I used Pecan chips on this cook. I am going to dutch a pot roast in a few minutes and am going to use hickory.

I have noticed that cooking dutch in the egg w/o a lid on the oven I have to be more careful about the liquid content.

This stew was great tasting but I do like a little more liquid in the stew. It is an easy correction to make.

Tomorrow some on coal searing. The on coal searing really works well.

The coal temp is about 900° to 1150° and the dome is only about 450°

I did a larger tritip two nights ago for 90 seconds first side and 2 minutes 2nd side and got a great sear. Just a short amount of time on the grid and a great med rare cook.

I put some cherry wood chips on the outside area of where I was searing.

Direct coal searing is kind of fun too. People look like what in the heck are you doing. But they sure want more done the same way the second time through.