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Paint on BBQ Sauce With a Silicone Basting Brush
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.
The Best Funny Barbecue Aprons
Add a touch of humor to your cookout with these fun chef aprons. I have designed a range of aprons with pockets, T-shirts, mugs, and more with scores of humorous sayings from "BBQ God", "Got Ribs?", "Eat Me", "Chef is Prime and Well Aged", "Nice Rack" and many more!
The Best Charcoal Starter, The Weber Charcoal Chimney
If you're in the market for a great charcoal starter, there is no reason to look any further than the Weber charcoal chimney. The Weber brand of chimney is my favorite by far and it lasts longer than the cheaper models. A Weber chimney holds about five quarts, or about 80 briquets. You can also cook on it!
The Ultimate Cutting Board With Juice Pan By John Boos
Cook a turkey or prime rib or pork loin properly and you're going to end up with a lot of juice on your cutting board. If yours has only grooves, it's going to overflow and ruin the table cloth.
Thermoworks Extra Big & Loud Timer Review
Versatile, large and loud, this timer is difficult to ignore, which is what you want to avoid overcooking dinner.
Thermoworks Timestick Is Sooooo Much Better Than a Stopwatch
The two most important variables to track in any cook are time and temp. The ThermoWorks Timestick gets it done.
OXO Good Grips Stainless Food Scale with Pull-Out Display Review
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.
New Star Foodservice Wooden Pizza Peel
The pizza peel or paddle is the best way to get your pie in and out of the grill and we've got our recommendations for the best in class. To use, simply dust the top with flour or corn meal, which acts like ball bearings. Then you spread the dough on the peel, top it, and slide it onto the pan or stone on the grill.
The Best Pizza Wheel For Cutting Pizza
A good pizza wheel will keep your pizza crispy, and it comes in handy for home made pizza and even for cutting pie dough. Her is our tested and rated review of our favorite pizza wheel, the OXO Good Grips 4-inch Pizza Wheel. Well priced and made to last, we found this to be the perfect choice for home pizza cooks.
Is A Baking Steel Better Than A Pizza Stone?
The Baking Steel is an expensive slab of specially formulated steel that heats rapidly and holds heat very well. In other words, it is a steel pizza stone. In our tests, it performed similar to a cordierite pizza stone, cooking the bottom crust of pizza a bit faster than ceramic materials.
Lodge Logic Pro Cast Iron Grill/Griddle Is A Multi-Purpose Grill Topper
A quality cast iron griddle is a wonderful addition to any grill and the highly rated Lodge Cast Iron Grill and Griddle Combo is a great option. Using a griddle plate on top of a portion of your grill is actually a great way to take advantage of both direct cooking on the grill's grates and griddle at the same time.
The Best Pizza Stone For The Grill From Pizzacraft
Looking to create perfect pizza and baked goods on the grill? There are many pizza stones, and the best modern ones are made from a special heat absorbing refractory type material called cordierite. Among our favorites is the Pizzacraft 15-inch square Thermabond Baking and Pizza Stone, creating even heat for baking.
Cold Weather Jacket For Your Smoker
The Cold Weather Jacket is silicone coated jacket is designed to insulate your Weber Smokey Mountain while cooking and can be adapted for a Weber Kettle. It has a flap for reading the temperature, grasping the handle, and adjusting the exhaust vent, and another flap through which you can attach a thermostat controller.
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