BBQ's / Gas Grills

[Tortoise]

That's a good lookin' grill.

All the reviews say the Searwood fixed the issues with the previous generation (the SmokeFire). If I didn't have a charcoal grill one of these would be a great do it all machine.

[RRocket]

The grills are actually in better shape than they look. When I find time I will give them a soak and a scrub, and maybe hit them up with some Barkeepers friend.

Grill Grates are your friend!

[Tortoise]

You've been championing those for years!

[GreatBigAbyss]

Did a pork loin roast last night.  I love how easy this grill is to cook with.  Digital temperature control makes all the difference.  I did an hour at 180F with smokeboost turned on.  Then an hour at 250.  Then it was getting late, and we really need to eat, so I cranked the temp to 400f to finish it off.  Took the meat off when internal temp was 145.  Even after the higher heat finish, it was easily the juiciest pork roast I've ever cut into.  And when I was bringing it into the house, the darn thing smelled like bacon, because of the smoke!

The picture was taken after the hour of smoke. 
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This weekend I'm going to try my hand at slow cooked ribs.  It should be about a 6 hr total cook (including resting). 

[Tortoise]

It's like having automatic climate control in a car! So cool.

If that photo was after an hour, after 2.5 it must have had a nice bark.

[GreatBigAbyss]

It's like having automatic climate control in a car! So cool.

Honestly, it's very beginner friendly.  The digital PID controller, combined with the temp meat probe (the grill comes with two) makes it pretty foolproof. 

Weber has an app that does two things:  You can monitor and control the grill remotely, and it also does recipes, interacting live with the grill. Ribs, for example.  The app tells you how to prepare, then at what temp to put the ribs on.  When they reach a certain internal temp, the app will tell you to take them off and wrap them, adding apple juice, and continue cooking until another specific internal temp is reached.  Then it'll say when to unwrap the ribs and when to brush with sauce, and for how long. 

It's all designed for an amateur like me who basically has no experience in this sort of cooking.  Obviously, as one gains experience and wants to experiment with their own thing, the app loses usefulness, but the grill is still very capable by itself. 

[Tortoise]

So the system includes a meat thermometer as well? That's a nice feature, and great you can do it all with a single app.

[GreatBigAbyss]

TWO meat thermometers that plug into the PID. 

[RRocket]

You've been championing those for years!

Like a broken record! LOL 😆

[RRocket]

This weekend I'm going to try my hand at slow cooked ribs.  It should be about a 6 hr total cook (including resting). 

If you need any advice, hit me up.

Also, the 3-2-1 method is fool proof if you want to try that your first time out

[Gurgie]

Also, the 3-2-1 method is fool proof if you want to try that your first time out

Yeah, hard to F it up doing 3-2-1

[Bridgecity]

Although getting ribs tender isn't tricky, getting them just tender enough so they stay on the bone takes some finesse (mainly just checking them), in my experience anyway. 

Typically my ribs don't take 6 hours.  Usually five is more than enough. 

[RRocket]

Oh...and when you're smoking...its done when it done. You must ignore the "we're hungry" and not rush.

If you get done early, wrap in foil, then wrap in a bath towel. Then into a cooler.

I've driven 3-4 hours this way and stuff was still warm

[GreatBigAbyss]

It does a pretty good sear on burgers, too.  This wasn't even max temp.  I preheated to 550, then set it to manual mode 9 as the lid was open more than it was closed.

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Hence, gas BBQ replacement.

[RRocket]

Yum!