Marinating your steak before grilling isn’t the only way to add some extra flavor: Equipped with a spray bottle you can add flavor while it’s on the grill. This technique is sometimes called “spritzing” and while it’s often recommended for when you’re smoking or barbecuing meat you can try it while grilling too.
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The Art of Grilling: How to Grill a Steak
The process is simple: put a liquid in your spray bottle and spray it onto the meat from different angles making sure to cover the entire surface. Of course there’s the question of what to put in that bottle. A typical option is to spray apple cider vinegar (perhaps mixed with water). This has a couple of effects: it adds moisture that would be lost during grilling but it also adds flavor and vinegar generally helps tenderize meat making for a more tender end product. Alternatively spraying a marinade can add flavor or something like apple juice can help caramelize the meat while the acid in it tenderizes it.
But an overlooked option would be to sprinkle it with red wine. This works for the same reason that a glass of red wine pairs well with steak: the acidic properties balance out the fat in the meat while the acidity (like vinegar) tenderizes the meat and will generally bring moisture back into the steak. (That said some proponents of sprinkling question how much flavor a light spritz of red wine can add — but it certainly won’t hurt your steak.)
Keep in mind that spraying is more of a final touch to your meat to keep it juicy while potentially adding some flavor and helping to form a caramelized crust (depending on what you're spraying it with – something with sugar in it usually helps). For example while you can spray your steak with some marinade while it's on the grill if you really want that marinade to sink in you'll want to soak your steak in it for a few hours before cooking rather than just spraying it on (even though the spray still has its benefits).
