« Reply #22 on: September 16, 2018, 03:19:25 PM »
I'm afraid, comparing sns or vortex with this solution is like comparing apples and pears. At some point you might be however right. Both, sns and vortex, have cheaper substitutes but still, sns and vortex brought some new style of cooking. The thing from the vid is unfortunately not revolutionary.
I think this is as or more different from 2 zone styles, plus adds a larger indirect zone than vortex and sns are from stock baskets. I don’t really think vortex or sns brought new styles of cooking, maybe popularized them, but they don’t do anything revolutionary.
I have both vortex and sns, and use them often, but they don’t do anything that I can’t do with baskets. Maybe slightly better wok burner and searing with the vortex cone and larger capacity than a single stock basket with the sns.
Definitely (might be personal), sns and vortex brought a new style of cooking. Before they've been brought to the market, you had 2 zones and people trying to find out how to cook hot and fast or low and slow. Now everybody is saying that it's not an issue to replace sns or vortex... The thing from the vid is however literally 2 zones cooking as Weber invented it in the 50's... So I'm not going to pay a penny for what my kettle can do without any extras...
If you put the other half kettle deflector stone on it isn’t two zone cooking any more, it covers the whole top with a small gap around the edge of the bowl for smoke and heat to come up. It’s a huge deflectorover which you can cook similar to what you can do on a Kamado. That, I haven’t seen a product like it for a Weber kettle. I respectfully disagree that the SnS brought a more revolutionary way to cook than this product for a kettle. The SnS is just a glorified large charcoal basket and people have been doing similar things with fire bricks for years. I’m not saying that if someone likes the build quality or sleekness of the SNS they shouldn’t buy it, I just don’t think it does anything revolutionary. With a vortex, it’s debatable if the same effect is achieved with a couple of charcoal baskets put together. Nothing against the vortex, but not exactly revolutionary in my book either. I get being frugal and there’s something definitely to that, for some people, the cost of one of these accessories is less than the cost of a meal and drinks out with their wife. If you look at it that way for something that you get to enjoy for years, or excitement for a while and then decide if it’s for you, it may not be such a big deal. I’m looking forward like I said to placing both of the deflector plates in and seeing how it goes for a low and slow long cook. I also really like the grates. They are heavy and thick stainless.
Sent from my iPad using
Weber Kettle Club mobile app
« Last Edit: September 16, 2018, 03:22:35 PM by captjoe06 »
Logged
Smokey Joe Black, Smokey Joe Lime Green, Original Kettle Premium Black,'92 Red OTS, Yellow Simpson's 22, 78 Red MBH, '80 Black MBH, '10 Brick Red Performer,'12 Grass Green Performer, '03 Blue SSP, '97 Blue SSP, 18 inch WSM
Topic: Did a demo of the Kettle Zone Cooking System (Read 2387 times)