Dry brined steaks overnight with brisket rub. Smoked with Fogo + oak at 250f until internal temp hit 110f. Got the Joe to 750f for the sear, about 30-45 seconds per side. Rested the steaks with my compound butter. Great results! Amazing sear and wall to wall med rare.
One thing to note, you really need to let the soapstone sit for a while after you crank the heat. My previous soapstone attempts, I only waited 10 minuts or so after opening the vents and it was not hot enough. This time I gave it 15-20 minutes and the results were way better.
by Ne0TheOne
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Not sure how you set up for the reverse sear, but I always use the soapstone as a heat deflector for that stage to pre-heat it. When you’re at internal temp, take the steak off to rest and crank the temps. When the rest is done and you’re ready to sear, the stone will have come up to temp.
What did you do to get it that high that quickly after the initial cook temps? My issue has been even using the soapstone as a deflector and opening everything up I’m still barely breaking 450ish on the grill and 500 on the stone (IR temp on stone), and even this I can’t reliably reproduce