Step One - Prepare Your Steaks - About an hour before you are ready to grill take the steaks out of the refrigerator. Pat both sides dry with a paper towel. Liberally sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides. If you want to add a steak seasoning or Seasoned Salt now is the time to do that too. Leave the steaks on a plate on the counter and cover with plastic wrap. You want the steaks to come up to room temperature - a cold steak from the fridge takes longer to cook.
Step Two - Heat Your Grill - Turn all the burners of your gas grill to high, close the lid and let the grill heat up for 12-15 minutes
Step Three - Clean Your Grill - Using a grill brush, brush the grill grates. Take a clean rag or wad of paper towels and dip them in vegetable oil and rub the grill grates. This seasons the grates the same way you season a cast iron pan and prevents the steak from sticking.
Step Four - Cook Your Steaks: Part 1 - Place your steaks on the grill. The side facing down will be your presentation side with the best grill marks. Cook the steaks for 4 minutes. Don't touch it, poke it, press on it or lift it just let it cook. After 4 minutes flip your steaks and cook them on the next side for 4 minutes.
Step Four - Cook Your Steaks: Part 2 - After 4 minutes turn off all the burners on your grill except one. Move the steaks as far away from the remaining lit burner as possible. Close the lid. If you grill has an external thermometer it should read between 275 and 300. Leave the steaks in the closed grill for 8 minutes. After 8 minutes open the lid and remove the steaks to a cutting board. Cover with foil. Let the steaks rest for 10 minutes under the foil. Don't forget to turn off the last burner.
Step Five - Eat Your Steak - If done properly your steaks should be a perfect medium rare with no gray band along the edges. Enjoy!
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