Trying to get used to the Weber ep-425 Spirit cooking having issues getting food cooked correctly from older charbroil

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We purchased an E-425 4-burner Spirit, trying to cook our meal for the night is as follows; one night will be;

• Chicken breast
• Chicken wings
• Pork chops
• Salmon fish
• steak

We do have a thermometer to measure the cooking temperature.
When we cook, we do not use all four burners. We use mostly the two main burners, not on Sear, but on high and then sear, as I am learning the new technolgy for me. we cook all year round in the North East region from winter to summer and back to winter

Any tips and advice

I am researching the sear how to and when to use it, I simply want to cook our chicken wings, pork chops that will get color, and not be overburnt or dried out, I understand it takes a few BBQ's to get used to how to cook, sounds like the most common issues we all have when starting out, for me that is. I thank you all in advance.

My first official post,

thank you. Regards FISH

 

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Updated some info on my Research:

Use two of the four Burners, Preheat to about 450, turn down about half the burners, Place wings on and close the lid, at 5-minute intervals, open and turn the wings, 6 times, 30 minutes. remove when cooked to your liking, info I found on a Genesus grill no sear.

Update : two sets of wings. the first set we pre-heated for ten minutes, then turned the burners two down to say 40% temp was like 400 degrees. put the wings on. closed the lid at , returned 5 min, open and fliped repeated 6 times. 30 minutes in I had to raise the burners to high, not Sear and ten or more minute the wings were about done, 5 more minutes it would have been okay. the 2nd set was about done 30 minutes later.

I will try the next time at high and see how they come out later, 40 minutes would cook them, I am like wanting to do briquettes as htey get way more coloring on the charbriol BBQ

 

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Tonight was Pork chops, thin, 155-160 20 minutes turned every 7 minutes. read 180ish color was spot on. and EP-425 modified with Briquettes

Regards FISH

 

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Had Fish, Pork chop and wings

wings were oily, guess I needed anoter five minutes cooking Lol

 

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Hot-dogs cooked, not hard t oget then to grill, all about gettingused to this grill

 

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threw some burger patties. they cooked goo this time so like said tome to get used to FISH