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These are not ads. These are products we love and highly recommend. Click here to read more about our medals and what they mean.

 

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Surely you know somebody who loves outdoor cooking who deserves a gift for the holidays, birthday, anniversary, or just for being wonderful. There he is, right in the mirror! Here are our selections of best ideas, all Platinum or Gold Medalists, listed by price.

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Digital Thermometers Are Your Most Valuable Tool And Here's A Great Buy!

maverick PT55 thermometer

A good digital thermometer keeps you from serving dry overcooked food or dangerously undercooked food. They are much faster and much more accurate than dial thermometers. YOU NEED ONE!

Click here for more info on the Maverick PT-55 Waterproof Instant-Read Thermometer Review shown above. It may be the best value in a thermometer out there

If you have a Weber Kettle, you need the Slow 'N' Sear

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The Slow 'N' Sear turns your grill into a first class smoker and also creates an extremely hot sear zone you can use to create steakhouse steaks.

Click here for our article on this breakthrough tool

Bring The Heat With Broil King Signet's Dual Tube Burners

the good one grill

The Broil King Signet 320 is a modestly priced, 3-burner gas grill that packs a lot of value and power under the hood. Broil King's proprietary, dual-tube burners get hot fast and are able to achieve high, searing temps that rival most comparatively priced gas grills. The quality cast aluminum housing carries a Limited Lifetime Warranty.

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The Good-One Is A Superb Grill And A Superb Smoker All In One

the good one grill

The Good-One Open Range is a charcoal grill with an offset smoke chamber attached. It is dramatically different from a traditional offset smoker. The grill sits low in front and doubles as a firebox for the smoke chamber which is spliced on above and behind so it can work like a horizontal offset smoker only better. By placing the heat source behind and under the smokebox instead of off to the side, Open Range produces even temperature from left to right, something almost impossible to achieve with a standard barrel shaped offset.

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Pit Barrel Cooker Smoker

Griddle And Deep Fryer All In One

The flat top does the burgers and the fryer does the fries. Use the griddle for bacon, eggs, and home fries. Or pancakes, fajitas, grilled cheese, you name it. Why stink up the house deep frying and spatter all over? Do your fried chicken and calamari outside. Blackstone's Rangetop Combo With Deep Fryer does it all. Plus it has a built in cutting board, garbage bag holder, and paper towel holder. An additional work table on the left side provides plenty of counter space.

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Pit Barrel Cooker Smoker

The Pit Barrel Cooker May Be Too Easy

The PBC has a rabid cult following for good reason. It is absolutely positively without a doubt the best bargain on a smoker in the world. Period. This baby will cook circles around the cheap offset sideways barrel smokers in the hardware stores because temperature control is so much easier. Best of all, it is only 9 delivered to your door!

Click here to read our detailed review and the raves from people who own them

The Swiss Army Knife Of Thermometers

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The smart folks at ThermoWorks have finally done it: The Swiss Army Knife of thermometers, two in one. Start with the industry standard food thermometer, the Thermapen MK4, (Platinum Medal winner) truly instant (2 to 3 seconds) precise (+ or – 0.7°F). Then they built in an infrared thermometer ideal for measuring the temps of pizza stones, griddles, and frying pans (also great for finding leaks around doors and windows in your house).

Click here to read our test results and comprehensive review and why it won our Platinum Medal.

Compact Powerful Sear Machine For Your Next Tailgater

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Char-Broil's Grill2Go x200 is a super-portable, fun little sizzler made of heavy, rust-proof cast aluminum. The lid snaps shut. Grab the handle and you're off to the party! Char-Broil's TRU-Infrared design produces searing heat while reducing fuel consumption. A 16 ounce LP gas canister is enough to keep you flipping burgers for hours.

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The Cool Kettle With The Hinged Hood We Always Wanted

NK-22-Ck Grill

Their NK22CK-C Charcoal Kettle Grill puts a few spins on the familiar kettle design. In fact, the hinged lid with a handle on the front, spins in a rotary motion 180 degrees. It's hard to beat a Weber kettle, but Napoleon holds its own and adds some unique features to make the NK22CK-C a viable alternative.

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G&F Suede Welder's Gloves

Heat Resistant Gloves With Extra Long Sleeves Hold The Hot Stuff

If you're using oven mitts at the grill, it's time to trade up. Say hello to these suede welder's gloves. They're heat resistant enough to handle hot grill grates, and flexible enough to handle tongs. The extra long sleeves even let you reach deep into the firebox to move hot logs without getting burned. Our Fave.

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GrillGrates Take Gas Grills To The Infrared Zone

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GrillGrates(TM) amplify heat, prevent flareups, make flipping foods easier, keep small foods from committing suicide, kill hotspots, are easier to clean, flip over to make a fine griddle, and can be easily removed and moved from one grill to another. You can even throw wood chips, pellets, or sawdust between the rails and deliver a quick burst of smoke to whatever is above. Every gas grill needs them.

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kareubequ bbq smoker

Our Favorite Backyard Smoker

The amazing Karubecue is the most innovative smoker in the world. The quality of meat from this machine is astonishing. At its crux is a patented firebox that burns logs above the cooking chamber and sucks heat and extremely clean blue smoke into the thermostat controlled oven. It is our favorite smoker, period.

Click here for our review of this superb smoker

Masterbuilt MPS 340/G ThermoTemp XL Propane Smoker

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The First Propane Smoker With A Thermostat Makes This Baby Foolproof

Set ThermoTemp's dial from 175° to 350°F and the thermostat inside will adjust the burner just like an indoor kitchen oven. All you need to do is add wood to the tray above the burner to start smokin'.

Click here to read our detailed review

Professional Steakhouse Knife Set

masterbuilt gas smoker

Our founder, Meathead, wanted the same steak knives used by steakhouses such as Peter Luger, Smith & Wollensky, Morton's, Kobe Club, Palm, and many others. So he located the manufacturer and had them stamp our name on some. They boast pointed, temper-ground, serrated, high-carbon stainless-steel, half-tang blades with excellent cutting edge ability. The beefy hardwood handle provides a comfortable grip secured by three hefty rivets. He has machine washed his more than 100 times. They have never rusted and they stay shiny without polishing. Please note that we do not make, sell, or distribute these knives, they just engrave them with our name.

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PK 360 grill

Is This Superb Charcoal Grill A Kamado Killer?

The PK-360, with 360 square inches of cooking space, this rust free, cast aluminum charcoal grill is durable and easy to use. Four-way venting means it's easy to set up for two zone cooking with more control than single vent Kamado grills. It is much easier to set up for 2-zone cooking than any round kamado. Beautifully designed and completely portable. Meathead says it is his preferrred grill.

Click here to read our detailed review of the PK 360

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Fireboard: The Ultimate Top Of The Line BBQ Thermometer

fireboard bbq thermometer

With the ability to monitor up to six temperatures simultaneously with either Bluetooth or Wifi on your mobile phone, tablet, or computer, Fireboard is the best digital thermometer we’ve tested.

Click here to read our detailed review

Finally, A Great Portable Pellet Smoker

Green Mountain Davey Crockett Grill

Green Mountain's portable Davy Crockett Pellet Smoker is one mean tailgating and picnic machine. But it's also gaining popularity with people who want to add a small, set it and forget it pellet smoker to their backyard arsenal. And with their WiFi capabilities you can control and monitor Davy Crocket from your smart phone or laptop.

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    Mulled wine recipe?

    Holidays coming up... I had this at a Middle-Eastern restaurant once and LOVED it - and I am NOT a wine drinker, at ALL.

    Thought I'd give it a shot at home. Would love some ideas if you guys have any, beyond a basic Google search. Also, what kind of wine do/would you use? I've read in the past you don't use expensive wine for this, but I don't think I want to go with the cheap-arse boxed version, do I?
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    Let me mull over this.
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      Originally posted by tRidiot View Post
      I've read in the past you don't use expensive wine for this, but I don't think I want to go with the cheap-arse boxed version, do I?
      I wouldn't be too quick to write off box wines. There are actually a growing number of decent ones out there ... and I can tell you from experience that a good box wine is infinitely better than a bad bottled wine.

      I've been experimenting with a few box wines lately and Bota Box is currently my favorite "beverage" quality wine brand.

      Here's a link to some reviews: http://www.winespectator.com/webfeat...-Score-Reviews

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      • tRidiot
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        tRidiot commented
        December 13th, 2017, 12:08 PM
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        That very well may be so. Like I said, I'm not a wine guy... if single malt came in boxes, I'd be skeptical, too. lol

        Only boxed wine experience I have is that Franzia stuff in college - which is marginally better than Thunderbird half-gallon bottles. lol
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      Originally posted by tRidiot View Post
      Holidays coming up... I had this at a Middle-Eastern restaurant once and LOVED it - and I am NOT a wine drinker, at ALL.

      Thought I'd give it a shot at home. Would love some ideas if you guys have any, beyond a basic Google search. Also, what kind of wine do/would you use? I've read in the past you don't use expensive wine for this, but I don't think I want to go with the cheap-arse boxed version, do I?
      What, mulled wine?? You are banished to the "pit of misery"..... Dilly Dilly.

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      • Potkettleblack
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        Potkettleblack commented
        December 13th, 2017, 03:26 PM
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        Bud Light is truly the pit of misery... dilly dilly.
      • TripleB
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        TripleB commented
        December 15th, 2017, 01:46 PM
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        How true..Bud is terrible.
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      I wouldn't mull a quality bottle of wine. You're heating it and spicing it and maybe even diluting or adulterating it with other alcohol. That kind of demands a value wine.

      Bota Box is right up the alley for this. I use it for all my cooking, when it's on sale. You want something drinkable on it's own, but not something fancy.

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      • tRidiot
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        tRidiot commented
        December 15th, 2017, 11:16 PM
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        This was my thought - not cheap NASTY stuff, but certainly ain't gonna do it to expensive stuff. Life's too short to drink nasty wine.
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      Originally posted by TripleB View Post

      What, mulled wine?? You are banished to the "pit of misery"..... Dilly Dilly.
      What's wrong with mulled wine? I mean... I don't LIKE wine, normally. Very few wines have I found where I even enjoy a full glass, much less anything more. Really, only $100/bottle stuff I had at a castle in Ireland, and the stuff I drank in Italy. Not much else worth drinking, in my opinion, as far as wine goes.

      But, I had some mulled wine and actually enjoyed it, could drink a few glasses of that. So... I decided to give it a try. Now, if one wants to adulterate good single malt, then I'll take issue with it. But wine... wine ain't no special product or protected class.

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      • TripleB
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        TripleB commented
        December 19th, 2017, 12:30 PM
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        Never tried mulled wine. I'm sure it's fine. The pit of misery and Dilly Dilly is from a bud light commercial. Just poking fun....
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      Have you tried Meathead’s Glögg recipe? I just made some last night and it’s killer.

      Does anyone know if the linked label can be edited?

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        Here is my recipe, it is similar to German Gluwein:

        Colonial Wassail

        1 - 750ml bottle inexpensive Merlot such as YellowTail
        2 cups Cranberry Juice Cocktail
        3/4 cup sugar
        1/4 cup lemon juice
        2 cinnamon sticks

        Optional: Spike with 1/2 cup or more of Brandy when it is done.

        Combine everything in a crock pot or pot on the stove (cover or you will loose the alcohol) and heat to desired temp - go slow so the cinnamon can infuse. I always make a double batch if more than two-three people are drinking it.
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          tRidiot I'll preface th followin, slightly tangential idea with th fact that I jus ain't a big wine guy. At. All.

          That bein said, one of th Holiday Traditions I have glommed onto, many years ago, an continue to this very day, is procurin / mullin some Chaucer's Mead fer myself, an loved ones...

          It comes with lil some spice packets, to do jus that

          Purty tasty stuff, might try it out...

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