T-bone steaks cooked using a Smokeware Raiser (with pics)

Stormbringer

I picked up a Smokeware Raiser when we were in Portland. It's a neat piece of kit, allowing you to raise the cooking level close to the felt line. In addition, if you have a large pizza stone such at the BGE one, you can place it on the supports for indirect cooking.

I tried out the raised direct cooking last night for the first with a couple of T-bone steaks, very happy with not only the result but also the cooking technique. I didn't need to delve down inside the Egg to flip the steaks, it was easier to do. This resulted in a much more even cross hatch pattern that I have been able to achieve previously. And it tasted great.

So overall very happy with the purchase. For UK people, I believe that BBQ and Smoke will be getting these in soon.

Raiser in place, a pizza stone would be place on the three lower supports for indirect cooking:


The CI grid is now at the felt line:


Two T-bone steaks ready to rock:


Cooking nicely, notice the cross-hatch pattern, when cooking direct lower down the angle of approach has made getting that more difficult:


Plated and ready to eat:

SmokeyPitt

That is a picture perfect steak!

I notice you didn't season the filet side. Do you just prefer the taste of the meat unadorned? Any salt in that side? 

Foghorn

SmokeyPitt said:

That is a picture perfect steak!

I notice you didn't season the filet side. Do you just prefer the taste of the meat unadorned? Any salt in that side? 

That's my first question.

My second question is - would this work with a platesetter?

Most importantly, great cook.

Stormbringer

@SmokeyPitt / @Foghorn I didn't add salt to the fillet until eating. In hindsight it could have done with a little salt during the cook. But still, it was mighty tasty.

Good question on the platesetter, answer is yes, I tried it:




It also occurred to me that as the BGE pizza stone can be put on the supports to simulate a platesetter, upside down the thing could be used to raise the pizza stone into the dome a little bit:





Personally I will still use fire bricks because they get it higher into the dome than this. But heck, it's an option. This is quite a versatile piece of kit.

ryantt

It doesn't work with the P.S. @Foghorn, in terms of supporting it.   But I put in my ps then the raiser then my pizza stone for getting my pies up in the dome.  

Foghorn

OK.  I still need some clarification.  In the pics it doesn't seem to raise the grid any/much more than just the platesetter by itself.  

When placed above the grid, it does seem to get the pizza stone well into the dome.  

Is that correct @ryantt and @Stormbringer?

Stormbringer

Foghorn said:

OK.  I still need some clarification.  In the pics it doesn't seem to raise the grid any/much more than just the platesetter by itself.  

When placed above the grid, it does seem to get the pizza stone well into the dome.  

Is that correct @ryantt and @Stormbringer?

With the raiser sitting on the P.S. it lifts the grid 1 inch closer to the felt compared to just sitting on the P.S. 

Hans61

That's a nice set up for pizza steak looked great too!

northGAcock

You no, you say T-bone or Porterhouse......it always gets my attention. Very nice steak.