Any man worth his weight in picked-clean bones knows every month is Barbecue Month, but May managed to claim the official title. While we’ll all no doubt be grilling outside all spring and summer long, we’ll let May get all the barbecue press for now.
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In keeping with Barbecue Month and the approach of the Memorial Day Weekend and the kickoff of summer, we put together some different angles on grilling-themed gifts you can give yourself to improve your grilling game. They’re also suitable to bring along with you so you don’t come to that next cookout empty handed.
As always, there’s a range of categories and prices. Note: You’re not seeing alcohol-based gifts or ideas on this list, but you’ll be seeing those soon enough in their own story. So, stay tuned if you’re booze inclined.
Backyard Cookout Gift Guide
May claims the title of National Barbecue Month, so it's time to dig into the summer's grilling gifts.
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Backyard Cookout Gift Guide
You can make your grilling healthier by eschewing the beef or pork and skewing a little Diestel Ground Turkey. You can get it ready for patties, in breast filets or as the whole damn bird. Pay attention to Diestel's cooking instructions. Turkey is lean, so you can overcook it and dry it out if you don't know what you're doing.
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Backyard Cookout Gift Guide
The RediChek Wireless Thermometer from Maverick Housewares allows you to monitor your grilling remotely. You don't have to hover over the grill endlessly while the RediChek sends remote cooking data to a handheld remote.
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Backyard Cookout Gift Guide
One of America's top barbecue restaurant chains, Tony Roma's also offers many of its menu items in cook-at-home packaging. From ribs to pulled pork, the Roma's offerings let you prepare restaurant-quality meats your way.
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Backyard Cookout Gift Guide
Since your grilling meat of choice won't be calorie free, it's not the worst idea to drink something that is. Cascade Ice Beverages offers multiple sparkling flavors, all with zero calories. The manufacturer also offers drink recipes where Cascade can step in as a mixer.
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Backyard Cookout Gift Guide
Heinz teamed up with some of America's most successful pit masters to create the Heinz "Made with the Masters" Barbecue Sauces line. Created to show regional flare that highlights grilling flavors from around the country, each offers unique recipes to put it all to work.
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Backyard Cookout Gift Guide
The EcoCarbon Bluetooth Speaker is impact resistant and waterproof — making it a perfect musical companion for outdoor cookouts. Drop it. Splash it. Slather it in sauce. It doesn't matter. The device packs 10 hours of battery life and will charge cellphones with a separate power bank.
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Backyard Cookout Gift Guide
Grilling isn't all about just the meats. Whether as side dishes or on skewers, you need to mix veggies in there. Farmbox Direct sends various size gift boxes packed with fresh fruits and vegetables to your door. You get to select the shipment size and prepare as you like.
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Backyard Cookout Gift Guide
If the usual suspects of smokey and spicy, southern-themed sauces seem played out to you, you could try the King's Hawaiian Barbecue Sauces. Each variety offers an island touch to capture the unique flavor of Hawaiian BBQ.
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Backyard Cookout Gift Guide
As the weather gets hotter, outdoor grilling demands the beverages get colder and lighter. Sparkling Ice Beverages offer everything from lemonades to teas to fruit flavored water that offer an alternative heavier beer or soda.
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Backyard Cookout Gift Guide
You can't eat this. You can't drink it. But, it could make a huge difference at your next cookout. It's likely your guests will enjoy a libation. If you think a friend put down one too many beers or cocktails the AlcoMate Revo is a professional standard breathalyzer that will indicate blood alcohol levels. You don't have to put it out on the table, but keep it nearby just in case you need to take a set of keys away.
