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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.
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. The Thermopop (above) is only about $30. You NEED one.
John Boos Reversible Cutting Board With Juice Groove And Juice Collection Pan
The Don't Make A Better Cutting Board
Boos cutting boards have been a chef favorite for more than 125 years. At more than 2" thick, this board also has grooves and a juice pan to collect all the precious juices from your roasted and barbecue meats. No fuss, no muss. Our fave.
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.
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 $299 delivered to your door!
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.
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.
The Best Propane Smoker Turns Out Delicious Food With Minimal Fuss
This cabinet style smoker holds steady temperatures as high as 400ºF and as low as 160ºF. Push button ignition, a wood chip tray made from heavy-gauge steel, and a steel water pan, all make it simple to smoke ribs, pork shoulder, brisket, salmon, a whole turkey, any roasting and baking. It can even bake pies. This is the best gas smoker.
"People always joke that 'dog' spells 'god' backwards. They should consider that it might be the higher power coming down to see just how well they do, what kind of people they are."Linda Blair
Leader Dogs For The Blind is one of the largest schools for training service dogs in the nation, founded in 1939. About 300 dogs a year graduate from the remarkable 14 acre campus and they go on to mean independence to their new masters. Four of those graduates got their first year of training in our house. Here are some pix of a few of the five pups my wife and I have raised for Leader Dogs.
From left to right: Sport, our first, is navigating the streets of Mexico City, Layla is working in Southern California, Jasmine is working in Fort Worth, and Wags is working in Northern Virginia.
In February 2009, Sunshine and I got to ride in the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile in Chicago's St. Patrick's Day Parade. She is shown here with "Hotdoggers" Molly Fergus and Amanda Maurer. Sunshine is now working in Madrid, Spain.
Here's the inside of the Wienermobile. That's Molly at the wheel, her mother at left, and Mary Ann Brauneis, retired owner of a popular Southside hotdog pushcart. There's a mean sound system in this chariot.
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