Best BBQ And Grilling Gift Ideas Between $51 And $200
Here’s the meat of the matter: plenty of gifts for BBQ lovers from inexpensive charcoal grill accessories to a full-size gas grill at an incredible price. All of these gifts are Platinum or Gold Medal winners and range in price from $51 to $200. Click the links below to read our full reviews and check prices.
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Huskee, AmazingRibs.com’s Pitmaster Club Head Moderator
BBQ Dragon is a great product that accelerates startup of a fire with a battery operated fan. The Dragon creates a rip roaring, sear-hot coal fire in less than ten minutes. Clamp it on or bend the stainless steel goose neck into a circular base to rest on a flat surface then turn it on and let it work its magic.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Mister Buddy Mats are perfect for protecting decking beneath a smoker or grill from dropped hot coals, dripping fat, spilled BBQ sauce, and more. Read our full review.
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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
Interested in a thermostatic control for your kettle-style charcoal grill? Read a full hands-on review of Spider Grills' Venom adapter.
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Bill McGrath, AmazingRibs.com Chief Thermometer Reviewer
The Meater 2 Plus includes such features as an extended temperature range and five sensors along the food-end of the probe. Check out our full review.
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Bill McGrath, AmazingRibs.com Chief Thermometer Reviewer
The ThermoPro TempSpike Plus is an upgraded version of the original TempSpike with a shorter, smaller diameter probe that should be easier to use. Read our full review.
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Bill McGrath, AmazingRibs.com Chief Thermometer Reviewer
The Combustion Predictive thermometer is a truly wireless probe that uses a unique sensor array to measure and predict cooking times. Check out our review.
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Bill McGrath, AmazingRibs.com Chief Thermometer Reviewer
Read our complete review of the highly popular Thermapen instant-read thermometer- the super fast Thermapen ONE - with a one second response time, improved accuracy, and a brighter backlight.
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Bill McGrath, AmazingRibs.com Chief Thermometer Reviewer
The FireBoard Spark is an innovative product that extends the feature list of capabilities to a new level, earning it a Platinum Medal for product excellence in both workmanship and performance.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
For about $90 you can easily convert a standard Weber Kettle into a much better grill as well as a smoker capable of making restaurant quality smoked ribs, pulled pork, beef brisket, turkey, salmon, or whatever you want to smoke.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
We reviewed this solid portable gas grill that employs Char-Broil's TRU-Infrared design. It produces searing temps while preventing flare-ups and retaining foods moisture. Grill2Go earns our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Platinum Medal. Heavy cast aluminum lid and firebox will not rust and will retain heat much better than thin steel.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
We reviewed this basic, full size Weber Kettle with no bells or whistles. You can't go wrong with Weber kettles. They are durable and you can cook just about anything you want on them. Pile up coal on one side to sear steaks or set up 2-zone roasting, All Weber kettles earn our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Slow 'N Sear, continues to expand their catalog with a portable 18" charcoal grill called the Travel Kettle. Whether stationed on a small patio, cruising in your RV, or on the go to a weekend cabin rental, this platinum medal grill deserves consideration.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Cuisinart Petite Gourmet Tabletop Gas Grill is Portable with a capital P! Small and lightweight the design favors style and mobility over performance. We tested and reviewed this little portable and found it got plenty hot for searing. This attractive, lightweight portable earns our AmazingRibs.com Silver Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Cuisinart's Griddler Five is an electric indoor griddle/grill that upgrades their previous version with a sleek modern look, LCD display, digital controls, and a sear function. If you're shopping for a small indoor electric, Cuisinart's Griddler Five deserves a look. It's versatile, easy to clean, and light and small enough to store out of the way in an upper kitchen cabinet. We award it our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Gold Medal.
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Bill McGrath, AmazingRibs.com Chief Thermometer Reviewer
Read our review of the ThermoWorks Smoke X4, a long-range remote four-channel digital food thermometer that will satisfy the pickiest chef; a Platinum Medal easily.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Create perfect brick oven style pizza on the grill in less than 5 minutes with our highly rated Bakerstone grill insert. Read our review. Bakerstone is a steel box that sits on a gas grill with the lid up. It is lined with cordierite and it has a simple airflow system that actually helps cook the top properly similar to a pizza oven.
Want more smoke from your pellet cooker? The Heavy D Stick Burning Heat Diffuser replaces your cooker's current heat diffuser and includes perforated chambers for holding wood logs or chunks that generate smoke for about 2 hours. Read our full review.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
This is a superb chef knife with a wicked sharp 15 degree cutting edge that is also drop dead gorgeous.
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Dave Joachim, AmazingRibs.com Editorial Director
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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Clint Cantwell, AmazingRibs.com President And BBQ Personality
Unlike the stand-alone single-task stick blender, I have simply fallen in love with my KitchenAid variable speed stick blender that not only purees liquids in the pot, it also converts to an electric whisk for whisking eggs or cream; a mini food processor with locking lid for chopping small ingredients; and more.
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