Smokinbutts
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- RT-1250
Just a note on people wanting to seal the lids on the recteq. Purchased the lava lock self stick seal, cleaned the grill lid and the lava lock didn’t stick at all, complete junk. Ordered the fire black and put it on today. After cleaning the lid again for another 30 min I had a much better outcome. Had a London broil marinating for a few days and threw it on the 1250 tonight. I run a heavy D smoke diffuser in place of the cast iron stock diffuser. The heavy D produces a lot of smoke and it usually billows out all around the lid. After sealing the lid 90% of the smoke came out of the stack, major improvement! Did a reverse sear on the London broil, smoked till 90 degrees internal temp pulled it, cranked it up to 600 , then pulled it at 135. Let it rest and it came out awesome. Light smoke taste and tender as hell. I’m a believer in the lid seal. If your thinking of doing it take the time to clean the inside edge of the lid. I used a scotch brite pad with isopropyl alcohol, wiped it off and repeated a few times.