How To Cook A T-Bone Steak On A Charcoal Grill Like A Pro!
Grilled t-bone with habanero compound butter.
Ingredients:
12-14 oz t-bone steak, around 1-1/2 inch thick
Kosher salt, 1 tsp
Pepper , 1/4 tsp
Oil
Tools needed:
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Charcoal, lump or briquettes
Wood for flavor, I like to use oak
How to make it:
First, let the steak come up to room temperature 1 hour before cooking. You can choose to season it with kosher salt at this point in time for a quick dry brine if desired (preferred). Sprinkle about 1 tsp salt total on both sides of the steak while it comes up to room temperature.
Charcoal warming up. When ready, it will be covered in ash and a whiteish grey all over.
Warm up the charcoal with a fire starter, click the highlighted link for my preferred starter. Heat the charcoal and grill grates until the charcoal almost completely covered in ash and whiteish grey all over. Once the charcoal is ashed over, place on a quarter split pf wood. Wait for the wood to catch open flame and is burning clean. This can take a minute or two.
When ready to place meat on the grill, season the grill with some oil. You can do this by pouring a little bit of cooking oil on a rag and rubbing it on the grill grates.
Pat the meat dry on both sides, season with black pepper and place on the grill. If you did a quick dry brine as I described above, you will not need to salt it. I like to give the meat a quick sear with the flames (flame broil) on both sides for about 30 seconds each. After that, move the meat away from the charcoal enough so that it won’t cause any flare ups. Grill the steak for about 1-1/2 to 2 minutes per side for a medium rare. This time is very estimated as it all depends or your grill heat and steak thickness. Most importantly, pull the steak from the heat when the thickest internal temperature is 130-133 F for a medium rare. Keep in mind that carry over cooking with rise the temperature of the meat a few degrees.
Remove meat from the grill and let rest for minimum 10 minutes before serving and cutting into. Check out my video on how to make this in real time. I paired mine with a delicious habanero compound butter. Here’s the video link if desired. Goes great with oven baked asparagus.
Enjoy!
Logan
