Introducing the Slow 'N Sear!

[FLBuckeye]

I have mine ordered and can't wait! Looking on craigslist for a 26" kettle. No luck so far

[David Parrish]

Keep looking but rest assured the SnS works very, very well in the 22".

[Huskee]

Wait until I post today's Wagyu brisket cook. I tried but lost the whole post (angry eyes turned to crying eyes). I'll redo tomorrow.

It will open your eyes even further to the capabilities of the SnS with a full packer brisket!

[Steve Vojtek]

Is there anything the SnS can't do??

​Leg of goat using Henrik 's leg of lamb marinade (honey, rosemary, garlic and lemon juice) - also very good on lamb shanks. Cooked slow'n'low and reverse seared. Home made sourdough - caesar salad on top..yum

[David Parrish]

Steve, I don't think there is =) That's a nice cook!

[Henrik]

Great pictures, love the second one with the fire beneath the leg. Looks super tasty!

[Breadhead]

Nice crust on that sourdough Steve...😎

[The Burn]

Finally did a true long cook today for about 10 pounds of pork shoulder. I'm posting the photos, etc. in the Show Us What You're Cooking thread but wanted to rave about the time I got out of the SnS.

I dumped in the 12 lit coals at 6:45 a.m. Once I got it dialed in, it stayed between 225-250 the entire cook without being touched. At 4:35 p.m., 9 hours and 50 minutes later, the temp was still at 225!

I waited a little too long before checking the coals and adding coals to finish out the cook because the coal reservoir was pretty well spent by this time. Then when I realized the 12 new coals weren't going to light, I put the weed burner to all of them. Jumped up to 270 immediately, dropped down to 250 after about 5 minutes, and sailed comfortably down to 230 over the next hour and a half until the meat was done.

What I have discovered is that there are two parts of getting/keeping the SnS dialed in. First, is your particular kettle. For example, I insulated 3 sides under my Performer for the winter and have decided to leave it there. When I first tested out the SnS on that kettle, it ran really hot. Now I use the SnS on my OTG. The second factor is air flow. Today was incredibly still here. So I spent about an hour or so getting the right vent settings. The specified closing of the top to 1/3 and bottom to 1/4 was maxing me out at 208. So I fiddled a little. Eventually, I ran with the bottom opened full and the top half-opened for the entire last 9 1/2 hours.

Now I know what to do next time there's not a lot of natural air flow. (By the way, even with the vents set this way, I had thin blue smoke throughout.)

And for those new to charcoal or to a minion-like burn, you are likely to get the small fluctuations in temperatures I got because sometimes you'll have a few more or a few less coals ignited as you're progressing across the coal reservoir and you might also get spikes when a wood chunk catches.

Last thing, I filled the water reservoir about 3/4 full at the outset and didn't replenish the water once it boiled away, somewhere after the 4-hour mark.

[richinlbrg]

GREAT job, GREAT write-up!

Thanks, TB!

[David Parrish]

TB that is a very impressive "hands off" time. Sounds like you've got the SnS figured out. Any chance you have graph data of that cook?

[The Burn]

David Parrish - Don't have any graphing equipment (using two 732s), but I keep a log on my iPhone throughout the day in Evernote - time, grill temp, food temp, and activity. Sometimes as frequent as every 5 minutes, sometimes as seldom as 45 minutes (took a shower, ran to the store, etc.). I can cut & paste it into an e-mail if you'd like. Where to?

[David Parrish]

[email protected]

[FLBuckeye]

David Parrish Does the SnS work well with the BBQ Guru PartyQ?

[David Parrish]

Works great. The charcoal basket helps keep the charcoal together as it burns and gets smaller for extended times so you'll probably be able to leave your kettle unattended for 8 or more hours using the Party Q. And that's with one Weber Chimney full of charcoal.

[FLBuckeye]

Sweet! Thanks for the rapid reply

[LSUBBQFan]

Estimated ship date for mine is Wednesday, July 22. Two days left and my stomach's already growling....can't wait to try the SnS! Joined Costco over the weekend and ready to grill up a feast, haha!

[LSUBBQFan]

David Parrish, actually ordered on July 8. You've got my attention though.... Are these things near me? 😃

[David Parrish]

Possibly. PM me your physical address please.

[LSUBBQFan]

David Parrish, OK I sent you a PM

[Ernest]

LSUBBQFan where did you get the shipping info?

[LSUBBQFan]

Ernest, I got an email a couple days ago with estimated shipping date.

[David Parrish]

Hey folks just a heads up we're processing payments today so you're going to get an email notifying you you're CC has been charged and your order is in process. We're doing this today to make sure we have all the kinks out for when we start shipping Wednesday. In the next couple of days you'll receive another email with your shipping details.

[Dr ROK]

Best news I've heard today!

[Jon Solberg]

Can't wait!

[Ernest]

Oh YEEEAAH! You got my money. What should I SnS first?!

[DWCowles]

A wagyu brisket Ernest

[Ernest]

I won't have a brisket crowd but I'm eyeing that SRF wagyu for my son's birthday.
I need something that will require WARP 10 after slow cooking. Maybe a rack of lamb

[smarkley]

you are gonna like that warp 10 feature... it REALLY is warp 10, maybe 11 or 12... I had it so hot the other day it was cooking me

Leg of Lamb sounds good!

[David Parrish]

Oh YEEEAAH! You got my money. What should I SnS first?!

I think you gotta go steak! But the rack of lamb will be great too!

[David Parrish]

We're running test cooks to graph time and temp with the Slow 'N Sear on a 22" kettle. This graph/cook was done yesterday. I adjusted the vents one time as the temperature approached 225F at the 20 minute mark and after that I did not touch a vent setting or open the kettle for the entire test.

At the 2 hour point the afternoon sun hit the kettle and caused temps to bump up a little. There was a brief summer shower 5 hours into the cook that caused a sharp downward trend in temp. At 7 hours 30 minutes I lit the 26" kettle right next to the test kettle, which caused the test kettle to heat up a bit. Even with these things going on the kettle with Slow 'N Sear combo maintained low and slow cooking temps for 10 hours unattended.

Test was done with one load of charcoal and one quart of water added at the beginning of the cook.

How's that for "set and forget"?

[Spinaker]

When you say, "one load of charcoal" do you mean, a full chimney or a full SNS?

[Huskee]

Spinaker Both The SnS is designed to hold 1 Weber standard chimney full of Kingsford.

[Spinaker]

Huskee Perfect

[David Parrish]

Thanks Rich. Running the test again today and so far so good.