whats your 'go to' gadget?

[Big Poppa]

I would have to say for me a Thermapen. I dont cook very often with wired (although I think that is a really good way to cook) I have sort of an idea with time and temp so the thermapen is it...second is probably Grill Grates.

What about you?

 

[TentHunter]

I would have to say it's my Maverick remote thermometer.

I love being able to hot-smoke bacon, sausage, etc. on the MAK which can take hours to slowly get up to temp. I can set the alarms on the maverick and go do whatever else I need to do and know that the alarm will let me know when it's time for the meat to come off. I can even go to bed if it's late and the alarm will wake me up.

 

[So Cal Smoker]

Great question. I also us a Thermopen and at times my Maverick but almost every cook I use those cheap aluminum foil pans (in various sizes from WalMart) to carry the food from the house to the cooker. With the pan and a good pair of heat resistant gloves I'm good to cook just about anything.

 

[sptucker]

Right now, after years of stick burning, the whole MAK 2 pellet grill/smoker is a gadget to me! Tinkering with cooking methods, smoking cheese, different pellets, etc. -- the possibilities are seemingly endless.

I am also having a lot of fun with the "virtual" gadget known as MAK Grills Mobile...

 

[JD McGee]

Believe it or not...my "go to" gadget is the ThermoWorks "Extra Big and Loud" waterproof countdown timer... I use them to keep me on track at comps during crunch time, and at home when grilling, smoking, cooking, or baking. Right behind that is the ThermaPen...

 

[SmokinMAK]

Certainly the Thermapen. If I could only have one, that would be it. Luckily I can have more. Maverick for my drum, GrillGrates for my MAK, AmazinSmoker Tube. Hopefully a Vortex for the drum soon (BP?). ;-)

 

[jimsbarbecue]

The thermal pens gets used all the time. I give them as gifts! We have MAK grills that have three temp probes and two stokers that we could use unlimited temp probes on. Yet 95% of the time we cook a certain time and temp and check with the thermapen to check temp and either take off or cook a little longer. Do love the grill grates which we use upside down for fish a lot . Big Poppa Mats live on our MAK grills. Which we don't clean just bend and shake and ready to use again.

 

[scooter]

Backyard:

1. Thermapen
2. MAK WiFi
3. Stoker
4. Smoke Daddy

For comps:

1. Thermapen
2. Microsoft Excel
3. iPhone App - "Elapsed"

Elapsed is an app that allows a limitless amount of preset timers to run simultaneously.