If you’re planning to fire up the grill this Memorial Day weekend, here are some helpful tips for pleasing a crowd:

What to buy

• Choose organic New York Strips for a festive barbecue. First, it’s easy to grill multiple New York Strips at once. Second, although they have a lot of flavor, they’re not overwhelmingly large or rich, so they’re surefire crowd pleasers.
• Organic top sirloin is budget-conscious alternative with plenty of crowd-pleasing flavor. Try grass-fed sirloin for less saturated fat and healthy omega 3′s. 
• For guests who don’t eat red meat, organic chicken breasts and organic chicken sausages taste great grilled. 
• If you’re cooking out for kids, give them a healthier version of the classic favorites: organic grass-fed hamburgers and organic grass-fed all-beef hotdogs. 

How to grill 

• Let steaks sit at room temperature for about 20 minutes before grilling.
• Clean the rack for the grill thoroughly.
• To prepare your charcoal grill, make a medium-hot charcoal fire. You can test it by holding your hand above it. When the coals are hot, enough you will have to move your hand away after 2-3 seconds. (To prepare a gas grill, use a medium-hot temperature, and allow grill to heat up until it passes the above test.)
• Set the rack for the grill 3-4 inches from the fire.
• Pat the steaks dry with paper towels.
• Turn the steaks only once during cooking, to give them time to brown nicely.
• For one-inch medium-rare thick steaks, cook for about 4 minutes per side. Adjust time for size of steak and desired doneness.
• The most foolproof way to test a steak for doneness is to use an instant read thermometer.
• For great marinades, sauces, and techniques, check out a popular grilling cookbook like the one below.

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