Awesome Cooking

This handy 2-in-1 tool is great for gardening and preparing herbs. Made from food-grade stainless steel, the Harvest and Strip tool combines sharp scissors for clipping and holes for stripping small leaves and flower buds from thyme, lavender, parsley, and other herbs. Available in tumbled steel or black finishes.

This cast-iron frying pan is designed to cook perfect sausages. Its curved channels ensure even heating and browning and seal in flavor and juices. It holds up to four kielbasa sausages, six butcher shop links, or eight of those supermarket pre-packaged links. It can also cook up to 20 meatballs.

When it comes to barbecue, there’s nothing quite as good as authentic, pit-smoked meats. Nashville pitmaster Pat Martin and co-author Nick Fauchald’s book Life of Fire teaches everything you need to know about cooking with fire, from building your own backyard BBQ pit to smoking a whole hog and imparting veggies with char flavor.

Chefs know there’s nothing more versatile or rugged than quality cast-iron cookware. Smithey’s line of skillets are sourced, poured, and cast in the USA. For daily use, the 3.5-quart No. 11 Deep Skillet with Lid will quickly become your main workhorse for stovetop, oven, grill, and even over an open fire.

This cleverly designed camping stove features a hidden burner that unfolds from inside its body. Once deployed, there’s space inside for a can of butane to fuel its fire. It has a piezoelectric starter for easy lighting. In addition to this one from Onlyfire, we found a few similar models for sale on Amazon.

The Gozney Tread might look like Master Chief’s helmet, but it’s an ultra-portable pizza oven. The lightweight oven sets up quickly and takes high-temperature propane cooking wherever life takes you. It cooks foods at temps up to 950ºF/500ºC, heating up in about 15 minutes and cooling down in about 20 minutes for easy transport. Drops 3.11.2025.

The Überleben Kessel is a compact and capable camp kettle. It holds up to 37 oz. of liquid so you can cook up a full pot of coffee or tea or use it for cooking soups or stews. It has a hanger handle that folds down for travel, a pour spout, and a hardwood handle on its lid. Available in stainless steel or titanium.

This stainless steel stove goes anywhere, thanks to its flat-pack design. It weighs just 14.5 oz. – and every ounce matters when it comes to backpack weight. It’s designed to burn organic matter like twigs, moss, wood, and charcoal and comes with a waxed canvas pouch for storage. We recommend pairing it with Überleben’s Hexå firestarter.

This compact stove is ideal for cooking outdoors. Its pot has a 1-liter capacity, making it big enough to serve two to three portions of soup or stew. It also boils water fast. It runs on isobutane-propane fuel and comes with a fuel canister stand, a locking pot lid, and a piezoelectric pushbutton ignition. They also sell a version with a pressure regulator.

Show ’em you know how to handle your meat with this impressive cleaver from Dalstrong. The Gladiator Series Meat Chopper has a razor-sharp 8-inch full-tang blade made from high-carbon 7CR17MOV steel and G10 handle scales. It weighs a hefty 2.3 pounds and includes a handsome acacia wood display stand. It’s also available in a 5-inch model.

There’s something supremely satisfying about pounding things with Dalstrong’s meat tenderizer knuckles. Made from beefy aluminum alloy, they weigh in at a full pound. Two textured surfaces make quick work of beef, chicken, potatoes, garlic cloves, and more. They’re great for crushing ice and making smash burgers, too.

Nothing quite beats cooking meat over an open fire. But it takes time and attention to ensure it cooks evenly. That’s why the spit jack roaster was invented. Townsends shows us how a blacksmith might have made such a precision piece of machinery in the 18th century. We’d love to see a time-lapse of Brandon cutting the teeth in that big gear. (Thanks, Orion!)

Keep all your outdoor cooking supplies in one easy-to-carry bag. Its open main compartment has multiple dividers for quick access, while its exterior pockets hold grilling tools, plates, seasonings, and even paper towels. A shoulder strap and long and short handles provide versatile carrying options. Great for camping, cookouts, and tailgating.

This compact stainless steel grill is safe to use on outdoor tabletops. The Bola Grill Master can burn charcoal or wood fuel, and its 11.5″ diameter grate is big enough to cook up to six burger patties. The Grill Master set includes a pair of adjustable height rods, a standard grate, a cast iron griddle, and silicone cooking mitts. An optional tool set is also available.

Written by ex-con Gustavo “Goose” Alvarez and actor Clifton Collins Jr., this unique cookbook offers up more than 65 recipes made by inmates using instant ramen and other items they could get from the commissary while incarcerated. Among the contributors: Slash, Shia LaBeouf, and Danny Trejo.

After taking us behind the scenes at a Japanese game center, filmmaker Paolo from Tokyo spent a day with Eri, a do-it-all team member at a popular noodle shop in Tokyo’s high-end Ginza district. The relationship and attitude that Eri and her bosses have are just as awesome as the display of talent, energy, and consistency needed to run a restaurant.