I have one of these, or at least, one of the Amazon knockoffs, but haven't had a chance to use it in my kettle. I'm itching to try as I have yet to get that crisp chicken skin I've been looking for on thighs.
How necessary is the Weber grate that has the removable circular middle for Vortex cooking? The reason I ask is that I did some pork steaks over an entire chimney of lit coals in the SnS and the intense heat discolored and warped slightly the bars of my standard Weber grate. Mostly concerned about metal fatigue here, not discoloration....after all, it is a cooking grate lol.
If the fancy Weber grate is something desirable to have, how do you deal with wood chunks? In my mind (and inexperience), I would think the wicked heat of the Vortex would consume the chunk of wood very rapidly if placed directly on the coals?
How necessary is the Weber grate that has the removable circular middle for Vortex cooking? The reason I ask is that I did some pork steaks over an entire chimney of lit coals in the SnS and the intense heat discolored and warped slightly the bars of my standard Weber grate. Mostly concerned about metal fatigue here, not discoloration....after all, it is a cooking grate lol.
If the fancy Weber grate is something desirable to have, how do you deal with wood chunks? In my mind (and inexperience), I would think the wicked heat of the Vortex would consume the chunk of wood very rapidly if placed directly on the coals?
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