Top 24 BBQ Innovations (SUPER GALLERY)

If you’re not fired up about barbecue season yet, you will be after feasting your eyes on this mega cluster. Trendhunter.com has seen luxury grills, very bizarre BBQS and other gadgets related to outdoor seared gastronomy.

Sizzling Barbichopper – Chopper with Barbecue Pit Sidecar (VIDEO)

This has to be the hottest thing on the road! New York City BBQ restaurant, RUB, commissioned Orange County Chopper to build this Barbecue Pit Chopper to promote the opening of their new restaurant in Las Vegas. [More]

MP3 BBQ Grill - Is Convergence Becoming Ridiculous?

Whenever you host a BBQ party, the grilling job always is the boring task.  That’s why Memphis created the Memphis Barbecue Grill where everyone would be bouncing n’ jiving, rockin n’ rollin while grilling.  It has two powerful gas burners, an audio plug at the back that lets you hook up to your MP3… [More]

Hot Tub and Barbecue All in One

The Dutch Tub is one of those ingenious ideas where you wonder, ” Why has no-one thought of this before?” It’s a bit like an old-fashioned wood fired hot tub, but it uses a bit more advanced coiling system to heat up the water. On top of that, it’s also a barbeque complete with a wok that si… [More]

Portable BBQs - The BBQ Briefcase

The Carry and Go BBQ makes summer life super easy! Take your BBQ with you - it all folds down into a handy briefcase-sized carrier and you’re on your way! And the cooking area is ample enough to allow you to cook for the whole family. [More]

Alternative Energy Barbecue - The Solar Grill

Gone are the days of singed eyebrows and unintentionally blackened meals.  The Solar Grill cooks your grub with, as you guessed, the sun’s energy.  This New Age BBQ has a flexible mirror, which focuses the sun beams on the barbecue cup allowing it to heat up and cook your food without burning it. N… [More]

Loaded Barbeques - Voyage Plays Tunes (GALLERY)

Combining functionality with a fluid design, the Voyage Barbeque Grid, specially designed for people who enjoy outdoor barbeques, got all your needs covered. The moveable outdoor barbecue ensemble sports a complete range of equipment and furniture integrated into its design. Voyage includes a barbe… [More]

Tailgate Dining - The Exhaust Cooked Burger

A team of Iranian designers came up with this brilliant cooking idea which actually isn’t as disgusting as it first looks. Your car’s exhaust is used as a barbecue to grill your food! That still sounds bad, but consider that the fumes don’t come into contact with the burger, the exhaust just hea… [More]

Balcony BBQ

Bruce the barbecue is a Londoner’s dream. See, the griller can be hung up on the balustrade next to your petunias… Bruce is designed to be popped into your garden variety flower box. Nifty. (Gadget Candy) [More]

Artistic BBQs - Burn Your Burger in Style

Are you a BBQ-addict? Always drooling over the latest model and hankering over the latest features? Then check out the ultra curvaceous Kalamazoo Gas Gourmet Grill. You’ll get your injection of cool at the same time as cooking up a feast for friends. Of course, this gorgeous barbeque is likely res… [More]

Instant Eco Grills - Baja BBQ Firepack (GALLERY)

Tons of lighter fluid is used to light BBQs in the US every year which contributes to toxic residue on the foods cooked. The Baja BBQ firepack is made of charcoal packaging (100% recycled biodegradable paper pulp) which quickly ignites by lighting from the bottom. The chimney holes provide the venti… [More]

Floating Restaurant Tables - BBQ-Donut (GALLERY)

The BBQ-Donut is a floating party table. This invention is actually a boat with a very quiet, electric motor on board. It seats 10 people around a BBQ pit/table and includes a stereo system, coolers under the seats, and a sunshade above the rider’s heads. [More]

Animals Barbecues - Traeger Grills

Traeger Grills has created two comedic grill designs, the Lil’Pig and the Longhorn Steer. According to Traeger Grills, the barbecues smoke and cook just like standard outdoor grills. With 418 sq. in… [More]

Designer Grills – Fiberglass BBQ Corvette (GALLERY)

For the car lover in the family, this BBQ Vette will be sure to please. It is made of heavy 14-gauge steel construction, a custom fiberglass cover that looks like a Chevrolet Corvette, polished aluminum, and diamond plate accents. It is available in two versions: charcoal for $1,795 and propane for … [More]

BBQs as Art - Recycle Your Old Car Into A BBQ

Instead of taking your heap to the junk yard to rot, why not test out your artistic skills and turn it into a BBQ? One auto-enthusiast from Australia, turned his Classic Holden Monero GTS into just that. [More]

Indoor BBQs - Ariete SteakHouse Grill (GALLERY)

The makers of the SteakHouse Grill promise that food will cook in half the time without coming into contact with fats, as is true with traditional grilling. The Ariete leaves behind neither smoke nor smell in the kitchen. How does it do it? The vertical position is designed to allow fats to drain fr… [More]

Retro BBQs - The Memphis Two Burner BBQ

The Memphis Two Burner BBQ is a retro designed BBQ that looks more like a 1960s beer fridge than a BBQ.  The BBQ is available in red, cream, blue and pink (yes, a pink BBQ).  Memphis also manufactures Retro patio heaters, so you can add the art deco theme to your whole patio. [More]

Table Grill by Eva Solo

If you don’t have room for a BBQ (or your hip condo won’t allow it), the table grill is for you.  It’s portable and stylish.  Price = $260 “the table grill by eva solo. a smaller version of the popular barrel grill, the table grill is portable and, well, looks pretty nice on a table for a hibachi-s… [More]

Accessories

Qbags - Tin Bags with Window Open Up New BBQ Possibilities

Don’t you agree that the worst aspect of cooking is the washing up afterwards? Would you like a gadget to make your life a bit easier? The Qbag is a revolutionary new product that allows you to cook recipes that contain sauces or smaller ingredients that would normally fall through the BBQs gaps. J… [More]

BBQ Swords - Become Chef Zorro

Here’s another picture that may be worth a thousand words. If your summer barbecue ever becomes boring, try strapping on this handsome outfit; the ladies will love it! Complete with the included mask to conceal your true identity, the BBQ Sword features a hand guard over the wooden handle, truly d… [More]

Beer & Tool Holder Shirts - Weber Utility Shirt (VIDEO)

Just in time for Father’s Day and the summer grilling season, Weber, the barbecue grill maker brings out this uniquely guy-centric innovation: the Utility Shirt. Based on the idea that “real men”, i.e., pickup truck driving, football watching, 6-pack drinking carnivores (is there any other kin… [More]

Circle Kabobs - Curved BBQ Skewers

Curve up your kabobs with these circle-designed BBQ skewers.  The skewers will only set you back $18 and uncommongoods.com, who describes, “This shapely kabob set runs circles around the average, stick-straight skewer with a curve that allows them to fit snugly on any plate. One end of these non-sti… [More]

Steak Branding

Personalized Steak - Custom BBQ Branding Irons

Coming this June is a customizable BBQ Branding Iron that allows you to create a message with a name or expression, or mark your steaks rare, medium or well-done.  All you have to do is slide the letters and spaces into placed. You obviously get a complete alphabet, plus extras of the most-commonly … [More]

BBQ Branding Tool - Stamp Your Steak in Style

You’ve seen that commercial where the steak gets branded with the Keg logo, right? Wouldn’t you love to brand your own filet mignon? It’s easy to do with the BBQ Branding Tool! Just heat the three-sided steel end and sizzle away! “It has three sides, with an ‘R’ for rare, ‘M’ for medium and ‘W’ for… [More]

Monogrammed Steak Brand

”Put your personal stamp on steaks and chops with this branding iron, hand forged in Texas. The 11 1/2” long iron comes with a 14” high, wall-mount rack for storage.” - From Williams Sonoma.  Being from Alberta (where steak is a food group), I can assure you: this is cool. [More]

BONUS: The Ultimate BBQ Accessory

Blender With Handle Bar Throttle - AJ Prindle Party Blender

Kick start the season of steak and margaritas than with the AJ Prindle Party Blender; this gas-powered grillin’ gadget is macho to the max. All you have to do is load up the 48 oz pitcher and yank hard on the starter cord (seriously, just like a chain saw!) then grab the handlebars and crank the t… [More]