By:
Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Vertical gas smokers are to easy to use. With Masterbuilt's ThermoTemp line, smoking on gas just got easier. Masterbuilt successfully offers groundbreaking use of thermostatic control on a gas smoker at an affordable price. We tested and reviewed their large XL model and award ThermoTemp our AmazingRibs.com Platinum Medal.
By:
Bill McGrath, AmazingRibs.com Chief Thermometer Reviewer
Read our review of the new ThermoWorks Signals, a four-channel Bluetooth/Wi-Fi-enabled remote thermometer with four probes, a Gold Medal Winner.
By:
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.
By:
Rick Browne, Ph.B.
If you're in the market for a heavy duty cooler, this might be the one for you. The Pelican Elite 50 Quart Cooler features 360 degree freezer-grade gaskets, 2 inch thick polyurethane insulators in the lid, and more. The Pelican is also the only cooler capable of preventing a 450-pound Grizzly bear from getting in.
By:
Rick Browne, Ph.B.
These heavy duty stainless steel meat shredding claws get the job done without melting or bending. The claws are heavily reinforced and have a 1โ inch cutting edge at the tip of each claw, so you can actually cut into tougher roasts and butts as you shred.
By:
Rick Browne, Ph.B.
This meat shredding tool is for the pros, with lots of meat to shred on a daily basis. Also works well for potatoes and tamale meat.
By:
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.
By:
Rick Browne, Ph.B.
These shredders keep your hands further away from the hot meat. Heat resistant, money back guarantee, dishwasher safe.
By:
Rick Browne, Ph.B.
Shredding BBQ has never been simpler. These bear paws are ergonomically designed with ample spacing between the claws to allow plenty of clearance for the meat as you are shredding.
By:
Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
The Hestan GMBR36-LP is one of the best gas grills we have tested and reviewed. Period. And we've cooked on a multitude of gassers. There is so much right about this innovative design we struggle to find something to criticize. Hestan easily wins our AmaziingRibs.com Platinum Medal.
By:
Clint Cantwell, AmazingRibs.com President And BBQ Personality
Here's a comprehensive, hands-on gold medal review of the Smokin Brothers Premier 30 pellet grill, the best selling model for this family owned and operated smoker and grill company. The โmade in the USAโ Premier 30 is a high quality pellet cooker featuring a total cooking surface of 792 square inches.
By:
Rick Browne, Ph.B.
Strong and comfortable, the Victorinox Cutlery (454X) Ultrashield Cut Resistant Glove works well but looks different from other cut resistant gloves. This glove has no noticeable pattern of fibers or shields yet it is rated at ANSI cut level 7, making it significantly safer than many other cut resistant glove brands.
By:
Rick Browne, Ph.B.
Victorinox (Ansi 9) Saf.T.Gard Stainless Steel Mesh Glove is an excellent glove for protecting against knife cuts, though it will conduct electricity and will not withstand the force of power driven blades, saws and tools. This glove earned ANSIโs highest level of cut and puncture protection (9).
By:
Rick Browne, Ph.B.
The OXO cut resistant glove is similar to Kaffyad and NoCry gloves in quality and performance as detailed in our review of the glove. All three appear and feel like slight variations of the same material. Only available in S, M and L sizes, this glove is ambidextrous, hand and machine washable, and can be drip dried.
By:
Rick Browne, Ph.B.
With a mix of food-grade ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, glass fiber, and Spandex, the NoCry Food Grade Cut Resistant Gloves are touted as โstronger than leather.โ The fingers and palm are overlaid with a slip-resistant microdot technology. They are food safe, hand and machine washable, and be drip dried.
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