I purchased some nice looking steaks at Sams and decided to do a reverse sear. To accomplish this you really need good thick pieces of beef and then you cook or smoke at low temp to a specific internal temp. Once you reach that desired temp you then allow the meat to rest and then you sear it on a hot grill for a short period of time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For this smoke, I knew it would be a short cook time, so I only used about 20 pieces of charcoal. I decided to use mesquite since it was a short cook and I want the meat to get a lot of smoked flavor. I have not used a lot a mesquite in the past, since it is has a powerful flavor, and too much will over power the food.  I put a little olive oil and salt and pepper on both sides of the steaks before starting the smoke.

 

 

 

 

This was about 25 minutes later at the flip

 

 

 

 

I checked the internal temp (122) they were actually a little too high and the steaks were removed at 50 minute mark.

 

 

 

 

I then allowed them to rest while I started the propane grill and got it up to 600 degrees. I cooked them only 1 minute on each side and then allowed to rest for 5 minutes before serving.

 

 

 

 

Here is the finished product, they were cooked to medium, where I really prefer medium rare. The flavor from the mesquite was incredible. The steaks were very tender.