Comment by ssl-3

People are allowed to use tools and non-traditional techniques, even when it feels like cheating. They needn't be chastised for this.

The gestapo isn't going to kick in the door and haul folks away for using reverse-sear and a meat thermometer while they cook a steak in their own kitchen.

(And everyone is free to seek their own kind of masochistic pride, if that behooves them. When a person has better satisfaction [or whatever they get out of it] from doing things the hard way, then that's OK too.)