Vortex - Medium Size

Vortex - MEDIUM Enhance your charcoal cooking experience. Take control of your fire by redirecting the flow of heat in your pit. Whether you're looking for the perfect searing zone, or a true indirect heat flow across your kettle or ceramic grill. Works with Lump Charcoal or Briquettes. USE THE VORTEX FOR:  INDIRECT Low & Slow Cooking/Smoking The Vortex can redirect the flow of heat up and around the meat which can turn your kettle into a true indirect ‘smoker’. INDIRECT-DIRECT High Heat Indirect Cooking It all started in an effort to get ‘fried-like’ skin on my chicken wings on the grill. DIRECT High Heat Searing This is your searing option. Picture the back of a jet engine where the fire is shooting out of the exhaust cones. This is what you will get that intense sear from. INFRARED Radiant Heat Due to the grate-to-lid height on a kettle, making an upright (or ‘beer can’) chicken can be difficult to cook in an 18.5” or 22.5” kettle. WHICH SIZE? Using the table below, you can find the right size Vortex that is perfect for your grill. Fitment Small Medium Large* Kettle 18.5"  Yes  Yes  No Kettle 22.5"  Yes  Yes  No Kettle 26.75"  Yes  Yes  No BGE Large  Yes  No  No BGE XLarge  Yes  Yes  Yes Kamado Joe  Yes  No  No UDS  Yes  Yes  Yes  Red indicates an ideal fit * A large Vortex will not fit between grates in Kettles 18.5" through 26.75"