Hogsfan Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 I used the charcoal basket splitter for the first time and it worked like a charm!
MacKenzie Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 Hogsfan, wow, those are some ribeyes, and that looks like the perfect cook.:): 1
tony b Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 Isn't that basket splitter amazing for doing hot/fast sears on steaks! Lovely looking plate there, hogsfan!
Hogsfan Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Posted October 2, 2015 Hogsfan, wow, those are some ribeyes, and that looks like the perfect cook. :): That means a LOT coming from you. lol
Hogsfan Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Posted October 2, 2015 Isn't that basket splitter amazing for doing hot/fast sears on steaks! Lovely looking plate there, hogsfan! It worked really well. I am a little confused though because I seem to have an extra half moon and I'm not sure what it's for.
ckreef Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 Nice ribeye sear. I see you now have your side shelves. Glad to see those catch up with the KK. I don't have a basket splitter but I believe there is basically 2 parts. One piece to split the firebox in half and one piece to block the air from going up the unused side. Are you saying you have a third piece? Hopefully somebody who has the basket splitter can chime in. 1
Hogsfan Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Posted October 2, 2015 Yeah, there are 2 half moon pieces made out of wire metal. I think they are probably to raise the charcoal higher in the bowl, but I'm not sure why there are two of them.
Poochie Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 Nice looking steaks. I'll bet they were delicious!
tomahawk66 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 Loving that steakhouse char!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Hogsfan Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Posted October 2, 2015 Do you have all these pieces?Screenshot_2015-10-02-06-12-15.png Yes.
Hogsfan Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Posted October 2, 2015 Do you have other pieces? No. Just those. Just in case this is clearly obvious to everyone but me, I'll tell you what I did. I put the center vertical divider in, I used the solid stainless half moon to block airflow on the non-charcoal side and I put one of the half moon wire grates on the other side to raise the charcoal. closer to the meat. Clearly I'm (mentally...not literally) missing something because there is an extra piece (the other half of the wire half moon) that I don't know what to do with. I'm clearly not connecting the dots on this. Can someone help me out? Thanks in advance.
MacKenzie Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 A wild guess on my part since these two wire pieces do not come with the fire basket divider but do these two pieces go together to make a third grill level just above the fire basket, one where you cook indirect and the other direct? In this scenario the solid half moon would not be used.
tinyfish Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 I would go with MacKenzie those two grills sit on top of the charcoal basket for cooking on.
tony b Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 A wild guess on my part since these two wire pieces do not come with the fire basket divider but do these two pieces go together to make a third grill level just above the fire basket, one where you cook indirect and the other direct? In this scenario the solid half moon would not be used. I would go with MacKenzie those two grills sit on top of the charcoal basket for cooking on. Nope. It's a third option for using the basket splitter - you can split the entire basket horizontally (don't use the blocking plate or vertical divider), giving you heat for the whole grill area, but only using half a basket of charcoal, but raising it up higher to be closer to the sear grate. This if for those times where you want to sear a bunch of steaks, but don't want to blow through a full basket of charcoal to do it. I've never used mine, since I've never had to cook more that 3 or 4 steaks at once, which all fit on the half side option.
GoFrogs91 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 Man those ribeyes look good. Nice job Benton
Hogsfan Posted October 3, 2015 Author Report Posted October 3, 2015 Nope. It's a third option for using the basket splitter - you can split the entire basket horizontally (don't use the blocking plate or vertical divider), giving you heat for the whole grill area, but only using half a basket of charcoal, but raising it up higher to be closer to the sear grate. This if for those times where you want to sear a bunch of steaks, but don't want to blow through a full basket of charcoal to do it. I've never used mine, since I've never had to cook more that 3 or 4 steaks at once, which all fit on the half side option. Thanks Tony. That makes sense.
