Great Steak

So about 3 weeks ago my parents came down to visit me at Mizzou. When they arrived I not only got the joy of seeing my family for the first time in a month , but I also was met by my dad with a brand new 22" Weber Silver Charcoal Grill. With the weather starting to get better and after talking about buying a grill with my roommates, few things could have made us happier. Since then I been practicing and have learned how to properly set up the grill and charcoal and get it to a good temperature for cooking anything. With Jordan's friend Colin coming in this weekend and the temperature gettin up to a nice 60 degrees, it was a perfect day to grill. I decided to cook a pork filet and a sirloin steak and they both turned out great. I really did not even marinade the meat that long. Only about 20 minutes I defrosted the meat and put it in a small metal pan to mix with the seasonings. Here's what I put in: (btw, I don't really measure, I just kind of put stuff in and see how it tastes...usually it works out pretty well)

-Salt and Pepper
-Balsamic Vinegar
-Red wine vinegar
-Powdered mustard
-Extra virgin olive oil
-Garlic powder
-Dried red pepper flakes
-and a little bit of Brown sugar

I think that's it. I just let the meat sit in that for about 20 minutes before grilling and brushed it on while it was grilling as well. In addition I sauteed/carmelized some sweet onions to put on top of the steak and on burgers as well. Here is what I put in the onions:

-started cooking in margarine
(for the rest of the ingredients I put about a tablespoon of each)
-Green Tabasco Hot sauce
-Balsamic Vinegar
-Cooking sherry
-Brown Sugar
-Garlic Powder
-and some olive oil.

If you just mix that up with a fork or wisk and slowly ad this sauce to the onions to carmelize/sautee them at a medium-low heat they will become a nice golden brown color. I put this on steak and my friends put this on their burgers and it was delicious on both. It has a bit of spice to it but not too bad. I actually found the recipe for these onions after watching a "Build a Better Burger" show on Foodnetwork. All of the burgers looked amazing and I plan on tryin some of them out myself. If I do I will definitely update and let you know how it is. Until then, here site of the recipes.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food-network-challenge/challenge-build-a-better-burger/index.html

I hope you try the steak recipe and enjoy it. Let me know what you think.
Peace.