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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Gas Grills => Topic started by: BobDE on July 25, 2021, 06:34:27 AM

Title: First Steaks on the Napoleon
Post by: BobDE on July 25, 2021, 06:34:27 AM
So I got to try out the "Sizzle Zone" on the Napoleon. My steak was perfect! Charred hard on the outside and rare in the middle. And Margo had hers what I like to call "twice killed"! Brown through and through! We both had blue cheese and onions on the top.
We are both reducing carbs, so we had cucumbers on the side. I had a couple of slices of grilled tomatoes and she had a salad.
I love this grill!

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Title: Re: First Steaks on the Napoleon
Post by: CDN Smoker on July 25, 2021, 07:05:49 AM
Have a similar unit. Still not good at using the Sizzle Zone. 
Title: Re: First Steaks on the Napoleon
Post by: BobDE on July 25, 2021, 07:08:46 AM
Have a similar unit. Still not good at using the Sizzle Zone.

Are you using the higher position for the grate?

This is my favorite thing about this grill. Before this I had no way to get that kind of heat for the sear that I wanted.
Title: Re: First Steaks on the Napoleon
Post by: Jaxon on July 25, 2021, 08:58:17 PM
Looks like you're gonna be happy for a long time with that grill.  I know you're wife will be happ, too.
Title: Re: First Steaks on the Napoleon
Post by: CDN Smoker on July 26, 2021, 12:58:10 AM
Have a similar unit. Still not good at using the Sizzle Zone.

Are you using the higher position for the grate?

This is my favorite thing about this grill. Before this I had no way to get that kind of heat for the sear that I wanted.

I'll look into that, thanks
Title: Re: First Steaks on the Napoleon
Post by: BobDE on July 26, 2021, 07:05:30 AM
Looks like you're gonna be happy for a long time with that grill.  I know you're wife will be happ, too.

It makes it easier to cook 2 different kinds of steaks. She was very happy with hers!
Title: Re: First Steaks on the Napoleon
Post by: Lines on July 26, 2021, 08:40:34 AM
Looks great BobDe. My wife and I are flip-flop of you and yours, She likes hers charred lighlty and rare in the center. I'm a medium well person.
Title: Re: First Steaks on the Napoleon
Post by: bamabob on July 26, 2021, 09:07:44 AM
Perfect steak.  Looks like the grill has a smoker box.  Do you add some wood chips when doing steaks?  Curious if you can do a low heat smoke to start and then move to the sizzle zone for a reverse sear?
Title: Re: First Steaks on the Napoleon
Post by: CDN Smoker on July 27, 2021, 05:33:00 AM
Have a similar unit. Still not good at using the Sizzle Zone.

Are you using the higher position for the grate?

This is my favorite thing about this grill. Before this I had no way to get that kind of heat for the sear that I wanted.

I'll look into that, thanks

Now I feel like an idiot,  ::)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8EsfHgwEfA
Title: Re: First Steaks on the Napoleon
Post by: BobDE on July 27, 2021, 06:00:55 AM
Looks great BobDe. My wife and I are flip-flop of you and yours, She likes hers charred lighlty and rare in the center. I'm a medium well person.

And that is why they make 37 flavors of ice cream! LOL
Title: Re: First Steaks on the Napoleon
Post by: BobDE on July 27, 2021, 06:08:20 AM
Perfect steak.  Looks like the grill has a smoker box.  Do you add some wood chips when doing steaks?  Curious if you can do a low heat smoke to start and then move to the sizzle zone for a reverse sear?

Thanks bamabob. It was as good as any steak that I have ever had anywhere!

This grill does not have a smoker box. However you can just throw some chips on the GrillGrates. I am thinking about getting the smoker box that sits just under the grates.

On my previous grill I cooked my steak on the indirect side and then raised the heat and finished on the flat side of the grates. I will try to use that technique on my next cook, with the exception of finishing on the Sizzle Zone.
Title: Re: First Steaks on the Napoleon
Post by: BobDE on July 27, 2021, 06:11:14 AM
Now I feel like an idiot,  ::)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8EsfHgwEfA
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As a senior citizen that happens to me sometimes! LOL