I grill for about 3 minutes a side at high heat, then place on an upper shelf in a cooler part of the grill (indirect heat below 300F) to let the steak rest and slowly warm up to 130F (medium rare). Experience, or a quality instant read thermometer, is your friend.
Re: Copperheads smell like cucumbers. probably from some farmer in the 1800's who stumbled on a snake in his garden... I din knode itwas, martha- it blended right in.. or there I was... just me and the snake... the only thing I had to defend myself was this cucumber...
Snakes have a highly developed sense of smell, but they don't use their noses for this. Instead, they taste the air with their tongues, using the damp surface to catch scent particles and carry them to a special organ in the mouth called Jacobson's organ, where they can be identified as food or danger.