Now, in order to respond to the questions above: Whether to grill with or without a cover – Allowing the cover to remain open when searing steaks allows you to maintain a close check on your food. Once you’ve switched it to indirect heat, you can close the lid and let the smoke do its work for you.
Do you Grill steaks with the lid open or closed?
- When grilling steaks, it’s customary to leave the lid open during cooking.
- On each side, you want to cook them just long enough to get grill marks on them.
- If you want them to be a bit more done than medium rare, you may close the lid, which will keep the heat contained and allow them to cook for a little longer.
- Personal preference: a charred exterior and blood rare inside are required for any good steak in my opinion.
Why do you close the lid when grilling meat?
When you close the lid of the grill, you’re causing convection to occur within. Thus, heated air from a fuel (gas or charcoal), confined by the lid and unable to leave, circulates around the chamber you’ve constructed. As a result, the closed cover, much like an oven, aids in the complete cooking of the meat’s inside.
What cuts of meat can you grill with the grill lid closed?
Keep the lid closed if you’re cooking thicker slices of steak, entire birds, roasts, or anything else that will be cooked on the bone. This will help the grill to heat up more quickly and evenly, allowing the thicker and meatier pieces to cook more quickly and evenly. To read our post on 4 Cheap Cuts of Meat to Smoke, please click here.
Should the lid be open or closed on a Weber grill?
Keep the lid closed if you’re cooking thicker slices of steak, entire birds, roasts, or anything else that will be cooked on the bone. This will help the grill to heat up more quickly and evenly, allowing the thicker and meatier pieces to cook more quickly and evenly.