These 7 smokin’ products help you step it up at your next tailgate or barbecue.
True Texas Pits The Shiner Offset Smoker
Low and Slow
Set on wheels, this on-the-go steel smoker features expanded prep space and an undivided cooking surface designed for tailgating. True Texas Pits The Shiner Offset Smoker, starting at $1,650. TrueTexasPits.com
Steak Your Claim
Engraved in Virginia Beach, customizable cases including a grill fork, spatula and tongs help you make your mark as a pitmaster. Available in acacia, bamboo and rosewood. Design’s the Limit Personalized BBQ Tool Set, starting at $40. DesignsTheLimit.com
Wood that You Could
This solid hardwood cleaner equipped with an elongated handle will form grooves tailored to the grate of your grill. The Great Scrape Woody Shovel, $35. TheGreatScrape.com
Irons in the Fire
Hand-forged utensils, custom-made in Big Island and embellished with copper or brass. Battery Creek Forge Twisted Fork and Ladle, contact for pricing. BatteryCreekForge.com
Holy Smokes
French Oak wine barrels get new life in Hampton as smoking chips that lend a nuanced flavor to meats. Barrel-Art BBQ Smoker Chips, $12. Barrel-Art.com
Cutting Edge
Custom-made in Ashland of handles carved of Micarta and hand-forged steel blades. Goodpasture Knives Meat Slicer, $80. GoodpastureKnives.com
Hands On
Insulated and waterproof, these 17-inch neoprene gloves lined with jersey cotton shield the length of your forearms from the flames. Artisan Griller Ultimate Pit Glove, $26. Artisan-Griller.MyShopify.com
Big on the Pig
Read up on even more barbecue news from around the Commonwealth: Claiming the ’Cue - Is Virginia the true motherland of Southern barbecue? (The answer is yes.) Quick Bites - Quick bites from the BBQ kings of Petersburg to the best booze and ‘cue in Lynchburg, news from the pit. The Zen of Barbecue - Celebrity pitmaster Tuffy Stone.
