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Cooking for a family of six or more is a capacity problem before it is a flavor problem. One 10-inch skillet feeds two people well and starves everyone else, so dinner turns into a relay of pans going hot and cold while the kids ask when it is ready. A flat top griddle solves that … Read more

A flat top griddle with an air fryer is an outdoor or counter-top cooking station that puts a flat steel cooking surface over burners and adds one or more enclosed air fryer drawers underneath, so you can sear smash burgers on the surface while chicken, fries or wings crisp in a drawer at the same … Read more

The best wood fired pizza ovens for backyards are the ones that reach 750°F or higher on a real stone floor, hold that heat across several bakes, and survive a full season outdoors. Our pick is the Gozney Roccbox for tight spaces, the Ooni Karu 12 Multi-Fuel for pure wood heat at speed, and the … Read more

Yes, you can use a wireless meat thermometer in a smoker, and once you have cooked a 14-hour brisket without getting up to check the pit, you will not go back to a wired probe. We spent weeks running these units through offset smokers, pellet cookers and electric cabinets, mostly to answer one question that … Read more

A rotisserie is the only hands-off cooking method that gives you evenly browned, self-basted skin on a whole turkey without turning it a single time. But the kits sold for large birds fall into two very different groups: compact factory sets sized for a Genesis II, and heavy-duty spit systems with real motor torque that … Read more

A charcoal chimney starter is a metal cylinder with a perforated grate at the bottom that holds briquettes and channels rising heat and airflow back down through the coal, lighting it evenly from below without lighter fluid. Fill it, light the fire underneath, and in roughly 10 to 20 minutes the top coals turn gray … Read more

A pellet grill cover does one job better than any tarp, bucket or fitted sheet you can improvise: it keeps rain out of the hopper while still letting trapped moisture escape. That combination is why the Utheer 73700, a PVC-lined 600D polyester cover rated 4.7 stars across more than 8,000 reviews, comes out on top … Read more

Grilling after dark is a visibility problem before it is a cooking problem. Without a dedicated light, you are guessing at sear, tipping steaks off the grate blind, and leaning into a porch bulb that throws your own shadow straight across the food. We spent weeks testing the best grill lights for night grilling options, … Read more

Cast iron grates punish the wrong grill brush. The steel is softer than the stainless coil or woven pad you are crushing against it, and the seasoning you worked months to build sits on top of that steel as a thin polymerized oil film. A brush that is too aggressive will take the seasoning with … Read more

A whole packer brisket is a lot of meat to lay on a chopping surface. A trimmed flat is wider than most boards sold in kitchen stores, and the liquid that comes off it while you carve will run off any flat surface straight onto your counter. That is the entire reason the best cutting … Read more