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The RV Butler: Treat Yourself to a Full Service Tailgate
- Tailgating to NCAA, NFL, MLB games within a 4 hour drive from Chicago. (they've gone to Indianapolis Colts games, Notre Dame games, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, University of Illinois, Purdue University, and local White Sox games)
- One Day family water park trips to places like Wisconsin Dells, Ceder Point, OH (or other parks within the same 4 hour drive)
- Birthday parties, to water parks. RV Butler has taken groups of 12 girls to Wisconsin Dells for the day, for a birthday party.
- Casino parties to Places like Michigan
- Groups to conventions
- Trade shows
- Candidate campaigns (place their banner on the side of the RV and escort them and their staff to other cites while they campaign)
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Tailgate Rigs by Charley | Tagged Full Service RV RV Butler Tailgate Rigs Turnkey Tailgate Grill Grates Are Simply Amazing
If you are like us at TailgateLot, sometimes they gear you bring to the tailgate isn't as nice as you'd use at your house. We have an old grill that we've make to look like a football helmet and mounted on the front of our rig. The problems with cheaper grills is that they can start to show their flaws when cooking a lot of traditional fatty tailgating foods.
Enter the Grill Grate. This is an addition to practically any grill out there, as they sit on top of the existing grates. They will help to reduce and eliminate flare up and provide more even cooking. Knowing our grill, and the devestation it takes, I was very interested in this product.
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The Grill Grates are made from aluminum, and the panels come in many different sizes. They interlock forming a solid surface to grill upon. Once installed, the Grill Grate will give you new dimensions in cooking, as they will provide infrared heating to your food, along with conduction and convection.
I used hamburgers as my first test of the Grill Grate. After a few minutes on one side, I gave them a quarter turn, and let them cook a few minutes longer before flipping. The marks that the Grill Grate leaves on the food is gorgeous. The cooking was extremely even, and best of all, NO FLARE UP AT ALL!
My next test was a steak. The Grill Grate shines with steaks. In the 2013 World Championship Steak Cook-Off, the top 3 finishers all used GrillGrate! In fact, 1st place the past three years has been grilled with Grill Grate. I'm not a world champion steak griller, but even my steaks came off looking world class.
Grill Grate is a must have for any grill setup out there. Gas, charcoal, you name it. The end product tastes great, and looks even better.
Check them out at: http://www.grillgrate.com
You can also follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/grillgrate
Tailgating Games For The Party
Across the tailgate lots, you see many different games being played. There are so many different games, but here is what seems to be the most popular:- Cornhole (bags, bean bag toss, tailgate toss) - Players throw bags of corn at a 6" hole on a platform that is ~25 feet away.
- Ladder Golf (Ladder ball) - Golf balls that are strung together by a rope are thrown at three horizontal bars, each scoring differently
- Beer Pong - Drinking game where you toss ping-pong balls into opponents cups of beer
- Washers (Washer Toss) - Similar to horseshoes, players throw washers at a box 20 feet way, trying to hit a cup
- Flippy Cup (Flip Cup) - Drinking game where you drink from a cup, then with one hand flip the cup making it land face down on the table
- Catch - With a football, baseball, frisbee. Pretty traditional, and always a stand-by
- Giant Jenga - This is like the in home game that we all know, except on a much larger scale. Pieces are made out of 2x4s
- Polish Horseshoes - Skill game where players throw frisbees at a pole holding bottles. Players typically must hold a drink at all times
Charley Chill Puck. The Next Generation of Can Coolers
On the hot days of the early tailgating season, if your drinking pace slows down, you run the risk of having a warm beer at the end of your can. The Chill Puck aims to combat this problem. The Chill Puck consists of a freezable plastic disk and a Chill Band that holds it to your can, giving the can a sweet base of ice to sit upon.
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As you can see from the pictures, the band helps keep the puck in contact with both major sizes of beer cans, the traditional and the slimmer Coors Light can. These will also fit tightly into a standard collapsible coozie.
Freezing the pucks is a quick proposition. Toss in the freezer overnight. When you are ready for action, just press your can down into the puck and the Chill Band will grab hold. I'd recommend having two of these bad boys, so you always have one in the cooler staying cold for its chance at glory. If your beer isn't cold, don't expect a miracle. This won't make it ice cold, but it WILL keep a cold beer cold longer.
The Chill Puck currently comes in white, gray, black and glow in the dark green. For an additional fee, you can get a custom design of your very own.
Check out their website at: http://www.ChillPuck.com/
Follow them on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/chill_puck
Monday Morning Wakeup Call: Superman Fan
What do we have here? The woman of steel? Make sure your tailgating preperations have begun. Don't wait till the last minute!
How NOT to tailgate: Kenny Chesney at Heinz Field
Wow. What an absolute disaster. Dozens of people arrested, trash all over the place. No regard for anyones. This is NOT how to tailgate. 50-60,000 POUNDS of trash.
Please be a responsible tailgater.
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Thermoworks Thermapen: Digital Instant Thermometer
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When cooking, the only true way to know when something is done to perfection is to know the temperature. Sure you can press a steak with a finger, but that really doesn't let you know what is going on inside.
The Themapen by Thermoworks is about the best digital thermometer that you can buy. Sure there are others, but they are either slow, inacurate, or too bulky.
The accuracy of the Thermapen boasts a 3 second reading with +- .7 degree accuracy and .1 degree resolution. It is good from -58 to 572 degrees. The probe itself tapers down to a very thin point, so that you don't leave a giant hole in whatever you are checking.
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They come in 14 colors now, and are splash-proof as well, so you don't have to worry about the occasional contact with liquid.
The price on the Thermopen is more than your casual thermometer. But your casual thermometer is slow and inaccurate! I've been using Thermapens in my cooking for 5+ years. I like it so much I even bought one for my dad for father's day!
You can read more about the Thermapen at: http://www.thermoworks.com/products/thermapen/
You can also follow them on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/Thermapen
Monday Morning Wakeup Call: Arianny & Brittany
Good Monday morning to you! Let's start out the week properly. Get those grills ready for tailgating season!
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Can Grips and Bottle Grips
The Can Grip and the Bottle Grip are a pair of tools that are a great addition to anyone's tailgating arsenal. The grips snap solidly onto either a can or a bottle, and keeps your hand warm and your brew cold.
These are made out of plastic, and when they click onto the can or the bottle, you can feel how solid the mount is. There is no concern about spilling at all.
Both the can and bottle handles gives you a firm grip, and feels like a well built mug handle in your hand.
They both come in a number of colors. The can grip also comes in 12, 16, and 24 oz, as well as the european 330ml.
Check them out at http://www.CanGrip.com!
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