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Best Grilling Gear

Kick off this summer's BBQ season with the best grilling gear currently on the market.

By Riley Raul ReesePublished 7 years ago 4 min read
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Unless you're a real professional pitmaster, there's only so much that a poorly crafted barbecue pit can do. Cooking the old fashioned way is difficult and frankly, it often means that you will end up doing twice the work and only get bare-bones results. Even those of us with the most in-depth cook books could only get mediocre results without the best gear.

In order to really taste the sizzle in your steak, you will need to have the best grilling gear on the market in your arsenal of tools. The following products help deliver great results on every grill—even if this is your first time using a barbecue.

This folding meat thermometer and bottle opener duo isn't really something you'd expect to see anywhere at a typical cookout. But that's because this is meant for tailgate grilling.

It's portable, allows you to determine whether or not meat's really done to perfection, and also gives you the ability to open up friend's drinks at the same time. If you love to throw tailgating parties, then this is the best grilling gear you can get.

Oh, and it also is pretty handy for regular backyard grilling, too.

The Weber iGrill is one of those small devices that really makes a huge difference for people who tend to be grill geeks. It gives you second-by-second updates on your meat's temperature, allows you to show off your grilling sessions via a specialized app, and also can remind you when to take your goods off the grill.

This high-tech appliance is perfect for gadget geeks who tend to be fans of the "set it and forget it" method of grilling will find this to be one of the best grilling gear products on the market. Everyone else? Well, they'll find it pretty neat, too.

Let's talk about food-specific grilling gear for a second. Grilled pizza, especially if it has that smokey charcoal oven flavor, is incredible. It's a treat that's beginning to get the love it deserves from so many people.

KettlePizza is a company that transforms a kettle grill into a pizza oven. This allows you to enjoy pizza in the classic "woodfire grill" style that makes mouths water and stomachs rumble in hunger. Once you try this grill kit, you'll never be able to eat DiGiorno's again.

BBQ brisket and other similarly delicious roasts are absolutely mouthwatering... but a total nightmare to cut, eat, and serve cleanly. At times, shredding the meat seems to be a must—and a natural way to eat the goodies at hand.

Bear Paw Shredder Claws make it easy to lift, serve, shred, and pull meat right off the grill. They're easy to clean, make serving shredded BBQ to a large group sanitary, and also look pretty badass. We're fans.

Without heat, you cannot have a barbecue. The only problem is that lighting a grill can be annoying, especially if you have a particularly stubborn charcoal grill or wooden grill. Simply put, sometimes stuff just doesn't want to light.

Looftlighter takes care of that with a blast of hot air that tops 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit. This time around, your grill will light—and that's why this is the best grilling gear on the market for foolproof grill lighting.

Grillight LED tongs are absolutely priceless if you do late night grilling, or if you have a hard time seeing when you're peeking underneath the hood of your grill. Though it sounds lame, these tongs really are lifesavers—especially for us who have night blindness.

Made of durable stainless steel and dishwasher safe, these tongs are capable of making grilling way easier on the eyes when you decide to try for a late night bonfire.

Grills are hot, and if you're like many people I know, you can get badly burned due to clumsy actions around the pit. Grill Heat Aid came out with an amazing line of grilling gloves that protect your hands from the heat, reduce burns, and give you a great grip, too.

Sure, grilling gloves might not be crazy cool like the Looftlighter, but they do give you an added level of safety. As such, we're voting this as the best grilling gear for klutzes.

Veggies on the grill are a must if you love the deliciously earthy and smoky flavor of charred vegetables. But, the problem with many vegetables is that they tend to fall through the grates. Turning them over also can be a hassle, too.

Grill clips allow you to clip your veggies together, which in turn allows for easy turning and easy serving. For vegetarians who love BBQ, this is the best grilling gear money can buy.

No one but no one enjoys cleaning their grill. No one. It's a gross, grimy, and tedious endeavor. That's why the Grillbot Automatic Grill Cleaner is the best grilling gear for people who hate to clean but love to grill.

It's just like a Roomba for your grill, and it's operated using a push-button setup. You can set it for 10, 20, or 30 minutes, and after it's finished doing its thing, you're ready to start grilling. Better still, it has smart technology that ensures that the Grillbot won't harm your grill by scrubbing too hard.

Cleanup has never been so easy.

The hardest part about grilling is getting the temperature right. Taylor Precision Products got an adorable (and highly utilitarian) set of button thermometers that tell you what temperature your grill is currently resting at, whether the meat of your choice is ready to eat, and what style your meat has been prepared at.

They come in a set of four, and they look nice enough to make as a gift. What more can we say? They're awesome and among the best grilling gear out there!

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Riley Raul Reese

Riley Reese is comic book fanatic who loves anything that has to do with science-fiction, anime, action movies, and Monster Energy drink.

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  • Milania Greendevald2 months ago

    With a barbecue set, not only a professional barbecuer will be able to prepare amazing treats, but also an ordinary amateur. There is no need to buy shish kebab in a store or order it, you can cook it yourself with a kebab cooking kit. In addition, here https://fasaka.com/bbq-tools/ you can find everything you need

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