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Guide to Grilling Meat and Poultry with the Direct Cooking Method
Grilling Steak and Ribs
Turn the grill Burners on high, close the Lid
and preheat your grill 3 to 5 minutes. Open
Lid and place the meat on the Cooking Grid
directly above the lit Burners. Cook the
meat on both sides until seared. Reduce
the heat to medium and cook meat until
done. Grilling times will vary according to
meat thickness.
Grilling Hamburgers and Sausages
Turn the grill Burners on high, close Lid
and preheat your grill 3 to 5 minutes. Open
Lid and place the meat on the Cooking Grid
directly above the lit Burners. Cook the
meat on both sides until seared. Reduce
the heat to medium and cook the meat until
done. Grilling times will vary according to
meat thickness.
Grilling Poultry
Turn the grill Burners on high, close Lid and
preheat your grill 2 to 3 minutes. Then raise
the Lid, reduce heat to medium and cook
poultry directly over lit Burners until done.
Poultry skin is fatty so you should expect
some flare-ups when using this direct
method.
To minimize flare-ups, try grilling poultry
using the indirect method. Place the poul-
try on one side of the grill with the opposing
Burners on medium heat, and lower the grill
Lid. Grilling times will vary based on the
size of your poultry.
Grilling Pork
Turn Burners on high and preheat your grill
3 to 5 minutes with the Lid down. Raise Lid,
place pork on Cooking Grid and cook until
seared. Reduce heat to medium and cook
u n t i l d o n e . G r i l l i n g t i m e s w i l l v a r y
according to meat thickness.
Cut of Meat
T-bone steak
Sirloin steak
Beef spare ribs
Porter house steak
New York strip steak
Hamburgers
Sausages
Chicken breast
(cook with bone down)
Chicken wings
Drumsticks
Whole bird
(cook with breast up)
Pork spare ribs
Chops
Loins
Cutlets
Approximate Cooking Times
Rare: 4-8 minutes
Medium: 10-14 minutes
Well done: 15-20 minutes
Rare: 4-6 minutes
Medium: 8-10 minutes
Well done: 10-15 minutes
Direct method:
approximately 15 minutes
Indirect method:
up to 30 minutes
Indirect method:
approximately 1 hour
Rare: 4-8 minutes
Medium: 10-14 minutes
Well done: 15-20 minutes
