Corey Elks
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what tools to you guys and gals find are must haves when grilling with charcoal. Not tools for the food, but tools for tending the coals and grates and anything else you use.
tools?
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Bill Meredith
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My toys er tools are a pair of grilling gloves, BBQ tongs to use solely for charcoal, Weber Chimney, Weber starter cubes or duraflame starter blocks, dust pan for ashes, and a dual probe thermometer to measure grate temp.
Don Cash
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After ruining all of my wife's kitchen towels I started buying these from Lowes. ~$10 for a pack of 12. No matter what I'm cooking I usually always have one draped over my shoulder. I can't imaging cooking without them.
I keep a plastic bag by my grilling stuff and when it's full of dirty towels I throw them in the wash with some bleach. When they get too stained or frayed I just throw them out. A pack will usually last me a couple months.
I keep a plastic bag by my grilling stuff and when it's full of dirty towels I throw them in the wash with some bleach. When they get too stained or frayed I just throw them out. A pack will usually last me a couple months.
Phil Perrin
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I have some big clunky tongs that aren't much good for anything else. I need to get some more welding gloves for actually lifting the hot grates.
TroyRedington
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i use my crappiest set of tongs for managing hot coals
i have the steven raichlen leather gloves for picking up and moving hot things (sometimes even coals)
a couple different grill brushes
and a propane torch (stopped using the weed burner after almost burning down our house when a few wasps flew at my face)
i have the steven raichlen leather gloves for picking up and moving hot things (sometimes even coals)
a couple different grill brushes
and a propane torch (stopped using the weed burner after almost burning down our house when a few wasps flew at my face)
JSMcdowell
TVWBB All-Star
In order of importance to me...
Chimneys
Grill brush w/ replaceable heads (Hate buying a whole new one)
Welding gloves
CC only tongs
30 Gal galvanized can for ash/coals
Cheap towels
Chimneys
Grill brush w/ replaceable heads (Hate buying a whole new one)
Welding gloves
CC only tongs
30 Gal galvanized can for ash/coals
Cheap towels
timothy
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
Tools? Okay then, I found the easiest way to clean my grates is with a 1/4" open end wrench.
Chimney, propane torch, and a few SS brushes are a must have IMO.
Now back to what I consider a "tool"
A small hatchet along with a rubber mallet is what I like to use for splitting up pieces of smokewood, and the rubber mallet serves also as a prop, when I need to turn the door over on the WSM for a HH cook.
Tim
Chimney, propane torch, and a few SS brushes are a must have IMO.
Now back to what I consider a "tool"
A small hatchet along with a rubber mallet is what I like to use for splitting up pieces of smokewood, and the rubber mallet serves also as a prop, when I need to turn the door over on the WSM for a HH cook.
Tim
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