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05 / MEAT SCHOOL

The jokes are optional.
The technique isn’t.

Useful information hidden inside a bad influence.

USEFUL INFORMATION HIDDEN INSIDE A BAD INFLUENCE

THE FIELD GUIDE TO BBQ TOOLS.

Put Meat In It is a curated guide to BBQ tools for smoking, grilling, injecting, probing, grinding, stuffing and wrapping. The jokes are optional. Knowing the temperature of your brisket is not.

Meat Thermometers

Instant-read thermometers are for fast spot checks. Leave-in probes shine during long cooks.

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Injectors & Tenderizers

Injectors add seasoned liquid below the surface. Tenderizers alter texture. Neither replaces good technique.

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Smokers & Fire

Heat, airflow, fuel and time matter more than standing over the pit looking concerned.

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Grinders & Stuffers

Control your cut and fat ratio. Make sausage. Ruin a perfectly relaxing Saturday.

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Wrapping & Sealing

Manage moisture, the stall, freezing and storage with butcher paper and vacuum gear.

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Useful BBQ Gifts

The best tools get a laugh and then stay in rotation. Shop the full catalog for the 42.

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MEASURE WHAT MATTERS

Surface ≠ center.

“It knows how hot the skillet is. It does not know how done the cow is.”

The IR gun checks pans, stones, griddles, and cook surfaces. Instant-read and leave-in probes measure the meat.

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THE WRAPPING ARGUMENT

Foil steams.
Paper negotiates.

Breathable unwaxed butcher paper helps protect bark while reducing evaporative cooling during a long smoke. Foil pushes barbecue through the stall efficiently—and starts arguments about the bark.

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