Grill Maestro

A little while back I wrote about how Leslie Haywood, inventor of Grill Charms, was going to send me a package of Grill Charms to try out. Well, she got them to me within days but it wasn’t until recently that the weather cooperated and we grilled up some steaks this past weekend that turned out great. I would share with you some pictures but, alas, I’m a fool once again for not thinking to take them. I always do this because I don’t grill with the intent of reviewing, I grill with the intent on eating and then I realize I should’ve taken pictures! Argh!

So I had mentioned that I was concerned about piercing steaks with anything as they’re cooking because it releases the juices and dries out the steak. So, to minimize the potential of this I did two things with the two steaks we grilled. On one steak, I pierced a section of fat to see if the grill charms would hold there as it cooked. I figured that I wouldn’t be eating the fat section anyway (using the fat to flavor the meat around it) and it would be a good test of the grill charm’s ability to hold on. On another piece, I pierced meat but picked a section that had more marbling and was near the edge. There, I figured if I lost juice, it was a “juicier” piece anyway so it would be okay.

The end result was that both steaks turned out beautifully. The grill charms didn’t have an appreciable effect on the cooking process. So if you had reservations about these things because of how it would affect the food, don’t. Just ignore the pictures on the grill Charms site (they pierce in the middle) and use them as I have and you won’t have any problems.

I think that Grill Charms are a fun and entertaining idea though you probably won’t be using it on a daily basis unless you have a large family; however, if you have a grill maestro in the family who has everything, grill charms might be a fun little bonus for them to have.