Bro and sear

[Cobblerdave]

Gday
I first made a bro and sear the home made slow and sear in 2020. I gave it to my nephew last year. I kept the kettle and missed the bro and sear. The first one I had a S/Steel tray that went along the side. The secound bro and sear I didn’t bother with the water shield but just use a baking dish full of water as a moderator. I do need a bit of a grate under the charcoal to stop any little bits dropping through. The bro and sear works well keeps a consistent temp over 6 plus hours and is easy to refill. Unlike the snake method there’s no moving the meat away from burning part of the snake or the top vent away from the burning front either. Less checking on things so less temperature spikes and when you do you don’t touch the vents either just trust it to drop back to its settings.
They are worthwhile making and once you’ve used one you’ll probably find a proper slow and sear with its stainless conduction an an attractive buy.
Regards Dave

[Smokey]

Looks a good product and no doubt works.
Somewhere along the line I must have got so lazy with my kettle that all I was doing was dumping half a bag of lump or briquets up against one side (No baskets) and a water pan on the other. Lid vent over the water and start up a few coals.

[dodster]

Gday
I first made a bro and sear the home made slow and sear in 2020. I gave it to my nephew last year. I kept the kettle and missed the bro and sear. The first one I had a S/Steel tray that went along the side. The secound bro and sear I didn’t bother with the water shield but just use a baking dish full of water as a moderator. I do need a bit of a grate under the charcoal to stop any little bits dropping through. The bro and sear works well keeps a consistent temp over 6 plus hours and is easy to refill. Unlike the snake method there’s no moving the meat away from burning part of the snake or the top vent away from the burning front either. Less checking on things so less temperature spikes and when you do you don’t touch the vents either just trust it to drop back to its settings.
They are worthwhile making and once you’ve used one you’ll probably find a proper slow and sear with its stainless conduction an an attractive buy.
Regards Dave

Sounds like your homemade Slow and Sear worked a treat! 6+ hours of consistent temps without all the vent fiddling sounds perfect. I get why you'd miss it after giving it to your nephew. The water dish trick is clever too. And yeah, a grate to catch the charcoal bits is a solid idea. Once you’ve used something that good, I can see why a proper Slow and Sear would be hard to pass up. Thanks for sharing, mate!

[Davo]

I bought a SnS basket a couple of years ago now from BBQ Spit rotisseries in Sydney and I love it, I rarely use the Weber baskets anymore as the SNS holds around twice the amount of coals both Weber baskets put together and for low n slow, just leave a gap at one end for the lit coals and it'll slowly work across the basket. I've done beef short ribs, pork ribs with it and it gives me pretty much an 8 hour plus burn and the little removable water container which isn't so little actually when you see how much water it actually takes. It really keeps the kettle nice and steady on around 250F. It won't probably go as low as a WSM due to the size of the cooking chamber.

It's a really sturdy gauge of Stainless steel too, so much more sturdy than the Weber baskets with no clip joints on the ends that can come adrift.

Cost me about $160 but I think when all things considered, the quality of the product is really good value.

I use it all the time now when I'm not using the Kettle Kone, another great accessory.

Davo