Meat Thermometers
Instant-read thermometers are for fast spot checks. Leave-in probes shine during long cooks.
Browse the tools →05 / MEAT SCHOOL
The jokes are optional.
The technique isn’t.
Useful information hidden inside a bad influence.
USEFUL INFORMATION HIDDEN INSIDE A BAD INFLUENCE
THE FIELD GUIDE TO BBQ TOOLS.
Put Meat In It is a curated guide to BBQ tools for smoking, grilling, injecting, probing, grinding, stuffing and wrapping. The jokes are optional. Knowing the temperature of your brisket is not.
Injectors & Tenderizers
Injectors add seasoned liquid below the surface. Tenderizers alter texture. Neither replaces good technique.
Browse the tools →Smokers & Fire
Heat, airflow, fuel and time matter more than standing over the pit looking concerned.
Browse the tools →Grinders & Stuffers
Control your cut and fat ratio. Make sausage. Ruin a perfectly relaxing Saturday.
Browse the tools →Wrapping & Sealing
Manage moisture, the stall, freezing and storage with butcher paper and vacuum gear.
Browse the tools →Useful BBQ Gifts
The best tools get a laugh and then stay in rotation. Shop the full catalog for the 42.
Browse the tools →MEASURE WHAT MATTERS
Surface ≠ center.
“It knows how hot the skillet is. It does not know how done the cow is.”
The IR gun checks pans, stones, griddles, and cook surfaces. Instant-read and leave-in probes measure the meat.
The Probe Ministry →THE WRAPPING ARGUMENT
Foil steams.
Paper negotiates.
Breathable unwaxed butcher paper helps protect bark while reducing evaporative cooling during a long smoke. Foil pushes barbecue through the stall efficiently—and starts arguments about the bark.
Wrap / Vacuum / Preserve →