How to Grill a Whole Beef Tenderloin

METHOD: Direct grilling

ADVANCE PREPARATION: 1 to 2 hours for marinating the meat (optional)

This is the sort of technique I call millionaire grilling. You spend 15 minutes of preparation time and you wind up with a dish that looks and tastes like a million bucks. Whole grilled beef tenderloin makes a spectacular centerpiece for a party, yet it’s not much more difficult to cook than steak. It’s simple and regal, and anyone who has priced beef tenderloin recently will appreciate your largesse. To this add the visual allure of a veritable painter’s palette of barbecue and steak sauces served with the beef, and you wind up with a dish that makes you look like you’re rolling in dough.