I've got one of those electric George Foreman style grill things. If you oil, salt, and pepper the steak just right, get the temperature just right, and do it just right, it does a fantastic job of giving just that right searing/charing/caramelizing to the surface. Get the plates searing hot, squeeze it just right for a minute or so, then back off and let it cook more slowly.
You can also screw it up and end up with a dry brick.
Speaking of searing, I really hate it when they give you crunchy charcoal on the surface. A few years back, cajun style "blackening" became the big craze. Unfortunately, a lot of idiot "chefs" decided that meant you needed to burn the surface of everything you grill. Originally Posted by GneissGuy