I'm just reading the comments to that article. And I'm astonished by the lengths to which serious foodies are willing to go to cook a steak.
The reverse sear method sounds practical and good. One advantage would be for people cooking indoors who'd rather not generate a ton of smoke cooking the stake from start to finishing a skillet. And evidently it gives you good control over the outcome.
But the commenters go on intensely about elaborate ways to cook a steak sous vide, and the like...