Top 10 Barbecue Gifts for Christmas

This is a little, lightweight portable gas grill with the features, function and power of a full sized grill. The internal engineering centers around a pair of baffles (for lack of a better word) that allow you to focus the heat or distribute it. This gives you heating versatility in a single burner design. Under normal grilling you actually get a hot zone around the outside so you have lots of searing space and since you can reach over 500 degrees F. with this unit you can actually sear a steak. This is an excellent portable grill as well as a great apartment grill. Find a portable grill that's the perfect gift this year.

Get the gift that keeps on giving, a different barbecue sauce every month to try out. A subscription to the BBQ Sauce of the Month club will get great sauces delivered to the door step every month. There are also a wide range of gift packs to choose from.

Add flavor to smoking and grilling with these big hickory wood chunks. Always appreciated by lovers of smoke. This 10-pound bag of wood chunks comes in a variety of smoke flavors so you can get the perfect smoke for whatever you barbecue.

This beer can kit includes a stainless steel stand, gloves (very useful for beer can chicken), book and much more. If you know someone who loves Beer Can Chicken then this is the gift for them.

Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby are masters of grilling, barbecue and meat. This book is their first pairing and is the book that taught the world that backyard grill was more than burgers and steaks. This is probably the one book you have to have whether you are a serious master of the grill or just starting out. This book almost single-handedly changed the landscape of the cookout.

There are many great grilling books out there to choose from.

Mike Mills is a legend in barbecue. He is the only man to win Grand Master and teh Memphis in May barbecue competition. This book is as much a biography of this, as told by himself and hit daughter, as it is a cookbook. The recipes are great, but the story telling is better. This book will give you the recipes that won the Memphis in May competition and launched seven restaurants from New York to Las Vegas.

This book is just one of many fantastic Books on Barbecue.

This is a really great, flavorful marinade for most anything you want to grill. Get someone a set of this marinade and they'll thank you every time they cook.

Get a set of these unique branding irons. You heat these up in your grill and use them to place a personalized brand on any meat. A great way to show off your grilling skills and make a unique cookout. This set includes 52 letters and spaces so you can make your own message.

It would seem almost insane to change a smoker as popular at Weber's Smokey Mountain (WSM) Smoker, but Weber has listened to the fans and made only slight (requested) changes to this unit. The addition of a lid mounted thermometer and a bottom mounted heat shield doesn't affect how this unit works but gives you a better smoker. In the past you either had to drill a hole and put in your own thermometer or set one inside and lift the lid to check the temperature. Now you can see the cooking temperature easily. The heat shield will protect whatever surface you put your smoker on. All together, a better WSM.

If you know someone whose ready for some real barbecue then you need to consider shopping for Smokers.

A good pair of tongs let you get a good grip on your food. They need to be easy to squeeze, yet bounce back quickly. Good tongs allow you to grip on to small and large items without crushing even the most delicate foods. Good tongs have a gripping edge that holds on but doesn't cut into meats. Find tongs that fit your hand and have enough reach to get deep into your grill without leaving your hand over the fire. Also avoid tongs that are too heavy. If you have a lot of cooking to do you don't want to add several pounds of tongs to the weight of the food you are flipping.

If tongs are not on the list try finding other great grilling tools.