A good steak, I had forgotten what it was like to bite into a perfectly cooked chunk ‘o meat. Throw in a little A-1 Sauce and some buttered bread, and I wouldn’t care if my house burned down. Thee (note the second E for emphasis) best steak I have ever had didn’t come from my stinky, greasy grill, but from my Red Rocket grill.
It was quite lucky that I got to do the test for this Red Rocket grill review, I normally only see steak on TV when I’m sitting over a bowl of noodles. Damn you steak!
But since I have ample time on my hands while most of my friends are working, I’ve been going to meat raffles. It’s quite a strange crowd, lots of people on pensions and crazy drunks — and now me on Wednesday afternoon and Sunday at 11 a.m.
It was at one of these great cultural mixers that I won one huge, huge steak.
I went home right away and went to fire up the grill, and it was full of water and there was no charcoal in the house. And sure enough, the cheese from last year’s burgers was still stuck between the grates.
So I decided to use the Red Rocket grill instead. I’ve used it a couple times to make burgers and it worked great, but a steak was a harder thing to cook. But I was surprised by how well this As Seen on TV grill actually worked. The Red Rocket grill was basically a George Foreman grill stuck inside a mini convection oven. The oven aspect helped get the meat heated all the way through without turning the surface of the meat into jerky, like the Foreman can.
The microwave grill cooked my steak perfectly in the middle — perfectly pink. I did sear it on the stove top with a really hot pan — I had been watching the Food Network and had to try it out. The searing beforehand got it to a perfect little char on the outside. I also smeared some butter on the top of the steak as I put it in — drain away the fat?? No thanks.
It was the juiciest steak I have ever cooked. (pictured for bragging rights) And it also made some really good kabobs with some far, far, far lower quality (possibly not edible) meat.
It also came with a Slap Chop type veggie chopper; which was nice because my girlfriend won’t let me have a slap chop because she says Vince Offer is a misogynist. It came with a recipe booklet too, I just used my cookbooks like it was a grill. The worst thing about the grill is its name, if you look for Red Rocket or Red Rocket review, you’ll probably find a quite offensive (and great) South Park episode.
Buy It Or Not?
Buy it, it’s a super quick alternative to the grill. Just pop the thing in the microwave. The Slap Chop like chopper is great too. I really suggest searing your meat before putting it in the Red Rocket. Kabobs and burgers are great on the thing too. You can just throw it all in the dish washer too, so no cleanup. Buy the Red Rocket grill from RedRocketGrill.com and start cooking like you have a grill!
