After work last night, I stopped by a 24 hour S&S and picked up a few things. I was in the mood for a steak, so I took a look at what was on sale. I found a steak for $2.74 and thought I couldn't go wrong and picked up some A1 in case it sucked(which it usually does). So I flared up the grill and let it warm up for about 10-15 minutes(the lava rocks pop if they have not been used in awhile). I turned the gas flow down and dropped the steak on. I think I may have cooked it 3-5 min on each side, not sure, but it came out great! I guess you would call it med-well(just a little pink on the inside where the juices run onto the plate). One of the best steaks I ever had, what flavor. In the few hours sleep I have had, I even had a dream about it(cooking another one), so I had to post to share my great triumph. I went to look at the package and it actually said it was a grilling or broiling steak and it was a "top round steak first cut"(whatever that means). So I am going to look for that from now on. Best $2.74 I ever spent.
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About 2 months ago I decided to come out of the dark and join the gas grill club. I tossed the old charcoal beast and headed out to buy one. I was looking at going cheap, nothing fancy, so I bought one on sale for $150. Now when I was looking at these grills, I didn't notice any lava rocks and asked about it. The salesman said that they don't make them like that anymore. There was this sheet metal that sat over the flames and the droppings would land on this and smoke up to the food. Now we cooked on this for a couple of days and I just didn't like the flavor I was getting. I took a look at the grill and removed the piece of sheet metal. I noticed spots inside where I could put a rack, like there was meant for something to be there. I took the adjustable porcelain grid I had bought for my old charcoal grill and fit it inside. It fit like a glove about 2-3 inches above the flame and with the lava rocks on it there is about 2-3 inches to the cooking area. This has worked great, after a month and a half I am getting great flavor. I am told the more expensive grills have something better for the droppings to burn off of, I would suggest spending a little more if you can. Maybe if you give the piece of sheet metal more time it works, but I didn't like it very much. I lucked out with the lava rock setup, it's working great.
