Which BBQ Grill Accessories, Equipment and Fuel Make Barbecuing Easier and the Food Better?
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Barbecue grill sets
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Hinged grill basket
Basting brushes
The Keys to Success Lie With These Five Basic BBQ Grill Accessories
Barbeque tools
are vital to barbecue cooking - you can't make do without 'em, and they'll get a lot of use - so get the best you can afford and they'll last for years.
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Tongs for turning over delicate items like homemade burgers, or sausages that might leak fat onto the coals.
A hinged grill basket is very handy for delicate items like fish, or for cooking quantities of food at once e.g. four burgers or a batch of chicken wings - you can turn them over all at once.
A spatula for flipping burgers or steak/chops etc.
Skewers - long metal skewers for cooking kebabs - get them with wooden handles, the metal gets hot!
Two or three pronged forks that easily spear cooked food.
These first five BBQ grill accessories are really things you can't do without. They can mostly be bought as part of a barbecue grill set in their own carry case.
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is a great accessory for a covered grill. Basically it's a metal box, with a perforated lid. Place your soaked
BBQ wood chips
inside and they smoulder, producing lots of smoke.
A
BBQ Rotisserie
is for large cuts of meat or whole animals like a pig or a turkey. Several versions are available with electric motors and kits to attach them to a standard grill (notably Weber do a range for their grills)
A BBQ gas lighter with a long nozzle can be helpful too.
A pair of barbecue gloves is pretty essential; even with the other utensils a grill can get very hot on the hands after a few seconds. I actually use welder's gloves, but you might be more comfortable with something less unwieldy.
Basting brushes for basting meat with
BBQ sauce
or
marinades
during cooking.
When fat does leak onto hot coal it causes flames. Flames don’t cook, they burn; which is bad. So have a spray bottle of water on hand to douse any flames that do appear.
If you need to barbecue large cuts of meat or poultry, a good meat thermometer will come in handy to guarantee they are properly cooked through.
A good fitting
BBQ cover
will keep the elements out, reduce the amount of cleaning, and extend the life of your barbecue grill by many years.