Char and sear, same thing. Point is, I want flare-ups on a part of my grill. After I use flame to get my char, sear, whatever YOU want to call it, I move my meat to indirect heat to finish. GrillGrates removes my option for open flame. Not good.
I’m late to the party. But smoke low n slow followed by reverse sear. That equals flavor! 1 lb strip steak took 40 to smoke to 115, 20 to heat the charcoal and another 3 minutes total sear to 132
