BBQ - Getting the grill marks

There's two commonplace patterns to grill marking: the single strip and the crosshatch.

Either one you choose, the food should start out at a 45 degree angle to the grate

The trick is to think of the grill as the face on a clock:

1. Place steaks, chicken, or even fish pointing to the ten o'clock position on a hot grill.
2. After 2 minutes, rotate the meat a quarter-turn to the right, to two o'clock.
3. Two minutes later, flip the meat over uncooked side down, grill marks up-pointing to ten o'clock.
4. In 2 minutes, rotate it to two o'clock again until it's cooked to your liking.

This leaves a diamond grid that will let everyone know that you're a true grill master.

For the single strip you just don't rotate the meat to two o'clock. You just do ten o'clock on both sides.

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