Ultimate Charcoal-Grilled Steaks

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2015, America's Test Kitchen TV

The secret to delivering a charcoal-grilled steak with a killer crust and perfectly cooked meat from edge to edge? Keep the coals in the chimney.

SERVES 4

TIME 2¼ to 2¾ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a steak that delivered a perfectly brown crust, even doneness, and a narrow gray band—plus, flavor from the grill—we ditched the actual grill in favor of a superhot charcoal chimney. Skewering the steaks and laying them over the chimney...

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