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**SussexGriller** · July 16, 2021, 03:58 AM

Here is how one of the Hawksmoor guys does prime rib of beef (35 days dry aged.)

The resting seems primarily to be used to allow the steak to get from 50 degrees C to 58-60 C.

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**Polarbear777** · July 16, 2021, 04:58 AM

They will all work for heat/conduction. Main concern is how you want to manage grease and runoff.

**RonB** · July 16, 2021, 06:21 AM

On the steak - first, do you know what you want your final temp to be (hint- do you have a good thermometer?)?

Second - there are two camps here - front sear or reverse sear. I am firmly in the front sear camp, so I'll discuss why I prefer that method. I hope someone in the reverse sear will do the same, or you can read Meathead's take on reverse sear on the free side.

OK - we are talking steaks over 1" thick and preferably at least 1.5" thick. Hot and fast gives better results for thinner steaks.

To get a nice sear I flip every 30 seconds, (imperial - not metric

). That allows the hot side to cool a bit and slows cooking. Make sure the steak is dry on the surface at least to start, and blotting the moisture just before flipping helps a bit. If ya want the least grey banding possible, you can rest the meat off the heat for 30 seconds to one minute before flipping back to the first side seared. So that's sear, flip, rest, flip, sear and repeat until the desired sear is achieved.

Next, move to the indirect side and use a leave in probe to monitor internal temp and pull at your desired finished temp,(if you don't rest your steaks). If you do like to rest your steaks, you want to pull a bit early to account for carryover cooking.

Buy using a front sear, it's easier to hit your desired final temp because the temp rises slower during the indirect part of the cook and you can pull the steak when you want to. If using a reverse sear and you misjudge the timing, you either wind up with less of a sear than desired, or an over cooked steak.

The reverse sear crowd will disagree, so bring it on.

**SussexGriller** · July 16, 2021, 07:07 AM

Hi RonB, thanks! Yes, I do have a good thermometer, and as it happens I am currently trying to decide whether to front or reverse sear it! It's very thick (by my standards), and 35 days dry aged (salted it last night), so I am leaning towards the front sear method (I have never reverse-seared such a thick steak... I don't want to ruin it and I think I will take the temp control upside.) They guy from Hawksmoor seems to do a pretty good job, and the finishing temp in his BBQ is pretty high at 180C/335F. He pulls it at 48-50C and rests it to about 58-60C. I wonder if the higher temp of the BBQ gives the carry-over cooking that extra thermodynamic shove - the steak goes up a good 10C in 15 mins (also, he is still searing a little bit at that temp, and looking at the video, the time on the indirect portion seems to deepen the crust without darkening it. If that's possible.)

**GolfGeezer** · July 16, 2021, 07:30 AM

Consider buying a full set of GrillGrate for your Napoleon. It comes with 5 full panels and 1 "gap" panel. I have them for my Napoleon Prestige Pro 500. Advantage is you can use the flat side of the GGs as a griddle, great for searing. Create 2 zone cooking, one side for searing, one for indirect by leaving the gap panel out. Napoleon's grease management makes it easy to handle either grilling or griddling grease.

**RonB** · July 16, 2021, 08:37 AM

Meat on the grill cooks from the outside in. The higher the temp, the faster is cooks and the deeper the well done zone goes. Exactly how much difference it makes, I'm not sure because I haven't done any controlled experiments. However, I get the best results when I finish around 250° F. The steak below was pulled at 140° F. There is almost no grey band and the level of doneness is very even even though it was a little more than 1.5" thick.

I rest my case...

**SussexGriller** · July 16, 2021, 08:38 AM

Originally posted by GolfGeezer View Post

Consider buying a full set of GrillGrate for your Napoleon. It comes with 5 full panels and 1 "gap" panel. I have them for my Napoleon Prestige Pro 500. Advantage is you can use the flat side of the GGs as a griddle, great for searing. Create 2 zone cooking, one side for searing, one for indirect by leaving the gap panel out. Napoleon's grease management makes it easy to handle either grilling or griddling grease.

That's interesting, thanks. How did you find the 9.5mm SS grill before you went down that route? They are super-thick. I did sausages for the first time, and they got to temp (70C) quickly, with a few brown grate marks and otherwise quite pale. Nothing compared to my weber-charcoal routine (I guess this will take practice.)