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Hot Coals: A User's Guide to Mastering Your Kamado Grill
Hot Coals

By Jeroen Hazebroek and Leonard Elenbaas

Published 2015

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To show how this technique works, let’s take a large piece of beef as as an example. The cast-iron grid in this technique is important because we want to grill on medium heat.
  • Fire up the kamado with a cast-iron grid in place to 425°F (220°C). Create a single hot spot in the middle of the fire box (in a Primo Oval, directly under the half grid).
  • Make sure the grid is hot and grill a nice crust on your steak with the vents in the same position as for other grill techniques. Take the meat out of the kamado. Don’t worry if it cools off a little.
  • Remove the cast-iron grid from the kamado. Make sure to have a place where you can put this without making burn marks.
  • Install the heat shield and a drip pan in the kamado with a standard grid. Preferably put sand or salt in the drip pan instead of water. More moisture would prevent a good crust on the meat.
  • Put the meat back on the standard grid. Close the vents to almost closed at the top vent and one finger width on the bottom vent. This is to reduce the airflow as much as possible. It can take a while before the temperature drops. Aim for 250 to 280°F (120 to 140°C); that should be doable.
  • Use a food thermometer to determine the final internal temperature at which to remove the meat, depending on the recipe and your own preference.
  • Because the final cooking is at a relatively low dome temperature, there’s no real need to let the meat rest long.

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