I consider myself a manly man who can do most of the manly tasks you would expect, such as sharpen a knife, use a chainsaw, build a deck, remodel a bathroom, etc. Plus I can saddle a horse, rebuild a motor, and cast boolits; Bonus points manly tasks.
But I am awful at grilling.
Oh, I can fire up a grill and get a nice ribeye steak prepped for cooking, but then I ruin it.
My girlfriend filled my freezer with a 1/4 steer she bought. Asked me to cook some steaks last night. I have a grill that one half is gas, and the other half is charcoal. I like the gas side because I'm lazy.
So I get the grille heated up to 600 degrees, get the steaks rubbed in butter, then seasoned, and throw them on the grille. Go inside to start baking the vegetables in olive oil and a few minutes later go out to find the grill spitting out fire and the steaks burned to a crisp. Grease caught fire.
So tonight, my girlfriend wanted burgers and insisted on charcoal. How can you screw up burgers? I will find a way. So I go on YouTube and look up instructions on how to grill the perfect burger. I get the coals burning and perfectly hot. Prepared the patties, season them, and put them on the grille.
I watch them like a hawk. Grease flames up and briefly thought I had ruined more meat, but I was able to lower the coals and avert disaster.
They actually turned out pretty good.
My girlfriend has forbid me from using the gas part of the grille, unless I'm cooking corn.
Looking forward to trying to cook steaks again using charcoal. Any tips?