Accessorize Your Grill!

Now that summer is in full swing, we hope you’re all set up with the perfect outdoor grill (if not, of course, we have plenty of options at Atherton Appliance & Kitchens and BSC Culinary). Nothing makes grilling more fun than the perfect accessories for any type of meal. The choices might seem endless if you start searching for grilling tools, so we’ve come up with a few suggestions to get you started:

• No need to cook in the dark! Newegg.com offers numerous grilling accessories, including this Cordless LED Grill Light that features 4 eco-friendly LED bulbs that last 50,000 hours. Clip the light onto any shelf up to 1″ thick, and bend the gooseneck to the desired angle.
• Also at Newegg is this 7 Piece Grill Dozer Spring Cleaning Kit, which enables you to clean your grill with the Power of Steam. This set includes the innovative Grill Dozer Steam Cleaning Brush, which features steam-cleaning spray action.
• Bull Outdoor Products, Inc. offers Large Forks that serve as roast and poultry lifters. The forks are made of strong chrome steal, and have heat-resistant grip handles.
• Don’t forget to add the Big Green Egg, carried at both Atherton Kitchen & Appliances and BSC Culinary, to your outdoor cooking options. Right now we’re running a special Two-Week Test Drive at NO COST through July 31st (contact us for more information). The EGG is a unique barbecue product, with unmatched flexibility and capabilities. It is a smoker, a grill and an oven all in one, and you can cook literally any food on it year-round, from appetizers to entrees, or desserts. Think pizza and slow roasted smoked pork!
• Good Housekeeping has published a list of favorite grilling tools. The list includes the Char-Broil Magneto Series, featuring a magnetic paper-towel holder, drink cozy, tool rest, clips, and tool hooks, which is available at Charbroil.com. Another favorite is the Sur La Table Slider Basket, which lets you cook, flip, and remove nine mini-burgers at once. If you find forming sliders a challenge, the Sur La Table Patty Press shapes three at a time perfectly. To serve them on miniature buns, there’s the Sur La Table Bun Cutter, which turns a full-sized bun into several minis. All are available at surlatable.com.
• Williams-Sonoma would never want to be left out of the grilling accessory conversation. The company offers a wide variety of outdoor cooking tools, from a set of eight Corn Picks, to the Pizza Que Grill Stone made of porous clay stone, which produces brick oven-quality pizza on your backyard grill. Another fun accessory is the Meatball Grill Basket, which enables you to cook homemade meatballs for outdoor dining. This ingenious grilling tool holds a dozen meatballs above the fire and infuses them with smoky flavor. Its sturdy stainless-steel basket has 12 perforated wells to brown meatballs while excess fat drips away.
• Have you visited your neighborhood Crate & Barrel lately? They offer everything from grill covers to barbecue thermometers and portable grill tool sets. The 3-in-1 Grill Brush has a contoured rubber grip handle for thorough scraping and brushing with the stainless steel scraping tool, an abrasive pad, and rugged brass bristles. The Hot Dog and Sausage Griller helps produce even grilling and enables fuss-free turning. And the Lodge® Cast Iron Grill Press cooks both sides of burgers, bacon, and sandwiches at once.

The above ideas are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to grilling accessories. When you set out to add something new to your repertoire, consider the types of meals you enjoy preparing on the grill, and the tools that would help you prepare your favorite foods. With the help of the perfect grill tools, you’ll be ready to barbecue happily all summer.