Steak, by RS

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Retired Spook

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Just your ordinary HEB Prime 1 New York strip steak - 3/4-lb 3/4" thick.

Dry brined with kosher salt about 2-hours in fridge and then allowed to come to real room temperature (sit on counter 2-hours minimum). I like to keep steak elevated to avoid the steak soaking in its own juices - just seems cleaner to me. Prior to cooking add granulated garlic, granulated onion and fresh ground black pepper.
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Build a fire - need a real good pile of very hot coals.
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Knock down fire and arrange for cooking.
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Position cooking grate and once hot hit it with wire brush.
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Add steak cook 2-1/2-minutes.
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Turn steak. Nice sear after only 2-1/2-minutes = hot fire.
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Add asparagus spears tossed in EVOO and sprinkled with kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper.
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Continue to to toss asparagus spears around and after steak cooks for 2-1/2-minutes flip for additional 1-minute, then flip again for final 1-minute. Plate steak.
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When asparagus reaches your preferred degree of done-ness, plate asparagus and bring plate inside. Steak rested a minute or two while asparagus finished so I sliced the steak.
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Mmmmmmmm peeeeerfect! Proceed to eat steak and asparagus.
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That was good. The end.
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Thanks for looking! I'm stuffed now 😎
 
Actually, I love mesquite for grilling steaks, but its hard to find quality mesquite around here, and you really have to build a large fire to get the mesquite to burn well enough to create the very hot coals that it is best known for. Most folks don't get mesquite burning hot enough and it smolders and produces an acrid taste. When used correctly there is nothing like it - in my humble opinion.
 
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Just your ordinary HEB Prime 1 New York strip steak - 3/4-lb 3/4" thick.

Dry brined with kosher salt about 2-hours in fridge and then allowed to come to real room temperature (sit on counter 2-hours minimum). I like to keep steak elevated to avoid the steak soaking in its own juices - just seems cleaner to me. Prior to cooking add granulated garlic, granulated onion and fresh ground black pepper.
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Build a fire - need a real good pile of very hot coals.
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Knock down fire and arrange for cooking.
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Position cooking grate and once hot hit it with wire brush.
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Add steak cook 2-1/2-minutes.
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Turn steak. Nice sear after only 2-1/2-minutes = hot fire.
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Add asparagus spears tossed in EVOO and sprinkled with kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper.
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Continue to to toss asparagus spears around and after steak cooks for 2-1/2-minutes flip for additional 1-minute, then flip again for final 1-minute. Plate steak.
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When asparagus reaches your preferred degree of done-ness, plate asparagus and bring plate inside. Steak rested a minute or two while asparagus finished so I sliced the steak.
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Mmmmmmmm peeeeerfect! Proceed to eat steak and asparagus.
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That was good. The end.
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Thanks for looking! I'm stuffed now 😎
hell yeah
 
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Looks perfect! Cooked to perfection. I've been doing some Steaks over hot coals, been using Post Oak or Red Oak, thanks to chopsaw chopsaw for recommending last year. So much better and stronger tasting. Great work.
 
Perfect crust on that steak. Wood fired steaks are the bomb.
Resting the raw steak on the rack helps to dry the surface -> better crust.
But what happened to the other half of steak?
 
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Hey Spook, love the steak! Cooking like that puts a taste in beef that's hard to explain and near impossible to get any other way.

Tell me about that fire pit. I'm looking to get me another since my el-cheapo from Lowe's rusted out...
 
Hey Spook, love the steak! Cooking like that puts a taste in beef that's hard to explain and near impossible to get any other way.

Tell me about that fire pit. I'm looking to get me another since my el-cheapo from Lowe's rusted out...
Best back yard purchase I ever made!
 
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Don't want to change the point of your thread , but I use mesquite on just about everything . It's the best in my opinion . Like you say , perfect for beef .
If I could find it in good quality it is all I would ever use for grillin!
 
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