 2 minutes. Turn the steaks to the 2:00 position and grill another 2 minutes. Flip the steaks over (admire your perfect grill marks) and grill for 3 more minutes for rare, 5 more minutes for medium-rare, and 7 more minutes for medium.

Remove the steaks to a clean plate and top each with a tablespoon of butter, tent loosely with foil and let rest 5 minutes.

Serve the steaks and pass the peppermill

The cover is usually intended for BBQ not grilling.
That means slow cooking with indirect heat, as for chicken or pork.
The problems are going to be the spacing between grill bars,
& the space between coals & the grill surface.
Typically, the grates are not adjustable, to prevent stealing.
So you may want to take a smaller grill from home,
& something to put under the coals to raise them.
I would never put sugar on a steak, maybe on pork.

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