Grilling Meat with Basting Oil

From juicy steaks to pork chops, this easy method using basting oil locks in flavor.

Ingredients

Wegmans Organic Basting Oil or Wegmans Pure Olive Oil
Wegmans Vegetable Oil
Meat to be grilled
Salt and pepper

Equipment

Metal grill brush
Soft cloth or grill wipes
Digital thermometer
Tongs or slotted spatula
Basting brush
Cutting board
Knife
Serving platters and/or storage containers

Directions

1. Mise en Place

Drizzle both sides of meat to lightly coat with basting oil; season with salt and pepper.
Preheat grill on HIGH 10 min.
Clean grill with wire brush. Using soft cloth, coat grill grate lightly with vegetable oil or use grill wipes.
Reduce heat.

2. Cook

Place meat on grill; sear 1-3 min until color changes about one-quarter of way up from bottom. Turn over meat; baste. Sear 1-3 min.
Turn over meat a second time; baste. Sear another 1-3 min. Turn over a third time; baste. Check internal temp by inserting thermometer halfway into thickest part of meat (see chart below).

3. Finish

Transfer to serving platter.
Let rest 5-10 min (except poultry and ground beef).

Final Temperatures

Beef:

125° Rare: Very red, cool center
130° Medium: Pink, warm center
145°+ Well: No pink, very warm center

Pork: 150°

Poultry: 165°

Ground Beef*: 160°

*To cook your burgers the way you like them, use Wegmans Irradiated Ground Beef.

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