Weber Grill Spirit II-E210 - Does it get hot enough to sear?

[JGo37]

Happy New Year Folks! - sorry for being tardy on that....

This is on CL NiB for $ 290.00 - and CL is for hagglin'! I guess someone didn't want this for christmas and has also, curiously, avoided the more cookers syndrome.

Would this double as a sear king? I know how hot it SAYS it gets - my goal is to hear from someone that knows from experience. Thanks in advance.

(I don't need suggestions for an alternative - this is just an opportunity. I have six cookers in rotation - all Man makes Fire except for a Blackstone.)

[Attjack]

I bought one from Craigslist that had been used 3 times for $100. I put grillgrates on it. Yes, it can sear.

[Jerod Broussard]

If you aint upside down grillgraten on a gass grill you aint

[glitchy]

My experience was that it topped out about 450-500 and would take quite a while to get a good sear on a steak. I wanted hotter for reverse searing steaks after smoking on pellet grills, so sold it pretty quick. Maybe something was wrong with the one I had, I bought it cheap during fall clearances, so rather than hassle with it, I sold it the next spring and got my money back.

Attjack ‘s post showed up after I clicked save, so I’ll add I never tried GrillGrates on the one I had, That would obviously make a difference on this grill.

[JGo37]

Lipstick on a pig? It probably helps, but maybe a cost I don't want to add.

[glitchy]

JGo37 I totally agree, I want a cooker than can sear without them, if I choose to use them for other reasons, fine, but don’t want to be forced to use them.

[BBQPhil]

Not in my experience.

[Attjack]

Do you use Grillgrates?

[Attjack]

I should say say that I've never used mine to sear steaks. I use my sear burner or charcoal. If my Spirit wasn't at the cabin I would go test it. My guess is with Grillgrates and 15 minutes it'll get between 600 and 700 degrees at the surface of the aluminum.

[Grillin Dad]

My brother in law has that grill and I tried making steaks on it last season. To Andrade your question, no, it doesn't get hot enough on its own for a proper sear. But he didn't have grill grates, which could make a big difference

[DrJimmy2112]

My old Weber gasser with GrillGrates seems to sear pretty well, I just have to get it up to Warp 10 as Meathead says.

[Smoked Transistors]

I have that Weber E210 Gasser, last evening i used my grill grates to sear off a small Tri Tip roast. Without the grill grates, no way. Its a good grill for quick burgers or hot dogs, but gutless as far as high BTU.

[Attjack]

Any reason you didn't use the flat side for the sear? I find that gets me the best results. The hatch marks do look good though.

[Smoked Transistors]

I reversed seared this tri tip, so i did not even have the burner running on the flat side. I warmed up the tri tip to 115, then dropped it over on the ribbed side that was at about 400 degrees till the meat was at 130 ish

[Sharhamm]

Was watching a you tube video the other day. Not sure which one. Maybe Sam the Cooking Guy? I believe that he said when using a gas grill to sear something do not close the cover or it won't form a crust. My grill is put away for the winter or I would have tried it. If anyone does try it and it works please ket me know.

[glitchy]

If it was Sam, he cooks on a different class of equipment most of us will never have. He has two $5000 grills in the small space he films in with that gasser and EVO. I would hope that the BTUs are much higher and the burners something more special. Most gas grills, especially these little 2 burner Spirits, don’t keep enough heat with the lid open. I do buy into the theory though, especially when you want to sear with minimal additional cooking past the surface of the steak.