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Some Of Our Favorite
Tools And Toys

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

slow n sear

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.

Click here to read our complete review

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.

Click here to read our complete review

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.

Click here to read our detailed review and to order

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.

Click here to read our detailed review and to order

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.

Click here for more about what makes this grill special

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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.

Click here to read our detailed review

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GrillGrates Take Gas Grills To The Infrared Zone

grill grates

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.

Click here for more about what makes these grates so special

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

masterbuilt gas smoker

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.

Click here to read our detailed review and to order

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

Click here to order it direct from PK and get a special deal for AmazingRibs.com readers only

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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  • JimLinebarger
    JimLinebarger
    Club Member
    • Jun 2017
    • 626
    • Spokane Valley, Wa.
    • Grills/Smokers
      Blaze 32" 4-Burner Gas Grill w/infrared rear rotisserie burner
      Weber Jumbo Joe
      Weber 22" Master-Touch Kettle
      Pit Barrel Cooker
      Great Outdoors Smoky Mountain Series 36" Vertical Gas Smoker
      Traeger Timberline 850

      Thermometers
      Thermoworks Smoke
      Maverick ET-733
      Thermapen Mk4, Red

      Sous Vide
      Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker, Bluetooth, 800W
      Anova Precision Cooker Insulated Container
      Lipavi C15 container and lid
      Lipavi L15 Rack

      Accessories
      SNS
      BBQ Guru DigiQ (for PBC and 22" Weber Kettle)
      BBQ Dragon
      BBQ Dragon Grill Table for 22" Weber Kettle
      Fire Butler (for Weber 22")
      Grill Grates for Jumbo Joe and Blaze grill
      Hovergrill

      About me
      Name: Jim
      Nick name: Bear
      Location: Spokane Valley, Wa.
      Born at a very young age at Egland AFB, Ft. Walton Beach, FL.

      USAF vet, ECM (F4 & B52)/B52 Crew Chief, Computer Systems NCO, disabled
      Former Computer Tech/Admin
      Campus Manager/Lead Tech/Tech (IT) for The Kemtah Group contracted to Intel, Rio Rancho, NM.
      Short Term Missionary to the Marshall Islands with MAPS of DFM of AOG
    Top | #1

    A personal observation

    As I have grown older, I have reflected on some things like this:

    I have an office with my computer, 2 TV's (one sitting next to my computer at eye level and another on the wall for when I sit in my recliner to eat and/or watch TV), and an exercise bike(collecting dust), said recliner and a closet. I find it too much work to go into the closet to get the upright vacuum to clean the office. I would have to unwind the cord completely, plug it in and push it around the 12x12 room with very limited open area. It's just a pain because of my limited mobility (knees, feet, back, heart). However, I will walk down stairs to the garage, pick up the small shop vacuum, walk back up stairs, through the kitchen and small dining room to the back deck and setup the vacuum just because my Traeger tells me to clean my grill. I then have to setup the grill again and take the vacuum back down to the garage. When asked why this disparity, my response is "I have a logical explanation." and then change the subject. If pushed for an answer I say "'cuz my grill told me to."

    Sorry, forgot to mention that the upright vacuum is 3 steps away from my desk chair. 4 if I have to limp.
    Last edited by JimLinebarger; August 26th, 2019, 04:29 PM. Reason: Clarification
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  • Troutman
    Troutman
    Member Recipe Director
    • Aug 2017
    • 6285
    • Republic of Texallence
    • OUTDOOR COOKERS
      22" Weber Kettle - Red Premium Limited Edition
      6 Burner Weber Summit Gasser
      22" and 18" Weber WSM Smoker
      18” Jumbo Joe
      36" double door Lyfe Tyme offset stick burner (SOLD !)
      Pitts & Spitts Pellet Pro 2436
      BBQ ACCESSORIES
      Classic Thermopen
      Thermoworks SMOKE
      Fireboard Pro with Pit Viper fan
      Grill Grates
      SNS for the 22" Weber kettle
      A-MAZE-N Smoker 12" Tube & Tray
      Weber stainless veggie basket
      Weber stainless fish basket
      Weber stainless rib rack
      Phat Mat cooking mats
      Barbestar BBQ Cooking Gloves
      WOOD & PELLET PREFERENCES
      For Beef (brisket, beef ribs, large clods/roasts) = 100% mesquite, oak or hickory
      For Chicken & other fowl = competition blend, cherry/oak/hickory
      For Turkey = 100% hickory or competition blend
      For Pork Shoulder = mesquite, oak or hickory
      For Pork Chops or Ribs = 100% applewood
      SOUS VIDE
      Anova Immersion Circulator 900 watt & 12 & 18 quart Rubbermaid containers with hinged sous vide lids
      INDOOR COOKWARE
      Generic Calphalon non-stick cookware set of pots and pans
      12" & 14" All-Clad Stainless skillets
      Cast Iron 12" skillet by Victoria
      La Creuset Cast Iron 7 quart Dutch Oven - Yellow Round
      La Creuset Cast Iron 7 quart Dutch Oven - Cherry Oval
      Old Revere Wear Copper & Stainless Pots (handed down)

      JA Henckels 15 piece Stainless Knife Set
      Victorinox 12" Fibrox Pro Slicing Knive
      Victorinox 6" Curved Boning Knife
      Set of Dalstrong Japanese Steak Knives
    Top | #2
    Man's gotta have priorities. Your babies are your #1 focus, what's wrong with that?
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    • JimLinebarger
      #2.1
      JimLinebarger commented
      August 26th, 2019, 05:15 PM
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      My understanding of marriage is that the 2 shall become 1. But for some reason, the brain is missed in that equation. The one seems to have a split personality. It's a phase thing, maybe even a dimensional reality thing.
  • klflowers
    klflowers
    Club Member
    • Sep 2015
    • 1975
    • Tennessee
    Top | #3
    I think that is perfectly normal.
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    • ofelles
      ofelles
      Club Member
      • Jun 2018
      • 732
      • Brentwood CA
      • Yoder YS640 on Comp cart
        Klose Charcoal Grill
        VacMaster Pro 380 sealer
        Maverick ET-733
        Maverick PT-75
        Thermoworks Signal
        Thermoworks Dot
      Top | #4
      Is there some kind of a problem? I think not!
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      • Steve B
        Steve B
        Club Member
        • Jun 2016
        • 2634
        • Rockland county New York
        • Lonestar Grillz 24x36 offset smoker, grill, w/ main chamber charcoal grate and 3 tel-tru thermometers - left, right and center
          Yoke Up custom charcoal basket and a Grill Wraps cover.

          22.5 copper kettle w/ SnS, DnG, BBQ vortex, gasket and stainless steel hinge kit.

          Napoleon gas grill (soon to go bye bye) rotting out.

          1 maverick et-733 digital thermometer - black
          1 maverick et-733 - gray
          1 new standard grilling remote digital thermometer
          1 thermoworks thermopen mk4 - red
          1 thermoworks thermopop - red

          Pre Miala flavor injector
          taylor digital scale
          TSM meat grinder
          chefs choice food slicer
          cuisinhart food processor
          food saver vacuum sealer
          TSM harvest food dehydrator
        Top | #5
        The vacuuming always get done in my house. I have a wife. She stays away from the cookers though.
        And my grills always talk to me. They make sure I keep them clean. Remember happy grill, happy well you know the rest.
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        • JimLinebarger
          #5.1
          JimLinebarger commented
          August 26th, 2019, 04:31 PM
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          I, too, have a wife. The office was SUPPOSE to be MY responsibility. But she graciously vacuums the open space as she brings the vacuum back to the closet.
      • JoeSousa
        JoeSousa
        Club Member
        • Sep 2016
        • 556
        • Spokane, WA
        Top | #6
        Me: Hey, look! A sweet grill for $100 on FB Marketplace.

        Wife: We need to get the kids some new clothes for the school year.

        Me: (as I am cleaning one of my 7 Webers) What do you mean? Don't they have perfectly good clothes from last year?

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        • JimLinebarger
          #6.1
          JimLinebarger commented
          August 26th, 2019, 05:04 PM
          Editing a comment
          ROFLOL
          Kids couldn't have grown that much since last year, right?
      • Oak Smoke
        Oak Smoke
        Club Member
        • Aug 2018
        • 220
        • Comanche, TX
        Top | #7
        Buy your wife a Roomba. They're the most amazing things. I never thought we would own a robot vacuum, but we do and love it. Just leave the office door open once in a while. It will go in and clean the floor even if you're out on the deck. I would have never believed what all one of these can do if I hadn't seen it myself.
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        • texastweeter
          #7.1
          texastweeter commented
          August 26th, 2019, 07:03 PM
          Editing a comment
          do what I did, skip the roomba, and get a Maid!
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        • Steve R.
          #7.2
          Steve R. commented
          August 26th, 2019, 10:30 PM
          Editing a comment
          Roomba FTW! I even love the app that tells me that "Rosie" has started and finished a task. 😎
          • 1 like
        • Oak Smoke
          #7.3
          Oak Smoke commented
          August 27th, 2019, 09:46 AM
          Editing a comment
          No kidding! We call ours Rosie too. Good grief how long has it been since the Jetsons were on?
          • 1 like
      • FireMan
        FireMan
        Charter Member
        • Jul 2015
        • 6683
        • Bottom of Winnebago
        Top | #8
        Yer not reflectin nothin. It’s in yer first words, ya got older.
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        • JimLinebarger
          #8.1
          JimLinebarger commented
          August 27th, 2019, 02:40 AM
          Editing a comment
          I noticed that you didn't finish with the words "and wiser". LOL Probably a good thing. It would be a matter of debate, even with myself.
        • FireMan
          #8.2
          FireMan commented
          August 27th, 2019, 07:53 AM
          Editing a comment
          Oh, you do that do you? Hmmm.
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