Essential Tools
Tongs, spatulas, forks and brushes. Buy long, buy sturdy, buy once.
Safety and Protection
Gloves, mats, ash buckets and long lighters.
Grill and Smoker Accessories
Chimney starters, smoker boxes, ash buckets and the small kit that keeps a fire running.
Grill Cooking Enhancements
Baskets, racks, presses, claws, stones and woks. The kit that extends what a grill can cook.
Thermometers
Cooking meat is a temperature problem, not a time problem.
Fire Management
Baskets, dividers, water pans and inserts that make a fire hold its shape.
Grates and Toppers
Cast iron, griddles, baskets, planks and pizza stones.
Cleaning and Maintenance
Bristle-free brushes, scrapers and covers.
Prep and Serving
Injectors, boards, trays, claws and carriers.
Apparel and Organisation
Aprons, utensil hooks, caddies and branding irons.
Books and Inspiration
Cookbooks, technique guides and classes worth the money.
Custom and Personalised
Engraved boards, branding irons and personalised kit.
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What to know before you buy
Two purchases matter more than everything else here combined: a chimney starter and an instant-read thermometer. Together they cost well under two hundred pounds and they will improve your food more than spending several hundred more on a cooker.
After that it is about extending what your cooker can do. Baskets and inserts shape the fire, cast iron and plates cook what a grate cannot hold, and the right small tools make a specific cook possible. Buy them as a cook demands them rather than in a kit, because half of any gadget set never gets used.