Christmas Gift Ideas for Dad Should Include Barbecue and Grilling Gifts

For the dad that loves a good back yard barbecue, there are a select few bbq gadgets he really wants, and most importantly really needs. Many back yard barbecues consist of grilling over high temperature gas flames and infrared burners. While others are a home using the low and slow method, with real hardwood charcoal made of hickory and misquete woods as their heat source. The truth of the matter, there is a time and place for both, and the gift ideas contained in this article will surely satisfy all the backyard barbecue chefs on your Christmas list.

One thing is for sure, anyone that uses a smoking hot gas grill, or smoker understands one thing for sure, before we can get the job done right, we simply must have a good set of barbecue and grilling tools.

Let us face it, turning hot foods on a grill or smoker can only be preformed safely using a high quality set of barbecue mitts, and an 18-inch professional stainless steel barbecue and grilling tools. The Weber set includes:

a set of chef’s tongs,

18-inch stainless steel spatula,

18-inch 2-prong stainless steel fork

Weber the favorite of many professional and backyard chefs alike, are without question are the best in the bbq industry, a trusted manufacture of the highest quality BBQ grills, smokers.

All stainless steel construction make the durable, strong and dishwasher safe barbecue tool sets, and best of all great looking.

Are you like me and want to avoid the hassle of walking all over your local big box super store, save your self the time and headaches, shop online at amazon.com for the best selection, free shipping and get what you pay for guaranteed.

Competitive, professional or backyard barbecue chefs alike are well aware, no bbq grill tool set is complete without a high quality grill brush. The important thing to remember when selecting the proper grill brush for your bbq master is quite simply, what kind of grill grate their gas, charcoal grill or smoker uses.

You see, a porcelain coated grill grate is quite fragile, easily scratched, chipped and broken when cleaned improperly. For this reason, alone it is best not to use a steel bristle grill brush and metal scraper to clean a porcelain coated grill. Rather you should gently use a soft brass bristle grill brush to loosen burnt on foods and sauces.

Just an FYI, when damaged porcelain coated grill grate needs replacing. The best option is replace it with a high quality stainless steel or cast iron grill grate and rid yourself of the problem.

When it comes time to clean burnt stuck on foods and BBQ sauce from the cast iron or stainless steel grill grate on your gas, or charcoal grill and smoker, the best bbq-cleaning tool you can use is a long handle grill brush with steel or brass bristles and scraper. Weber makes a great 18-inch grill brush with steel scraper that works great for getting your barbecue and smoker grill grates clean.

Let us talk about charcoal barbecue grills and smokers for a minute. Some of us simply will not cook on anything other than real hardwood or hardwood charcoal. That is the only way to get that all natural hardwood Smokey goodness we crave. Cooking low and slow works great when barbecuing ribs and a pork butt, however searing a prime cut of rib eye, now that is another thing all together.
When smoking a beef brisket low and slow, the heat is generally between 225f and 250f degrees. This brings us to the next great Christmas gift idea, the electric, hardwood, and charcoal smoker. The low indirect heat provided by a smoker surrounds and cooks the

Gas grills are the best choice for a backyard barbecue, especially when you simply do not want to mess with charcoal, and all that mess. Check out this great Weber gas grill, it makes a great Christmas gift. Weber 3751001 Genesis E-320 Propane Gas Grill at Amazon.com. We have been using this Weber gas grill at our house for three years now, and it is a great barbecue grill for the money.

The Weber Genesis is available in several colors, I have the copper color, and the wife liked that color because it complemented the patio furniture, go figure. Weber has a smoker attachment for the Genesis gas grill that really works great if you would like to smoke a turkey on your grill, the Weber 7541 Gas Grill Smoker will do a fantastic job. There are cheaper gas barbecue grills on the market, but you cannot beat the quality of a Weber as they say, you get what you pay for.

“Baby back, Beef or Pork Ribs, Dry Rub Recipe“

8 table spoons of Brown sugar, tightly packed
3 table spoons of Kosher salt
1 tablespoon of Ancho chili powder
½ teaspoon of Ground cumin
½ teaspoon of Dried oregano
½ teaspoon of Garlic powder
½ teaspoon of Ground black pepper
½ teaspoon of Cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon of jalapeno seasoning
½ teaspoon of Old Bay Seasoning
½ teaspoon of fresh thyme, rubbed between the fingers
½ teaspoon of onion powder

Combine, all the dry ingredients in your favorite mixing bowl, and mix well. Place each slab of ribs on a piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil large enough to wrap the ribs in, remember shiny side down, or plastic
wrap. Sprinkle each side generously with the dry rub. Pat the dry rub into the meat. Refrigerate the ribs for at least 1 hour, for the best results overnight. Before putting the ribs on the barbecue, set them out of the fridge to get to room temperature before smoking. Oh yeah, remember to remove the plastic wrap before putting your ribs on the grill.

The author of this publication, Mike Teddleton owns the copyright to Christmas Gift Ideas Should Include Barbecue and Grilling Gifts. The rights to publish this article in print or online can only be granted by contacting me the author in writing. You may use the intro and link back to the article directing the reader back to my post here at HubPages where they may find the story in its entirety