tenspeed
Executive Chef
I'm looking at ways to smoke 2 racks of ribs on my Weber kettle with the Slow N Sear. The Slow N Sear takes up a little less than half of the kettle, and smoking is done on the remaining cooler side of the kettle. My options are a rib rack, where the rack of ribs stands on end in the rack, and an elevated half moon grate, which is about 3 inches above the main grate.
I'm gathering that when using a rib rack the ribs need to be rotated and flipped occasionally to ensure even cooking. When I open the lid of the kettle with the Slow N Sear, the temperature will jump 30 degrees or more, and will take about 20 minutes or more to settle back down, so I don't want to open the lid any more than I absolutely have to.
I'm guessing the elevated grate will be pretty close to the temperature of the main grate, so I probably won't need to swap the ribs between grates. If I do, I'm guessing not more than once. I've seen elevated grates for various Kamado type grills, so I'm assuming that performance would be similar.
Does anyone have experience with these?
I'm gathering that when using a rib rack the ribs need to be rotated and flipped occasionally to ensure even cooking. When I open the lid of the kettle with the Slow N Sear, the temperature will jump 30 degrees or more, and will take about 20 minutes or more to settle back down, so I don't want to open the lid any more than I absolutely have to.
I'm guessing the elevated grate will be pretty close to the temperature of the main grate, so I probably won't need to swap the ribs between grates. If I do, I'm guessing not more than once. I've seen elevated grates for various Kamado type grills, so I'm assuming that performance would be similar.
Does anyone have experience with these?