first cook on the new grill

[bobbytables]

well, I finally got around to trying my hand at cooking on the OTG.  i figured i owed you guys a report since you all have been so helpful to a BBQ noob. my grill arrived with the bowl damaged, so I waited for Weber to send a replacement.  I got the new bowl in a couple of weeks ago, but haven't had time to cook anything until tonight. My wife and I were in the mood for steak, so I said what the heck... let's see if I can mess up $30 worth of meat. I figured steak was a safe bet since I knew I could probably choke it down even if I overcooked it. I picked up a bone-in ribeye for my wife and a ny strip for myself. I loaded up a chimney full of royal oak and let her burn.

I guess I should say here that my wife was opposed to the charcoal grill after years of using propane, but I told her just wait and see. well, I pulled the steaks off and she took a bite and said, "that's as good as any steak I've ever eaten".  I felt good about that because me and her and steak go way back. we actually met while working in a steakhouse and have about 20 years combined of working in steakhouse.

I did learn a few things:
-barefoot is not the best way to go when using a chimney starter. 
-I need to purchase and use an oven mit of some kind. I sacrificed my thumb for the steaks where the lid handle was burning it. I couldn't figure out where the hook was on tbe inside of the lid, and I HAD to turn the steaks right then :-) I should have a good blister tomorrow for my troubles.
-don't forget the obvious things in my excitement like the fact that different thickness steaks cook differently. I was only thinking about hitting med rare on my strip and as a result I cooked my wife's ribeye a little more than I meant to.

thanks for the help and advice offered directly and all the indirect advice from all the posts on here. I've got a lot to learn for sure. obligatory pics below.

[Bob BQ]

Those steaks look great!  Good job!

[DirectDrive]

Nice cook !

Yep, barefoot will get you doing the Hollywood Bullet Dance !

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[1buckie]

Yeah well, if I don't singe myself at least once, it's not real, man.....................


                                                 Really nice lookin' cookup !!!!!

[argentflame]

Just the way I like my steaks cook. Very nice.

[HalfGrilled]

Nice work. Taking advice from this crew you'll be a pro in a hurry. I'm with you buckie, I burn myself all the time. I nearly shouldn't be allowed anywhere near fire.

[5280Jeff]

Great looking steak! The smell of a couple steaks cooking over charcoal is what heaven must smell like! Check out a pair of welding gloves, they are great for handling the chimney and lid.

[Jocool]

Nice steaks!

[rich]

That looks good!!

[MrHoss]

That steak looks beauty - I'd hit that any day.  As per the burns.....got 7 Webers I do and am wearing fresh scars from 3 of them right now.  Not counting the 5 or 6 permanent ones that is. You guys say I should wear a glove when grabbing the lid?  I should try that I guess.  The crazy cook in me likes the hazzards.  I also have been play fighting with Rottweilers for the last 20 years....sometime back it was 2 at once.  Scars and kicks were also part of it.  Damn I love my dogs and Webers.  I hit 14 grills with my recent Crimson SJ.  The city has a bylaw where you can have only 3 dogs per house.  I have 3.  Good thing they don't have a limit for grills.

[Frantz]

Man, now I have to go grill steak tonight because of your pictures - thanks a lot! Those look so good!

I'm pretty new to the scene and also found out the hard way that I would need some sort of mitt for grilling. I know that my buddies and I are going to start roasting whole pigs in the near future, so I splurged and got a good pair of oven gloves. I figured that if I get into this whole grilling thing, I might as well do it right. I bought these on Amazon and love them: http://amzn.to/1mKnGAk

[pbe gummi bear]

Wow that steak looks perfect! Kudos. Remember, safety first! Go to the local store and buy yourself some weber accessories. You deserve it.

[Heritagecycles]

They look great! How did you cook them?

[bobbytables]

I bought these on Amazon and love them: http://amzn.to/1mKnGAk

Thanks for the glove recommendation.  Do you have any issue reaching over the fire with heat on your arms? I was thinking I'd need the style that protect the forearms too to save a few arm hairs.

Wow that steak looks perfect! Kudos. Remember, safety first! Go to the local store and buy yourself some weber accessories. You deserve it.

So far I've got the Weber grill, grill cover, chimney, fire starters, and thermometer (which I melted on my first time using it btw).  I think I just need the gloves and the grill utensils next :-)

They look great! How did you cook them?

Nothing fancy.  Just rubbed 'em down with Montreal Steak seasoning and cooked over Royal Oak about 5-6 minutes each side.  I haven't had that steak seasoning in about 15 years, but I remembered liking it back then.  Turns out I still do.

[1buckie]

Thanks for the glove recommendation.  Do you have any issue reaching over the fire with heat on your arms? I was thinking I'd need the style that protect the forearms too to save a few arm hairs.

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