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ThermoWorks Timestick Is So Much Better Than A Stopwatch

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

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

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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.

New Star Foodservice Wooden Pizza Peel

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

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

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

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?

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

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

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

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

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

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

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

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.

The Rib-O-Lator, A Rib Rotisserie Insert For Grills

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Adding the Rib-o-lator to the rotisserie on your grill allows you to cook multiple racks of ribs perfectly. There is a rod that connects to your rotisserie motor. Turn on your motor and round and round they go like a food Ferris wheel. That said, it can only handle narrow slabs that can be confined within the shelves.

Replacement Charcoal Grate For Weber Kettle Grills And WSM Smoker

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

On the Weber Smokey Mountain and the Weber Kettle, as charcoal burns down to small nubs, the tend to fall through the grates. The way to remedy the situation is to put a second charcoal grate on top of the one that came with your device so they form a cross hatch pattern.

Convert A Smoker To Propane With These Simple Kits

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Just because you live in a building that doesn't allow charcoal smokers and grills doesn't mean that you can't enjoy cooking on the popular Weber Smokey Mountain smoker thanks to this simple kit from GasSmoker.com for converting it and other smokers to propane.

Upgrading Your Flimsy Weber Smokey Mountain Door

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Upgrade your flimsy Weber Smokey Mountain door with this quality version. Arguably the biggest weakness with the otherwise solid build of the Weber Smokey Mountain is the removable front door which is flimsy and leaks. A great solution is to replace it with the heavy duty stainless steel door from Cajun Bandit.

Weber Smokey Mountain Gasket and Hinge Kit Review

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

If you're tired of looking for a place to set your hot Weber Smokey Mountain lid then you'll love this easy to install lid hinge. A latch makes sure the lid stays open and won't slam on your head when you stick it in there to smell your meat, and a pin that you can remove so you can take the lid off all the way.

Weber Smokey Mountain Gaskets Create Airtight Seals

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

The door on a WSM is a bit flimsy and the lid doesn't always fit tight, leading to a leaky cooker that allows heat to escape. Create airtight seals on the door and/or lid with a Weber Smokey Mountain gasket kit, helping you to maintain perfect temperatures longer in the cooker.

Ekogrips BBQ Oven Gloves Review

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Rick Browne, Ph.B.

Ekogrips BBQ Oven Gloves come in One-Size-Fits-Most (for hands 7" to 9.5" long), L/XL (for hands 9" to 11" long), and XXL (for hands 13+" long). They are all approximately 6" wide and have a unique pattern of silicone bumps or buttons on the outside shaped like flames.

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