Grill charms help you keep steaks straight

Published 11:00 am Tuesday, February 17, 2009

In a perfect world, everyone would order steak medium rare.

Sadly, we do not live in a perfect world. Grilling involves keeping a number of special orders straight. One piece of chicken has spicy sauce, another mild. One steak is medium, another well done.

Grill Charms can help you remember those particulars.

Different initials — R, MR, M — designate how each steak should be cooked. Other charms show an icon with jalapenos, to remind you which chicken breast or piece of fish was heavily spiced.

The attractive, stainless steel charms ($4 each, $20 for a box of six) don’t fall out when you flip a cut of meat thanks to the use of serrated stems, according to the company.

Go to www.grillcharms.com to order, and you can have the charms in time for a spring barbecue.

Andy Rathbun, arathbun@heraldnet.com, 425-339-3455