About this product
Most braai sets stop at tongs, a fork and a spatula. This one carries on past that point, and the extra pieces are the ones that change how the food turns out. There is a meat thermometer, which is the difference between a chicken that is cooked through and one that everybody quietly leaves on the plate, and a marinade injector, which puts flavour into the centre of a thick cut instead of only on the outside.
The everyday tools are all here and all in stainless steel: a wide spatula for anything that would fall through the bars, long tongs for turning meat over open coals, a fork for lifting whole pieces, and a basting brush for oil and marinade. There is also a wire cleaning brush for the grate, which works best used while the grill is still hot and the residue has not set.
Stainless steel is the material that matters here. Charcoal smoke, salt air off the Indian Ocean and acidic marinade will strip plated tools within a season. These clean up with water, do not pit, and keep their handles firm. The handles are shaped for grip rather than being flat strips, which counts when your hands are oily and the tongs are loaded.
It all lives in a hard carry case with a place for each tool, and that case is why the set is still complete three trips later. It suits anyone who braais seriously – at home in Dar es Salaam, at a beach house in Kigamboni, or over a fire in Mikumi or Ruaha – and it makes an obvious gift for someone who already cooks over coals.
BBQ Grill Tools Set