Thanks for such a detailed video. You are the only reviewer that actually cooks and not only describes the grill features. For me that’s a very different and useful point of view that you provide tu us the final consumer. Really a pro grilling video. 👍🏼👍🏼
Yes, this was my concern, getting the sear burner for the 30 inch grill- takes up half the grill space if you don’t need it. I suppose you could get one and insert it when needed. . Unless you can cook the same as the regular Burner, then I’d rarely use the sear burner as nice as it is. Good to know some degree of sear is possible with the upper rotisserie burner.
Hey Great Video... I have a Hestan 42 with the infrared... I didnt know i could use the rotisserie for sear... my question is How many minutes do you sear on the bottom infrared?
Oh yeah. It’s one of the nice features with these grills. Space doesn’t seem to be an issue with a 42-inch though. Depends on what you’re searing but assuming you’re talking steaks…at least 1.5 minutes per side. For this video I went about 2 minutes per side. I don’t care for a heavy crust so I go on the shorter side. Let it go for 2 minutes and check it out. If it’s not where you want, keep it going a little longer til you find your sweet spot on time. - Sam
Anywhere from 1-1.5 minutes. Filet doesn’t need a long sear. If it’s a porterhouse, ribeye or strip I’m probably going 2 minutes or a tad longer since those are bigger and have more fat to render. - Sam
How would you compare this to the Wolf grills? I have 2 wolfs. 1 built in 60 and a 48 on a cart. We like to party. I love the look of the Heston but wondering if it’s worth upgrading. My wolfs are pretty damn good Thank you for the video
I wouldn’t put them in the same conversation. The BTU output from each burner is similar between them but that’s as much as I would really compare. The Hestan is going to be an upgrade at pretty much every feature you look at head to head. However, they don’t make a grill larger than 42 inches so that could be a downside if you need the cooking space. Wolf doesn’t make their own outdoor grills. Twin Eagles manufacturers their grills for them. Wolf is really just relying on their name from indoor appliances to capture sales for outdoor stuff since people with Wolf indoor appliances will be more apt to match indoor with outdoor brand. Really boils down to if you value the features of the Hestan or if they’re not things you view as helpful. That’s going to be your difference cooking on a Hestan versus a Wolf. Thanks for watching. Appreciate the question. - Sam
No, I haven't. The Hestan tray has less briquettes in it versus the other two brands you mentioned though. Are you trying to decide between one of those three brands? - Sam
Yes but you would want to purchase the grill with standard burners so you get a regular burner and briquette tray. If you purchase a model with the sear burner from the get go, you would need to purchase the briquette tray and regular burner to do what you’re asking. - Sam
I'm getting ready to finalize my selection of the Hestan, but I've been seeing reports of hot spots. Have you seen this? The "bread test" done by Amazing Ribs made it look pretty bad.
Check out my video doing a heat test using an Infrared Gun: ruclips.net/video/3UmX77nVH5I/видео.html if that doesn't answer your questions, let me know. - Sam
@@justgrillin Hi Sam, thanks for your reply. I had seen that video, and to be honest, am not entirely sure how to interpret the results. It looked relatively even to me, but I don't have a good frame of reference. I also suspect evenness varies with grill size, as the ratio of burners to grilling surface varies a lot. The 30" has only 2 burners, but the 42" has 4 -- so twice as many burners, but the grill is not even 50% longer!
@@Scott-rf5ux every grill is going to have hot spots. It really varies. The Hestan runs cooler in the rear compared to upfront and the middle. I think it has to do with the burner design. Whereas if you look at other commercial grills that use the U-shape burners, those tend to run hottest in the rear based on the burner design. To reiterate, no grill is 100% perfect and hot spots are just part of it. It’s really once you pick one and own it, you adjust your cooking to it. That might not be what you’re wanting to hear but that’s just my experience cooking with a lot of different grills from Alfresco to DCS to Hestan to TEC Grills. We’ve installed 30+ Hestan’s in the last year and haven’t heard complaints from anyone on the cooking performance. Biggest complaint is it’s a really long lead time on their products in our region. If you’re huge stickler for no hot spots, look up TEC Grills. American-made product in South Carolina. Uses infrared glass across cooking surface for as close to no hot spots as there can be and they are very well built grills. They aren’t as flashy as Hestan and others but they work well and last really long. They spend almost no money on marketing their product so they get forgotten about to an extent. - Sam
@@justgrillin Sam, thanks for your thoughtful reply -- it is much appreciated. I understand every grill will have hot spots, and as long as the Hestan isn't meaningfully worse than others in this regard, I'm sure I'll manage fine. I currently grill on a 15+ year old Viking, and I'm sure it has hot spots that I've adapted to over the years, and now I don't even notice. It is great to hear that your customers like their Hestans! I will check out TEC, but I suspect I will stick with the Hestan, as I really like a lot of their features. Thanks for your great videos and for taking time to engage here in the comments.
@@Scott-rf5ux you’re welcome. Just offering up an alternative based on your concerns. Appreciate you watching. I enjoy talking about this stuff so I’m glad you reached out. If you have further questions, just fire away. - Sam
I don’t know since I haven’t tested with that specific grill size. I would imagine you’d probably be in the mid 300s if not a little higher due to running 4 burners. - Sam
Thanks for such a detailed video. You are the only reviewer that actually cooks and not only describes the grill features. For me that’s a very different and useful point of view that you provide tu us the final consumer. Really a pro grilling video. 👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you. Glad you found it helpful. Appreciate you watching.
- Sam
Thank you. Getting 30 aspire and won’t do sear burner. Appreciate you doing this
This is on the main Hestan line. The Aspire line doesn’t have the angled rotisserie burner like the main Hestan line does.
- Sam
Yes, this was my concern, getting the sear burner for the 30 inch grill- takes up half the grill space if you don’t need it. I suppose you could get one and insert it when needed. . Unless you can cook the same as the regular Burner, then I’d rarely use the sear burner as nice as it is. Good to know some degree of sear is possible with the upper rotisserie burner.
Great video! very informative. Why give up all that standard burner space when you can now use the infrared on top instead.
Hey Great Video... I have a Hestan 42 with the infrared... I didnt know i could use the rotisserie for sear... my question is How many minutes do you sear on the bottom infrared?
Oh yeah. It’s one of the nice features with these grills. Space doesn’t seem to be an issue with a 42-inch though.
Depends on what you’re searing but assuming you’re talking steaks…at least 1.5 minutes per side. For this video I went about 2 minutes per side. I don’t care for a heavy crust so I go on the shorter side. Let it go for 2 minutes and check it out. If it’s not where you want, keep it going a little longer til you find your sweet spot on time.
- Sam
How long did you sear each side before bringing them to the trellisi side in this video? Thanks!
Anywhere from 1-1.5 minutes. Filet doesn’t need a long sear. If it’s a porterhouse, ribeye or strip I’m probably going 2 minutes or a tad longer since those are bigger and have more fat to render.
- Sam
How would you compare this to the Wolf grills? I have 2 wolfs. 1 built in 60 and a 48 on a cart. We like to party. I love the look of the Heston but wondering if it’s worth upgrading. My wolfs are pretty damn good Thank you for the video
I wouldn’t put them in the same conversation. The BTU output from each burner is similar between them but that’s as much as I would really compare.
The Hestan is going to be an upgrade at pretty much every feature you look at head to head. However, they don’t make a grill larger than 42 inches so that could be a downside if you need the cooking space.
Wolf doesn’t make their own outdoor grills. Twin Eagles manufacturers their grills for them. Wolf is really just relying on their name from indoor appliances to capture sales for outdoor stuff since people with Wolf indoor appliances will be more apt to match indoor with outdoor brand.
Really boils down to if you value the features of the Hestan or if they’re not things you view as helpful. That’s going to be your difference cooking on a Hestan versus a Wolf.
Thanks for watching. Appreciate the question.
- Sam
Have you found the ceramic briquettes on hestan to be prone to grease pooling/flare ups? Esp compared to alfresco or DCS 9?
No, I haven't. The Hestan tray has less briquettes in it versus the other two brands you mentioned though. Are you trying to decide between one of those three brands?
- Sam
Can you remove the searer and add the regular briquet burner?
Yes but you would want to purchase the grill with standard burners so you get a regular burner and briquette tray. If you purchase a model with the sear burner from the get go, you would need to purchase the briquette tray and regular burner to do what you’re asking.
- Sam
I'm getting ready to finalize my selection of the Hestan, but I've been seeing reports of hot spots. Have you seen this? The "bread test" done by Amazing Ribs made it look pretty bad.
Check out my video doing a heat test using an Infrared Gun: ruclips.net/video/3UmX77nVH5I/видео.html
if that doesn't answer your questions, let me know.
- Sam
@@justgrillin Hi Sam, thanks for your reply. I had seen that video, and to be honest, am not entirely sure how to interpret the results. It looked relatively even to me, but I don't have a good frame of reference. I also suspect evenness varies with grill size, as the ratio of burners to grilling surface varies a lot. The 30" has only 2 burners, but the 42" has 4 -- so twice as many burners, but the grill is not even 50% longer!
@@Scott-rf5ux every grill is going to have hot spots. It really varies. The Hestan runs cooler in the rear compared to upfront and the middle. I think it has to do with the burner design.
Whereas if you look at other commercial grills that use the U-shape burners, those tend to run hottest in the rear based on the burner design.
To reiterate, no grill is 100% perfect and hot spots are just part of it. It’s really once you pick one and own it, you adjust your cooking to it. That might not be what you’re wanting to hear but that’s just my experience cooking with a lot of different grills from Alfresco to DCS to Hestan to TEC Grills.
We’ve installed 30+ Hestan’s in the last year and haven’t heard complaints from anyone on the cooking performance. Biggest complaint is it’s a really long lead time on their products in our region.
If you’re huge stickler for no hot spots, look up TEC Grills. American-made product in South Carolina. Uses infrared glass across cooking surface for as close to no hot spots as there can be and they are very well built grills. They aren’t as flashy as Hestan and others but they work well and last really long. They spend almost no money on marketing their product so they get forgotten about to an extent.
- Sam
@@justgrillin Sam, thanks for your thoughtful reply -- it is much appreciated. I understand every grill will have hot spots, and as long as the Hestan isn't meaningfully worse than others in this regard, I'm sure I'll manage fine. I currently grill on a 15+ year old Viking, and I'm sure it has hot spots that I've adapted to over the years, and now I don't even notice. It is great to hear that your customers like their Hestans! I will check out TEC, but I suspect I will stick with the Hestan, as I really like a lot of their features. Thanks for your great videos and for taking time to engage here in the comments.
@@Scott-rf5ux you’re welcome. Just offering up an alternative based on your concerns.
Appreciate you watching. I enjoy talking about this stuff so I’m glad you reached out. If you have further questions, just fire away.
- Sam
How low does the temp drops down on hestan 42 inches with all 4 Trellis burners down to minimum??
I don’t know since I haven’t tested with that specific grill size. I would imagine you’d probably be in the mid 300s if not a little higher due to running 4 burners.
- Sam
Thanks