Edibles
OXO Stainless-Steel Locking Tongs
Durable steel hands
As a former cook in 4 restaurant kitchens, I've found these simple tongs to be an indispensable cooking utensil day in and day out. Stirring, cooking and tossing pasta, flipping steaks and grabbing anything hot, i.e. pans. They become an extension of your hands as a cook. I continue to use them in my kitchen. But I often see a lot of inferior, cheap and just plain useless tongs included with BBQ sets. They are usually too long or poorly designed to be effective utensils. Get these: Williams Sonoma Stainless-Steel Locking Tongs, or a pair of OXO Stainless-Steel Locking Tongs.
-- Alan Hachey
I learned how indispensable a decent pair of tongs can be around the campfire while working as a river and ocean kayak guide. We cooked as much of the meals as possible on a grill over the fire, to conserve fuel on multi-day trips. I still cook this way whenever possible and use these OXO Stainless Steel Locking Tongs to not only move food around on the grill but to move hot coals or briquettes to where I need them! These tongs lock closed for easy storage and have a 'hook hole' for hanging up. The non-slip rubber grip has held up for years in the dishwasher. Available in 9", 12", and 16" models. For obvious reasons, I would suggest the 16" ones for outdoor cooking. Buy one of these for that unfortunate soul still using a (gasp!) fork at the barbecue.
-- Lewis Duffy
Readers Adam Fields and Lisa Williams also recommend the OXO Stainless-Steel Locking Tongs. These sport handy rubber grips, lock closed for storage, and are the ideal surrogate hands in the kitchen.
It's the pair we have.
-- KK
OXO Good Grips Stainless-Steel Locking Tongs, 12"
$9
Available from Amazon
