I know, grab a napkin and sop up that drool before you embarrass yourself. You've got it right though, this dish will bring 'em running and begging for more. It is not easy to get the outdoors taste into oven baked meat however, we can come real close with patience and attention. For those with electric broil elements in their ovens, your outdoors taste is half done. For those of us with gas ovens, the job is a little harder. The other half of that equation is having a great sauce.
The sauce that I will describe here, I have used for years on grilled meat and I have never had a complaint about the taste of the meat. I start with a good quality Italian Dressing. I prefer a brand that is packed with veggies and spices (pic # 1 above). Notice that the transition from oil to vinegar is clean and appealing. Pic # 2 shows a dressing that is devoid of ingredients and, I have no Idea what that is floating between the oil and the vinegar. Needless to say, I won't be using this dressing for anything. The process I used is a fairly simple proceedure, but the bottle must be the squeeze type. I stand the bottle on its cap for a few minutes, remove the cap over a cup and squeeze out a cup of dressing being careful not to agitate the contents.
When I accomplish this successfully, I can remove everything but the oil which, in this case, happens to be soybean oil. Any remaining vinegar/spice will be consolidated into another bottle of salad dressing or stored for use in another recipe or sauce. I strive to waste as little as possible.
I pour 1 cup of the vinegar/spice mix into the sauce pan. To this I add 3 tsps of sugar, 1 tsp of minced garlic and 3 tsps of finely chopped onion. If the sauce requires salt, I use chicken bullion instead to bring the seasoning up to taste. The final step to making the sauce is to apply low heat until the sugar melts, too much and the sauce will burn. Once it starts to bubble, I monitor it closely to reduce it slightly so that it thickens. Once that is accomplished, I turn off the heat and cover the pot. The sauce is ready and waiting.