Slow 'N Sear® Travel Kettle Grill

Its a high quality excellent grill. Has features other big brands dont have like a large ash blade and a port hole for a temp probe, heat shield for the lid handle and a plastic handle on the lid vent ferris wheel. Did I mention it comes with an excellent temp gauge on the lid? It doesn’t stop there. Comes with quality built grill grate that freely spins to move your protein from hot and fast to slow and sear. Grate is hinged to let you add more fuel if needed. And for good measure it offers a slow and sear charcoal tray. I love it. BUT!! They can improve in one area. Hardware to put it together and instructions are very clear. Everything went smooth till i got to the kettle legs. Trying to hold the leg brace, nut and bolt was extremely cumbersome. The nut should be fixed to the chasis for ease of inserting the bolt. SnS fixes that, it would be a perfect grill. Its still very close. Definitely a great buy.

This grill is top quality. It cooks really well and will last you many years. It is quite expensive but the included charcoal basket and stainless steel hinged grate make it worth it. Regarding the size it is a bit small for regular use if you are using two zones. Its better for travel or if you only grill small amounts of food.

Awesome little grill that really punches above its weight class. There are a lot of great features packed into this guy. The way the handle locks and then turns into the lid holder, The smoke hole and the included charcoal basket are very convenient. We use this while at home, traveling and camping. It’s the perfect size to feed multiple people while still being able to transport easy.

I love this grill, but the thermometer in the lid is a joke. I’m not sure how the whole grill could be so great and yet the thermometer work so poorly.

While the balance of features on this kettle are superior to other options at this size, I think the execution suffers from poor workmanship in some areas (see photo and videos): 1. The assembly instructions are not great - you get a big, exploded view of the whole thing and some of it is less than clear - however there is a great video tutorial done by SnS on YouTube. Therefore, this one isn't that big a deal. Certain steps are challenging without an extra pair of hands, but it's perfectly doable in under an hour by one person. 2. The cooking grate does not fit well into its groove in the kettle; if I slide the grate snug against one side of the kettle lip, there's about a 3/8" gap on the other side. The larger circumference of the seat allows the grate to rock back and forth very slightly. While there isn't enough room for the grate to tip off kilter very far, it does feel unstable. It is able to spin freely as promised, so maybe this is a feature rather than a bug, but a slightly tighter tolerance for that groove that eliminates the ability for the grate to move off its axis at all would make it feel less janky. 3. The large smoke port is a great idea, but the flap that's supposed to close/open the port is far too convex, meaning the port is essentially wide open and drawing air even with the flap set to closed. The smaller temperature probe port, the top vent closure, and the bottom starfish ash cleaner don't share this issue. The attached screenshot shows a side view of the vent flap in the fully closed position - we're able to see right into the kettle with a large gap and light coming through. All in all, I think this will be a great grill and a big quality of life improvement over what I've been using. Really, the only item above that will affect performance is the open smoke port, so I'm hoping a new one sent by SnS can tighten that up. Follow-up: the grill performed well in my first cook. Customer service, however, never responded to a request to send a new smoke port cover so I can get that hole sealed. People need to know they're on their own if things show up not fitting well, and it's a lot of money to pay to end up with janky parts.