Grilling Steaks

[Timothy]

I've always had a problem with grilling steaks. The issue is that everyone in the house wants their steak well done and I can't seem to cook it til it's well done without it drying out and becoming chewy. Has anyone else here found a way to cook a steak to "well done" without over cooking it?

 

[olderthandirt]

I think well done means over-cooked, anyway, so I'm not sure how you'll manage it. Try searing it first on higher heat, then moving it to a cooler part of the grill until it's done. Make sure you never use a fork to turn the steaks or move them - that lets the juices out and makes it drier. Use tongs, instead. Also, don't salt the meat until after it's cooked as that dries it out and toughens it, too.

 

[Timothy]

Well, I know that steak restaurants can manage to cook it all the way through without turning it to beef jerky, so there has to be a way! I just can't eat a steak that's still bleeding, you know?