Backyard

Back in 2018, we looked at at a fire pit from Solo Stove featuring a clever air flow system to keep the smoke to a minimum. The company has now adapted this design for mealtime, offering a charcoal grill that keeps the cleanup to a minimum.

Owing to their convenience and dependability in delivering gently smoked meats, pellet grills are gaining some serious popularity, and now one of the biggest names in barbecue is getting in on the action.

Snow Peak's new Smokemeister barbecue packs the capabilities of larger smokers into a trunk-friendly package, with easy setup once at camp for meat lovers on the move.

Smart Gaswatch is a device designed to monitor the amount of propane left in a barbecue's tank, providing an estimate of how much time the user can actually keep cooking.

As the warmer months approach for some parts of the world and neighbors, friends and family prepare to don their aprons and fire up the grill, Gizmag has smoked out 10 10 outdoor entertaining innovations that will ensure your backyard cook-up is not one to be missed.

The BBiQ includes a series of probes that grillers can inject into their meats and foods to monitor temperature. It can send the information via Bluetooth to the accompanying iPhone or Android app up to 50 feet (15 m) away, letting the grill master know that the food is done or ready to flip.

The Grillbot is designed to scrub the filth away from your BBQ ... while you crack another beer.

The GrillComb is an easier, more effective tool for grilling shish kebabs.

The Element BBQ grill lets you enjoy genuine lava-rock grilling on the stove in your house.

The Darwin BBQ is a compact portable barbecue that's housed inside a briefcase.

The Barbecue Hand Crank is a hand help an operated device that lets a user produce a stream of constant air by simply turning device's handle.

A see-through gas bottle that shows exactly how much gas is left and when it needs replacing or refilling is a godsend for every red-faced backyard cook and forklift truck driver.

The all-in-one disposable BBQ in a box has become popular in Europe recently and is now available in the U.S. too. While we don't really like the idea of disposable anything, the EZ Grill is actually recyclable and can be stored safely until needed.

The Go Plate is a plastic tray that fits over your drink, allowing you to keep hold of a drink and a meal with just one hand.

Collapsible picnic tables can suffer from a number of shortcomings – too small, too flimsy and ill suited to sitting down at to enjoy a meal in comfort to name a few. Not so with this “Pack and Go Picnic Table”, a sturdy fold-away table that seats four people and can handle up to 800 pounds.