

You might notice the absence of grilling sets in this guide. We discussed the usability, quality, durability, and price of every tool, and we're confident that our picks will be top performers throughout grilling season. Over the course of four days, we cooked more than 100 burgers, 20 chickens, and 10 pounds of vegetables on nine different grills.

To test these tools, we gathered four cooking and grilling experts to combine forces at a backyard-grilling boot camp: Wirecutter senior staff writers Tim Heffernan, Lesley Stockton, and Michael Sullivan and New York Times assistant managing editor Sam Sifton (founding editor of NYT Cooking). If you’re also shopping for the grill itself, check out our guides to the best charcoal, gas, pellet, and portable grills. We’ve spent over 65 hours researching and testing more than 90 different tools-from tongs to thermometers to chimney starters-to find the best.

Unfortunately, a lot of them are flimsy, poorly designed, or gimmicky. What's more, it is easy to use a cleaning cloth to remove the grilled grease, stains, residues, and dirt on the griddle tools.Grilling is a lot more pleasant-and your results will be more professional-if you have a set of grill tools that do their jobs well. The scraper can be used to cut vegetables or meat.
