- May 19, 2021
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New to the pellet world. Do I need to get sear plates or do they really only give me the grate marks I used to get from my gas grill?
I think Zwiller meant to add a sear burner to your Traeger (standalone or rigged to the side)...so you smoke with pellets, then sear with the burner, or vice versa.The new Traeger replaced the old 15+ year gas grill so no way to add a sear burner to it...
For cheap AND easy, some folks adapt a small 12" grate to the top of their chimney-style charcoal starters (a "Vortex" type of conical section can prove useful in the mounting) and final sear there. If a "chimney" is how BigFurMN gets his Weber going, he's doing this step already.I just keep the Weber kettle for this...I'm cheap.
ok of all these the torch is the most fun and the best for a sear.I usually use the gasser, CI pan or torch when searing is needed.
I'm not familiar with sear plates, but for cooking steaks/burgers on my Camp Chef 24" Woodwind Wi Fi I use GrillGrates. They substantially increase the surface cooking temperature; and leave excellent grate marks. That company's Web site is grillgrate.com