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[urnmor]

I know that many who use hardwood or even charcoal in their grills will cook directly on the ash so I was wondering has anyone tried cooking not using grates but placing the meat directly on their flame zones?

[Canadian John]

 I have cooked steaks lying directly on red hot lump. The trick is to turn often. There was some minor charcoal adhesion that was easily removed..Taste wise is similar to just above the coals... Placing meat on even slightly corroded or dirty metal may result in less than desirable results.

[silverbullet]

I don't see the benefit in it. In my case it would be the curved metal driptray that's over the fire. As Canadian John said, "Placing meat on even slightly corroded or dirty metal may result in less than desirable results." Doesn't thrill me. The grate is just a couple inches above the tray. I'll stick with that, 

[BigDave83]

if you are going to want to cook right on the deflector, put an iron or carbon steel pan on it and cook in it. I would not see the benefit of doing that over cooking on the stove top.

[bregent]

> I would not see the benefit of doing that over cooking on the stove top.

Well, it will keep the smoke detector from going off 

[okie smokie]

Please forgive me as I know this question was asked in all seriousness,  but my twisted brain came up with a whole other image of this.  There is a scene from the movie “Quest for Fire” that starred  Rae Dawn Chong (of Cheech  and Chong fame) and Ron Perlman, came out in the very early 80’s, where some caveman drops a hunk of meat into a fire accidentally - and grilled steak is discovered!  OK, break over, back to regular programming...

Yes I remember, but we still don't know who discovered the use of salt and pepper to make that steak 900% better.

[Conumdrum]

Please forgive me as I know this question was asked in all seriousness,  but my twisted brain came up with a whole other image of this.  There is a scene from the movie “Quest for Fire” that starred  Rae Dawn Chong (of Cheech  and Chong fame) and Ron Perlman, came out in the very early 80’s, where some caveman drops a hunk of meat into a fire accidentally - and grilled steak is discovered!  OK, break over, back to regular programming...

You old stoner!  I have cooked direct hot I mean direct flame on my Yoder without the grill grates.  It's neat but I have found using the grill grates on the flat side better for reverse seared thick steaks and for the normal grocery store under 1" thick. 

Lest's talks Ringo Starr in Caveman, what a great movie.