Slow 'N Sear® Deluxe Kamado

I've been using the original Slow 'N Sear, along with the Drip 'N Griddle and Easy Spin grate in my kettle for years, and the flexibility and convenience of the SNS made the kettle my preferred cooker - my offset smoker has been neglected for the most part! The Slow 'N Sear Deluxe Kamado takes grilling and smoking to a whole new level! The temperature stability is amazing, and the number of ways you can set things up makes for a great new experience! I can go traditional Kamado mode, using the full cooking grate, or setup with the SNS for smoking or searing, and cook at up to 3 levels if I build a fire in the bottom, and use the charcoal grate, main grate and elevated grate. Simply AMAZING! I am afraid my kettle is going to get lonely now that the SNS Deluxe Kamado is my new favorite outdoor cooker!

I’ve only had the SnS Kamado for a couple of weeks but I’m really enjoying cooking on it. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars was because of a minor fit and finish issue. Due the bottom of the ceramic fire bowl not being true and level, it doesn’t allow the grate ring to seat properly in the ledge therefore when the slow n sear is in place the grate isn’t level and kind of hokey. I know grill is a great value for what you get but still for this kind of money I would hope everything fit together properly.

Having used the slow n sear in my Weber kettle for a few years,I knew the value of coupling the slow n sear with a kamado had to be a great combination. I live where it gets moderately cold from winter through early spring. The kamado has extended my grilling season to year round. The quality of build is great.

I’ve been looking at these for several months and finally ordered it. I’ve done a couple of cooks with and very pleases with the outcome. I got it setup just in time for Christmas. I smoked a large butt roast and divided it between two of my elderly neighbors. They were pleasantly surprised!

I've been researching what my next grill would be for the last 9 months or so. My earlier instincts led me to the Weber Summit Charcoal or a Kamado Joe but eventually decided that I might just buy a SNS insert for older kettle style grill. That is until I stumbled upon SNS's version of the Kamdo which offered great value compared to the two Kamado products I had been considering. I finally bit the bullet on the Cyber Monday sale and have not been disappointed with the few cooks I've completed thus far. The grill feels like everything is very high quality and assembly was painless. The SNS Kamado feels like a no brainer compared to a KJ or BGE with the larger cook surface, included accessories and the purported higher-grade ceramics. Only time will tell but as of now I am very happy with my purchase and looking forward to many more cooks on my new grill. The only area of potential improvement that I'd recommend at this time would be the manual. It feels like a lot of instructions from the SNS insert have been recycled and the pages of the manual were out of order and I think one or two pages may have been missing. I'd recommend the SNS team invest some time in developing more material specific to operating their Kamado. 5 stars and highly recommend to any considering purchasing this grill!