I was lost, but now been found !! Hallelujah !! Amen ! ...
... all the glory to the Brethren and especially Brother Thirdeye.
I put my suffering aside, followed the words of the Brethren, most especially Brother Thirdeye, and was pulled back from the edge !
I suffered the 'thousand cuts' from working with expanded steel, burns from the grinder, and was enlightened. Today (my birthday) my local butcher (bless him) cut me a 2.5 lb (2.5 inch) bone-in ribeye steak to cook per Thirdeye's recent porn .... hallelujah!
In the first pic, the lump looks like the fires of eternal damnation, my new 6 gauge expando is positioned right above the coals, and the ribeye is ready to be marked! After 3 minutes per side, another pic shows my extra thick (praise be) SS griddle inserted on a standard cooking grate as a heat 'buffer'. An extended grate allows the steak to be rasied further to then roast at a cooker temp of 400*F.
Maverick probe monitor is set at 135*F and the roast lasts over 20 minutes. The result pic shows a birthday fantasm never before experienced! My wife even used the expression .... "the bark is wonderful" !!! ... "bark" .... from my wife ???? I must truly be a farker ! ..... maybe not a 'cook all night in my bvd's farker, but one of the Brethren . I must be, you even sent a birthday greeting!!
All's well that ends well .... hallelujah and amen!