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How to cook steak on the grill

By Cody Williams

Slices of Kampo Wagyu beef steak sit on a grill at the Kounosuke grilled-beef restaurant owned by Seikou Sekimura in Kurihara, Miyagi, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. Sekimura is betting that aficionados of Japan's Wagyu beef -- one of the world's most-expensive meats -- are ready for a diet version of the fat-laden, melt-in-your-mouth delicacy. Photographers: Noriko Hayashi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Slices of Kampo Wagyu beef steak sit on a grill at the Kounosuke grilled-beef restaurant owned by Seikou Sekimura in Kurihara, Miyagi, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. Sekimura is betting that aficionados of Japan's Wagyu beef -- one of the world's most-expensive meats -- are ready for a diet version of the fat-laden, melt-in-your-mouth delicacy. Photographers: Noriko Hayashi/Bloomberg via Getty Images /
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Taking a look at how to cook a steak on the grill — charcoal or gas — so that friends and family can eat right and happily on Memorial Day cookouts.

When it comes to Memorial Day, cooking out with friends and family is basically synonymous with the holiday. With many people having the day off of work, it’s made for leisure. And as part of the leisure, you have to fire up the grill and have good eats for everyone enjoying the day with you. The best eats for many include firing up some high-quality steaks on the grill.

Cooking steak in general can be a tall task regardless of situation and surface. However, cooking a steak on the grill can be a bit of a daunting endeavor in itself. It’s not something that many regularly do. Thus, you’re probably trying to figure out how to make it happen. Luckily, we have the answer for you and how to cook a steak on the grill.

We’ll talk about this from the perspective of using a charcoal grill. After the fact, however, we’ll tell you what you need to adjust to cook your steak on a gas grill. With that out of the way, let’s get started:

  1. Before even firing up the grill, take the steak out of the refrigerator and get them to room temp. This won’t take long, maybe a half hour. But it’s critical to get the food properly cooked.
  2. Start by lighting up the grill. When the briquettes are heated, situate them to one side of the grill bed. This will put high heat on one side, and medium to low heat on the other. That’s what we want.
  3. While the grill is getting situated, season the steaks at your disposal with salt and pepper. Also key while prepping for the grill is to trim excess fat off as it can drip into the flames and really mess up the process. For the fat piece up the side of some cuts, split it vertically all the way up. This will help the meat keep its form throughout cooking.
  4. Once you’ve seasoned both sides of the steak, throw them on the high-heat part of the grill. Sear the side for about 2-4 minutes, flip it and do the same to the other size, and then go move them to the medium/low heat to start cooking the inside.
  5. You’ll need a meat thermometer to check the temperature as there’s no universal time for steak temperature. We can give you temps, though. In degrees Fahrenheit, here are temperatures: 130 — rare; 135 — medium-rare; 145 — medium; 150 — medium well; 160 — well done
  6. After you get the desired temperature, you should be good to go with perfectly grilled steaks.

The only difference for a gas grill comes at the beginning of the process. With no charcoal to situate, instead you need to high heat one burner while putting another on a lower level of heat. Then, you can achieve the same process for cooking.

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Now that you have the tools to make it happen, you’re ready to roll. Enjoy the good times with friends and families and the delicious meal you’re about to whip up.