When you are cooking meat on a portable charcoal grill, you usually don´t have a lot of space. So that means if your steaks are different size, try to put the thickest ones in the middle, and make sure there is more charcoal under the middle of the bbq. That way, the steaks will finish cooking at the same time. If you have a very large grill, this is not such a big deal, because once one steak is finished, you can just place it on the edge where it will stay warm, and cook slowly.
So, first of all, your steak must be room temperature. It should not still be cold. Do not salt the meat first. This is always an argument, but believe me, your steaks will dry out if you salt them first. The salt draws the juice to the surface, and it burns off. You want the juices to stay INSIDE the meat.
Once this is done, place the steaks on the grill. If it is an adjustable portable grill, lower the grill so it is about ½ inch from the charcoal. Leave it for about 3 min, until it is sealed. Next, flip the steak. Leave it for about 3 min, then raise the grill to about 1 inch above the coals. Cook like this until finished. The reason you lower the grill to increase the temperature, to sear the meat, keeping the juices in. But you don´t want to cook the entire steak like that, because it will cook to fast and dry it out.
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