Platinum Medal Winning BBQ Tools, Toys, And Accessories (1 Page)
Here are our favorite BBQ tools, toys, and accessories. Our barbecue experts have tested hundreds of tools, gadgets, appliances, and cookbooks, and rated them in our searchable database.
Below you’ll find the best of the best, our Platinum Medal winners. We give Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medals to various products based on criteria ranging from ease of use and durability to performance and price. Once a year we review the Gold Medal winners and select the absolute cream of the crop.
These products receive our highest accolade, a Platinum Medal (***** 5 Stars). These outstanding Platinum Medal winners are the BBQ tools you really need.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
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Dave Joachim, AmazingRibs.com Contributing Author
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Franklin Barbecue in Austin is widely considered the best in the world and people stand in line for hours to get in.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
If you want to know why we do what we do in the kitchen, not just what to do or how to do it, this fat tome is a must have.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
From the country's foremost expert on the science of cooking, Harold McGee, Keys to Good Cooking is a concise and authoritative guide designed to help home cooks navigate the ever-expanding universe of ingredients, recipes, food safety, and appliances, and arrive at the promised land of a satisfying dish.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
This book is great story telling as we follow an inquisitive writer on his quest for great steak.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
GrillGrates are an amazing invention featuring reversible interlocking panels that increase the grill surface temperature, reduce flare-ups, and deliver perfect sears. GrillGrates also come in a variety of shapes and sizes so that you can customize them according to the size of your gas, charcoal, or pellet grill.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Expand the number of racks of ribs you can cook at one time with this handy tool. Thanks to the Weber Original Rib Rack For Grilling, you can fit five slabs of ribs on a small grill, holding them upright with enough airspace between them to allow airflow and smoke penetration.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Theย Weber Style Grill Pan has plenty of slots for smoke to travel through, and plenty of surface to brown things like salmon cakes. Handles make it easy to position on the grill and to carry food from your prep area to the grill and back.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
CharGon is a solidly build grill grate cleaner with a U-shaped tip that makes it easy to scrape the tops, sides, and bottoms of round grill grates with no risk of rogue bristles and the health hazard they present.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
This heavy 304 grade stainless steel injector (most others are plastic or a cheaper metal with a chrome coat) holds 2 ounces of fluid and comes with three needles, an 8 cm (3") for thin cuts of meat, and two 15 cm (6") needles for thicker cuts.
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Rick Browne, Ph.B.
Shred smoked pork butts, chuck roasts, chicken, and more with ease thanks to our highly rated Cave Tools Stainless Steel Pulled Pork Shredders and BBQ Meat Rake. Unlike plastic shredders, these are made from 430-grade stainless steel and feature comfortable polybutylene succinate (PBS) plastic handles.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Grill toppers are essential for grilling and smoking small objects such as slices of onion and peppers, and nuts, and I prefer them for small chunks of meat rather than skewers. I also prefer mesh types like this Culina Stainless Steel Mesh Vegetable Grilling Basket one because they let in more smoke and flavor.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Big Poppa BBQ Mats are a sturdy wire mesh screens with a non-stick coating capable of resisting grill temperatures, and they are easy to clean. Use them to grill jalapeno poppers, onion rings, potato slices, mushrooms, bacon, and biscuits, and to dehydrate tomatoes and smoke nuts.
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Rick Browne, Ph.B.
Made from genuine grain cowhide and suede with a cotton lining, The G and F Premium Grain Leather Gloves are an excellent option when seeking high heat gloves though prolonged contact with direct flame is not advised. The gloves have 14.5 inch sleeves to protect your forearms and can be washed with soap and water.
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Clint Cantwell, AmazingRibs.com President And BBQ Personality
A quality stand mixer is definitely an investment but there is very little that a beast like the KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer can't handle, especially with the countless accessories that are offered. If, however, you only need to whisk and blend, a KitchenAid hand blender does a great job and saves a lot of space.
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Dave Joachim, AmazingRibs.com Contributing Author
The Work Sharp Ken Onion Edition Knife & Tool Sharpener is a workhorse. This smartly designed electric sharpener can handle an amazing array of knives and blades and is easily adjustable to almost any blade angle. It's fairly inexpensive, too.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
I don't know how I lived without a good, accurate digital kitchen scale for so many years. If you ever mix up anything with flour, weigh it instead of measuring it with cups. It's so much more accurate.
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Clint Cantwell, AmazingRibs.com President And BBQ Personality
A quality set of spatula and tongs are essential for good grilling. We recommend those with long handles such as the Weber Original 2-Piece Stainless Steel Grilling Tool Set as they keep you as far from the heat as possible. The set is dishwasher safe, while the soft touch handles offer comfortable non-slip grip.
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Charlotte Wager
What can go wrong with measuring spoons? A lot. Trying to fit them into little spice jars is the worst. These rectangular measuring spoons from RSVP make it so much easier. The 18/8 stainless steel set includes everything from 1 tablespoon down to 1/8 teaspoon. Read our review here.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Silicone brushes are the best thing to happen to barbecue since the charcoal briquet. I long ago relegated my natural and nylon bristle brushes to cleaning computer keyboards. Silicone brushes load up with lots of sauce, deliver it evenly, and are easy to clean and decontaminate.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
A spot remover that will remove the grease stains on almost all my shirts is something I considered to be as elusive as unicorns. So I bought a 2 ounce bottle and tried it. One drop was enough clean a shirt so well that I could not find where the stain had been originally.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
The finest corkscrew ever designed is a gadget called the Screwpull. Actually there are three excellent models of Screwpull and there are some Screwpull imitators that work pretty well. At the center of the concept is an extra-long, wire helix with an extra wide spiral and an extra sharp tip for piercing corks.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
A good garlic press is an important kitchen tool and the Trudeau Garlic Press is the perfect choice. The Trudeau press is sturdily built, and is easy to grip. It's also quite easy to clean, and has a large hopper to hold big cloves.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
The Kyocera Everything Mill Adjustable Grinder allow you to dial in the size of your grind from coarse to fine and it grinds all kinds of spices from pepper and salt to coriander and cumin. Fresh ground pepper has much more flavor than the pre-ground. And the size of the grind matters making this a perfect choice.
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