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.
Topic: first cook on the new grill (Read 4937 times)
