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com, Inc. or its affiliates. As with the spatula, you'll want to weigh the length, head size, and non-slip handles with the amount of dexterity the tongs allow.

The Good Grips are long enough to keep your hands away from the fire but not so long that you can't work with any degree of grace or nimbleness. The tapered tips bring this out to the front over other popular tongs. They allow you to grasp with more precision than squared-off tips.

The slip and heat-resistant section at the far end is dishwasher-safe and easy on the hands. The locking feature that keeps the tongs closed is nice when you want to maximize your work surface or storage without getting tangled.

Nobody likes to think that when the cooking is done and your family or friends are writing songs to your grilling prowess , you still have a dirty grill to clean. A clean grill will prolong its lifespan and help prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses.

Those two critical factors aside, a clean grill helps prevent food from sticking and improves the overall flavor of your food, avoiding the burnt remnants of your last-cooked meal on the new one. A grill brush is going to make your life exponentially easier.

The Grill Art has three rows of brush bristles, tripling the coverage of each motion, that also offer degree cleaning from a single head. It also comes with changeable scraper blades that tackle hard-to-remove buildup and deposits. The inch handle keeps your hand away from the heat during hot cleaning and features a non-slip grip and loop for hanging when not in use.

Grilling doesn't have to stop when the sun goes down; good grill lights make the job easier and safer. Rob Nelson, chef, and co-founder of the restaurant group Good Gravy in Bentonville, Ark. Nelson, also a competition barbecue team member, frequently needs this ability during all-night smoking at these events.

While you may not find yourself in the same position as Nelson, the ability to see your food and see what is happening around you increases your chances of making better food and decreases the risk of injury. For this, we recommend the Permasteel light set.

The magnetic base of these lights will stick to almost any metallic object, and the long gooseneck allows you to direct the light without changing its location.

It features a cluster of nine LED bulbs that put brilliant light on your grill or work area while allowing your hands to remain free. A good thermometer takes the guesswork out of cooking, especially when it comes to meat and poultry.

To judge doneness, you could poke, prod, and cut open your food. You could also master the fine art of using a cake tester. Or you could do this the easy way and put a thermometer in your food and see what it says. There are a couple of schools of thought about thermometers. The first is that most grills and smokers work best when closed.

The heat escapes when you open the lid, which lengthens cooking times or leads to uneven cooking. This idea is antithetical to an instant-read thermometer. You need to access the food to put the probe tip in. That's where remote probe or wireless grill thermometers come in.

You just put the probe in the food and watch the temperature from a nearby wired or wireless unit. Then there's the school that wants a quick, accurate temperature.

A probe is excellent for bigger items, like chicken or pork butts, but isn't as handy for a steak or a burger due to their long time to register an accurate temperature when first inserted. But you can use a quick-read thermometer with bigger or smaller items, even if it does require opening the grill.

Because of that flexibility, we recommend an instant-read thermometer like the Thermapen One. I've used the Thermapen One in both professional settings and at home with good results.

It's tough enough to handle the abuse of a professional kitchen while keeping its speed of reading in one second or less and accuracy with an approximate 0. It also comes with a five-year warranty. One of its best features is the auto-rotating display, which eliminates reading the display upside down.

It also features a waterproof motion detection for sleep and wake mode. Chimney starters provide a safer, faster, more contained way of getting your coals ready to cook without the flareups and chemicals of lighter fluid.

The bonus is that if you need more coals to finish cooking, you don't need to move your food off the grill and repeat the initial flaming stage of lighting charcoal under your grate.

You can ignite the coals in the starter and add them under the grate when they are ready. The Rapidfire Chimney Starter is a simple, straightforward, and easy to use. As a brand, Weber consistently rates high when comparing its offerings to others, and this chimney starter is no exception.

On the surface, it's an aluminum tube, but it is designed with airflow in mind to get your charcoal ready quickly. To that point, the bottom section, where you put paper or lighter cubes, has venting on all sides that keep the flow of oxygen to the fire moving.

The conical grate where the charcoal sits increases airflow for fast lighting. Our only objection is common across the brand: the handle gets very hot and may require a towel or grilling glove to lift safely. These starters see frequent use in commercial settings, subject to more significant wear than most consumers put them through, and their lifespan is still great.

After reading through the qualities we look for in the essential tools — tongs and spatulas — finding a set that fits the criteria can be challenging.

Walker recommends the Cuisinart Deluxe Grill Set, and we can back it. The set checks most of our boxes and offers other features that balance the differences.

The spatula and tongs have the conservative length and tapered ends we look for in both. The tongs lock for storage. Conspicuously lacking are the heat-resistant, non-slip handles.

But the set also includes a silicone basting brush with a long handle and respectably broad head, five skewers for meats or vegetables, a grill brush, and four sets of corn holders.

There's also a suitable grill brush in the case. The most notable addition is the fork that doubles as a thermometer. Contrary to popular opinion, sticking your meat with a fork won't drain all the juices, but poking holes in your meat will create a channel for heat to enter and create an environment for uneven cooking.

This can be problematic when trying to hit precise temperatures, like degrees of steak doneness. We like tines similar in thickness to a thermometer probe, which this fork has. The thermometer is slower to register than the Thermapen, but it is perfectly adequate for the job at this lower price point.

All of these tools come packed in a padded aluminum case for storage. The one thing it doesn't have that we'd kind of like? This one from Weber heats charcoals in minutes thanks to its specialized cone-shaped grate. It has a comfortable handle, durable construction, and thousands of five-star reviews.

An extra-long set of tongs like this inch pair is essential for handling food over a hot grill. You'll also appreciate the comfortable silicone grippy handle, easy lock mechanism, and hanging loop for storage.

Keep your clothes and skin safe and clean with an apron. This professional grade version is adjustable for a custom fit, made of thick cotton, and comes with plenty of pockets for all your gadgets and tools including a loop to hang a hand towel.

Cook small foods like bite-size veggies and cubed meats in this grill basket. The perforations help circulate heat and air around the food for consistent cooking. The non-stick coating makes cleanup a breeze, but it's only safe up to degrees.

So if you're using high heat, select the stainless steel option. These narrow grilling baskets are a neat alternative to traditional skewers. You simply fill the steel wire baskets with your ingredients of choice and skip the sharp skewers entirely! They are so much easier and safer to flip, too.

Test them out with Ree's recipe for beef-vegetable kebabs. Aluminum pans are a great way to catch grease and juices and minimizing cleanup. This set of ten measures 7. Fill this vented box with your favorite wood chips to turn your grill into a temporary smoker.

No other equipment needed! Simply open the easy hinged lid, fill, and let the large vent holes work their magic. It would be a great gift for a barbecue lover or a starter set if you want to get everything all at once.

This pair of sturdy aluminum half sheet pans will keep your food safe and organized. Use one for transporting ingredients from the kitchen to the grill, and the other for the finished product.

Plus, then you can use them as cookie sheets and to make sheet pan dinners in the house! If you're in the market for a more heavy-duty thermometer, this ThermoPro model is a great option.

And you can monitor your food's temperature from up to feet away, which means less time spent hovering over the grill! The BBQ thermometer will alert you if the temperature ever leaves your set range, too. Who says grilling is only for the great outdoors? You can use a pan like this one on the grill of course, but also on the stove and in the oven inside.

The cast iron construction makes it incredible for heat conduction, which means gorgeous sears and flavor. Plus, if you cook in a pan, you don't have to clean the grates!

Simply open the easy hinged lid, fill, and let the large vent holes work their magic. It would be a great gift for a barbecue lover or a starter set if you want to get everything all at once.

This pair of sturdy aluminum half sheet pans will keep your food safe and organized. Use one for transporting ingredients from the kitchen to the grill, and the other for the finished product. Plus, then you can use them as cookie sheets and to make sheet pan dinners in the house! If you're in the market for a more heavy-duty thermometer, this ThermoPro model is a great option.

And you can monitor your food's temperature from up to feet away, which means less time spent hovering over the grill! The BBQ thermometer will alert you if the temperature ever leaves your set range, too. Who says grilling is only for the great outdoors?

You can use a pan like this one on the grill of course, but also on the stove and in the oven inside. The cast iron construction makes it incredible for heat conduction, which means gorgeous sears and flavor. Plus, if you cook in a pan, you don't have to clean the grates!

Need some grilling inspiration? Award-winning pitmaster Rodney Scott's new cookbook is filled with mouthwatering recipes like smoked prime rib and BBQ bacon burgers, plus tons of expert tips. Fire up the grill for pizza night! This popular set comes with a inch pizza stone that is safe up to degrees, a wheel-style pizza cutter, and a pizza peel for easy transporting.

It also folds in half for easy storage. You can use this both outside on the grill and inside in the oven, too. AnnMarie Mattila is the Commerce Editor for The Pioneer Woman, covering products ranging from home, fashion, beauty, and more.

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sign in. Dinner Ideas for Two Valentine's Day Desserts Brownie Recipes Soup Recipes Crock-Pot Recipes. Our Top Picks 1. They are very sturdy. He really likes that the spatula has a sharper edge for cutting into the meat. The set is very strong and easy to handle. Got great compliments from my son and his wife on how nice they were.

I definitely recommend this grill set!!! As Grillaholics ourselves, we know grill tools. The finer details coupled with quality construction make these some the best grill tools available.

I have a Weber gas, Weber charcoal and masterbuilt smoker. Grill almost daily in summer time. These tools still function perfectly and look brand new… after almost 5 years of use. Great product and good price.

The material and construction of the tools is great! I do suggest they enlarge or redesign the hooks so they can be used on all grills, i. e Weber. I had a bbq tool set given to me.

Boy was I wrong. Utensils fell apart immediately. So I purchased a set from Grillaholics. BOY what a difference. These tools are well made and can handle any job. I love them. This is a serious set of Grilling Tools.

My husband appreciates the cutting edge of two of the tools. The wireless range is up to feet, so you can enjoy the party inside while your meal stays monitored from across the yard. The Meater probe works at up to degrees, which means you can use it in most oven and stove situations in addition to the grill, and the brand even says it's fully dishwasher-safe.

We prefer to hand-wash it anyway, just because the probe is small enough to fall out of the dishwasher rack and get lost.

The charging case which can fully charge the probe times with a single AAA battery is magnetic and will stick to the side of your grill or oven as well, a small but well-thought-out feature.

Maximum Internal Temperature: degrees Maximum Ambient Temperature: degrees Bluetooth Range: feet Dishwasher Safe: Yes. They can also come in handy for grabbing the crust of a pizza to help it slide onto a peel.

These are long enough to keep hands away from the heat of the grill, and they have an easy locking mechanism so they can be locked closed to hang on a hook by the grill.

A bottle opener on the side makes it easy to open a bottle of soda to stay hydrated while grilling. Length: 17 inches Material: Stainless steel Dishwasher Safe: Yes. Kids who like to help in the kitchen will be able to safely create their own kebabs, without worrying about the sharp point on the skewer.

When the food is done, just open the lid, flip the basket over, and drop the food onto a plate or into a serving bowl.

The coating means that food is less likely to stick, and washing by hand is easy. It makes the lid a bit wobbly and can fall off if the kebab basket is dropped.

Length: When you're grilling vegetables or other small items like shrimp or scallops, you're liable to lose ingredients between the grates.

This pan solves that problem, while still allowing for the high-temperature charring and smoky flavors you can only get from a grill.

Besides small items, this pan is also good for delicate things like fish fillets that are liable to get stuck on wider-set grates.

Even when the pan is full, the wide handles help ensure a secure grip so you can transfer the cooked food to your serving platter without it slipping from your hands. Keep in mind that it's fairly wide, designed to fit inch or larger grills.

Dimensions: When it comes to grilling skewers, sometimes the simplest designs are the best. These Oxo skewers take simplicity to its best level. The point is seriously pointy, making it easy to pierce meat or vegetables, from beef cubes to mushrooms.

Plus, the skewer itself is flat, so food is less likely to spin when turning the food on the grill. They even fit well in a countertop oven when weather interrupted an outdoor cook. When it was time to remove the food from the skewers, it slid off easily.

Cleaning was easy, too, either by hand or in the dishwasher. Meat claws are a great way to turn a whole pork butt smoked on the grill into pulled pork.

The six sharp points on the Bear Paws claws are much more efficient than a pair of forks at pulling apart tender meats from the grill, oven, or slow cooker.

The nylon claws are heatproof up to degrees and completely dishwasher-safe for easy cleanup. Besides shredding meat, these claws are also great for grabbing and lifting large cuts off the grill, or holding things like roasts or a whole turkey in place while carving. You could also use them to stabilize a large watermelon for slicing, or even toss a salad.

Material: Nylon Dishwasher-Safe: Yes. Heatproof gloves aren't hard to find, but many are mitten-style, offering little dexterity if you're trying to grasp a greasy pork butt or move hot dogs or chicken pieces around to make room on the grill.

Rapicca's BBQ Oven gloves are the complete opposite, with five individual fingers and a grippy-textured, waterproof, food-safe neoprene material. These are serious professional equipment, designed for pitmasters reaching into their mammoth smokers. They're also over-the-top when it comes to heat protection, with a inch length that reaches to the elbows, and the durability to withstand temperatures over degrees, well above even the hottest of grills.

They'd also be an excellent choice if you plan to deep-fry a turkey at Thanksgiving. Length: 14 inches Material: Neoprene Maximum Temperature: degrees. This unique pan is essentially a stovetop skillet, perforated with holes so the grill's smoke and flames can still reach the ingredients inside.

It lets you cook almost anything you'd cook in a frying pan on the grill, from stir-fries to French fries to tofu. Made of hefty carbon steel that conducts heat quickly, the skillet comes pre-seasoned and ready for nonstick use. The seasoning is durable enough to hold up to metal utensils, and the pan is heat-safe up to a searing degrees.

It also comes with a removable heatproof silicone handle cover to help with taking the hot pan off the grill. Dimensions: 21 x There are lots of reasons to love grilling over charcoal, but getting the charcoal lit is not one of them.

This simple device makes starting a charcoal grill much less of a chore. You simply load up the upper section with charcoal, stuff the bottom with crumpled newspaper or use lighter cubes , and set afire.

In less than 15 minutes, you'll have red-hot coals ready for cooking—no lighter fluid necessary. Weber does also sell a compact chimney starter that's just 8 inches tall, useable with smaller and portable grills like the brand's Smokey Joe or full-size ones. Material: Aluminized steel Dimensions: 8.

Even if you never cook fish on a grill, a fish spatula is very handy both on the grill and in the house. This fish spatula is a bit flexible and has a curved front edge, so it can bend slightly to get under delicate fish without breaking it. This one is sturdy enough that we were able to move several loaded skewers with it.

The Meater Board is great for anyone who barbecues. Size: Then just load it up for another batch. I found that it was perfect for English muffins, toasting them for breakfast.

This basket is supposed to be hand washed, but I threw it in the dishwasher with no immediate ill effects, but continued dishwashing may eventually cause damage to the finish or the handle. Dimensions: 22 x 9 x 1. You don't necessarily need both a grill pan and basket, but the options from Weber make it hard to choose just one.

The basket has deep sides that make it perfect for piling up vegetables or for quick-stirring diced meat, like you would in a wok. This basket is taller but a little smaller than the grill pan; it'll fit on an inch or larger grill.

That's still big enough to fit long items like asparagus, however. In all, you can fit four or five generous servings of veggies inside. But don't forget to clean up when you're done!

The Kona ° Clean Grill Brush is indispensable, making easy work of wiping down grill grates and starting fresh. No matter what kind of grilling tool you're shopping for, the material is important. Stainless steel is durable and resistant to rust, a great choice for a tool that's going to live outside with the grill, while wood can crack and split if left out in the rain and sun.

The high heat of the grill is also an important consideration: Many materials—even those made to stand up to oven temperatures—can melt if exposed to a hot grill. Make sure to check the maximum temperature range, as a grill set to high can reach above degrees.

The big divide in grilling is between gas and charcoal. Some tools and accessories are made to work with one or the other, while things like tongs and spatulas are of course compatible with both.

Another important consideration is grill size and shape: You can't use a big round skillet on a small rectangular grill. Check the dimensions on your grill before you buy anything large you plan to use on it. There are only a few tools that are absolutely essential for grilling.

However, you may also want to pick up a few specialty items, such as a vegetable basket or rib rack, depending on what you typically cook.

If you want your BBQ tools to last for many grilling seasons to come, it's important to store them properly, even if they're going to stay outdoors with the grill.

Before putting your tools away, clean off any grease and food residue and allow them to dry completely. From here, you should store them in a dry place, such as a drawer in your kitchen, in a storage bag in your garage, or underneath your grill cover. Many people leave their tools hanging outside near the grill, but metal tools can rust when left exposed to rain or other moisture, and wooden components may start to rot.

If your tools got left outside for an extended period and started to rust, there are a few ways you can restore them to pristine condition.