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Weber SmokeFire EX4 and EX6 Wood Fired Pellet Grill Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

Weber has a new pellet smoker and it is alone among pellet cookers in that it can properly sear steak across the entire cooking area. Read our review of this groundbreaking design.

Sear Daddy Turns Your Pellet Cooker Into A True Pellet Griller

Looking to get a great sear from your pellet cooker? The Sear Daddy Universal Pellet Grill Searing Station replaces your cooker's current heat diffuser with a funnel shaped one. Its "flavorizer bars" and lava rocks create a dedicated searing station with 360 square inches of grill space. Read our full review.

Hasty Bake 357 PRO

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Our new favorite charcoal grill is the Hasty Bake 357 PRO. It is just about the perfect charcoal grill/smoker combo. The core concepts of the design go back to 1948. Since then, Hasty Bake has refined and polished off the rough edges. We tested and reviewed their new 357 PRO which easily earns our AmazingRibs.com Platinum Medal.

Thin Blue Smoke by Doug Worgul

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Check out our review of Thin Blue Smoke by Doug Worgul. It's the first novel we've ever reviewed on this site. If you're a fan of good writing, good barbecue, and good stories, we highly recommend pulling up a chair, pouring a couple fingers of your favorite libation, and settling into this book.

Heavy D Amps Up The Smoke in Most Pellet Cookers

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.

Upper Deck Stainless Steel Grate For Weber Kettle

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

This stainless steel rack adds a lot of additional space to your 22" Weber Kettle. Perfect for grilling, smoking, and warming buns, meats, and veggies. For indirect cooking you can double your output.

Sous Vide Que Made Easy: A Downloadable Deep Dive

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Clint Cantwell, AmazingRibs.com President And BBQ Personality

By marriage of water and fire, sous vide with the grill and smoker, we can achieve extraordinary results, in some cases, better than with either cooking method on its own. You can get extraordinarily tender, juicy, safe, and flavorful foods. With this exclusive book you will learn all the basics of sous vide que.

Ferno Freestanding Grill Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

Ferno's large, eye-popping "Firewheel" raises and lowers the gas burners. We've seen adjustable height charcoal trays, but never adjustable height gas burners. We tested and reviewed this unique grill. Ferno's ability to quickly change the distance between food and fire adds an extra dimension to cooking on gas and wins our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal.

Weber Original Kettle Premium 22-Inch Charcoal Grill Reviewed

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

Weber Kettles enjoy evergreen popularity from one generation to the next. 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, We tested and reviewed these iconic grills. You can't go wrong with our Platinum Medal winning Weber kettles.

Cuisinart 3-in-1 Stainless 5 Burner Gas Grill Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

Cuisinart's 3-in-1 Stainless 5 Burner Gas Grill is a pretty nice package deal for a pretty low price. It's called 3-in-1 because it's a gas grill that comes with a smoke tube and a cast iron griddle. we tested and reviewed this model. Despite a few quibbles, we feel 3-in-1 is a good choice in this price range, earning our Best Value Gold Medal.

Ooni Koda Gas-Powered Outdoor Pizza Oven

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

The Ooni Koda is a superb portable pizza oven capable of making restaurant quality pies in 2 to 3 minutes. Completely redesigned from the ground up, Koda outperforms its predecessor, Ooni 3, in every way. It requires no assembly and is ready to cook right out of the box. We reviewed Koda and award our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal!

Meatstick Wi-Fi-Bluetooth Food Thermometer Review

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Bill McGrath, AmazingRibs.com Chief Thermometer Reviewer

The Meatstick Wi-Fi-Bluetooth Food Thermometer is a tool that allows a wireless temperature probe to communicate with a smart phone to monitor cooking progress.

Grilltastic Introduces The Best Grill Brush Ever

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

This superb Grilltastic grill brush is well built but its superpower is that it sprays steam and that removes everything, including all grease and carbon, in a hurry. Simply fill the water tank, plug it in, click the switch, and in a few seconds the 1500 watt steam generator will have the grates looking like new.

Meater Block Food Thermometer Reviewed And Rated

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Bill McGrath, AmazingRibs.com Chief Thermometer Reviewer

The Meater Block is a novel approach to the wireless temperature measurement product category. While most competing products employ temperature probes tethered to a transmitter by a braided wire, the Meater builds the transmitter and battery to power it into the probe itself.

IG Charcoal BBQ Grill Review

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John “Spinaker” Bowlsby

The IG Charcoal BBQ Grill has a simple, cosmetically appealing design that is best suited for direct, high-temperature grilling. Read our review to learn why we cannot recommend this grill to our readers. The poor build quality, cheap materials and rather serious design flaws garner a “Not Recommended” rating.

 

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