RED MEAT | Thickness / Weight | Approx total BBQ time |
Steak: New York strip, rib-eye and filet mignon (tenderloin) | 3/4 inch thick | 3 to 5 minutes high heat |
| 1 inch thick | 6 to 8 minutes high heat |
Steak: Porterhouse and T-bone | 3/4 inch thick | 4 to 6 minutes high heat |
| 1 inch thick | 8 to 10 minutes high heat |
Flank Steak | 1 1/2 to 2 pounds, 3/4 inch thick | 12 to 14 minutes high heat |
Ground Beef Patty | 3/4 inch thick | 8 to 10 minutes medium heat |
Tenderloin | 3 to 4 pounds | 25 to 30 minutes, sear 10 minutes high heat and BBQ 15 to 20 minutes low heat |
PORK | Thickness / Weight | Approx total BBQ time |
Bratwurst: fresh | 5 ounce link | 10 to 15 minutes low heat |
Chop: boneless or bone in | 3/4 inch thick | 10 to 15 minutes, sear 6 minutes high heat and BBQ 4 to 8 minutes low heat |
| 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches thick | 14 to 18 minutes, sear 8 minutes high heat and BBQ 6 to 10 minutes low heat |
Ribs: baby back | 3 to 4 pounds | 1 to 1 1/2 hours low heat (with rib rack) |
Ribs: spareribs | 3 to 4 pounds | 1 to 1 1/2 hours low heat, 30 minutes bone side down then turn every 10 to 15 minutes |
Tenderloin | 1 pound | 20 to 25 minutes, sear 10 minutes high heat (turn 3 times) and BBQ 10 to 15 minutes low heat |
POULTRY | Thickness / Weight | Approx total BBQ time |
Chicken Breast: boneless, skinless | 6 to 8 ounces | 12 to 16 minutes medium heat |
Chicken Pieces: bone in, assorted | 3 to 6 ounces | 35 to 45 minutes low heat |
Chicken: whole | 4 to 5 pounds | 1 to 1 1/2 hours medium heat (with roasting rack) |
Cornish Game Hen | 3 to 4 pounds | 30 to 35 minutes medium heat (with roasting rack) |
Turkey Breast: bone in | 5 to 6 pounds | 1 to 1 1/2 hours low heat |
SEAFOOD | Thickness / Weight | Approx total BBQ time |
Fish, Fillet or Steak: salmon, swordfish and tune | 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick | 6 to 8 minutes medium heat |
| 1 to 1 1/4 inches thick | 8 to 10 minutes medium heat |
Fish, Fillet or Steak: halibut and sea bass | 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick | 10 to 12 minutes medium heat |
| 1 to 1 1/4 inches thick | 12 to 14 minutes medium heat |
Shrimp | 1 1/2 ounces | 3 to 5 minutes medium heat |
VEGETABLES | Thickness / Weight | Approx total BBQ time |
Asparagus | 1 1/2 inch diameter | 3 to 5 minutes medium heat |
Corn | in husk | 25 to 30 minutes medium heat |
| husked | 10 to 15 minutes medium heat |
Mushroom | shitake or button | 8 to 10 minutes medium heat |
| portabello | 12 to 15 minutes medium heat |
Onion | 1/2 inch slices | 8 to 12 minutes medium heat |
Potato | whole | 45 to 60 minutes low heat |
| 1/2 inch slices | 14 tot 16 minutes medium heat |