With Memorial Day approaching, you’re going to want to spend your day in the sunshine surrounded by your friends and family, with steak cooking on your BBQ and beer sitting in your refrigerator.
In order to celebrate Memorial Day properly, though, you’re going to want a supply of useful tech and gadgets that will keep your food cookin’, your beer cold, and your guests entertained.
In the first installment of CraveOnline‘s Tech’d Out series, we’ll be looking at the very best outdoor party gadgets that money can buy. Scroll through the gallery below to view the essential tech you need to make this Memorial Day a special one.
Tech'd Out: Memorial Day BBQ
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IGrill2
The iGrill2 thermometer is the most precise way you can check that you haven't over/undercooked your food outside of sticking a knife in it and hoping that you don't get food poisoning.
With magnetic mounting that means it can snap right to the side of your grill, the iGrill2 has 4 probes that can be inserted into the meat you're cooking. The temperature of this meat is then relayed to you via an app you can download for your smartphone, making it incredibly useful to have if you're keeping an eye on a selection of different meat at one time.
The iGrill2 will ensure that everything you grill is cooked to perfection. You'll struggle to find a better piece of gadgetry to implement into your Memorial Day BBQ.
Buy Now for $99.99
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Remote Controlled Rolling Beverage Cooler
If you want a beer cooler that looks and operates like R2-D2, then the Remote Controlled Rolling Beverage Cooler is for you.
Relatively inexpensive considering the amount of fun you can have with it, this cooler can store up to 6 beers/bottles and ice before making its way across the patio to your thirsty guests, with you at the helm of its controls. Along with keeping your drinks cold, this cooler is sure to be a topic conversation.
Buy Now for $59.95
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Grillbot
The Grillbot is an extraordinary invention that I can't believe wasn't dreamt up sooner. Essentially a Roomba but for your grill, the Grillbot will do all the hard work after your Memorial Day party by cleaning out your grill for you.
Powered by three high-power electric motors, the Grillbot doesn't require any elbow grease from you in order for it to work aside from pressing the 'on' button. From there it will happily roll over your cooking grate, giving it a thorough clean before letting you know when it's finished its job using its built-in alarm.
For those of you who are always flippin' burgers on your grill, the Grillbot is a must-have.
Buy Now for $129.95
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Fugoo Bluetooth Speakers
Who loves Fugoo? You do! Well, you don't right now, but you will once you've had a listen to one of these things.
The Fugoo Speakers are purpose-built to be used outdoors, boasting a mud-proof, snow-proof, water-proof and shock-proof design. Apple's Siri can even be integrated with them, meaning that along with getting them to play your Memorial Day playlist, you can indulge in some light conversation with them, too.
With 360 degree sound and battery life that lasts up to 40 hours (yes, FOURTY HOURS!) the Fugoo Speakers can go with you absolutely anywhere, and will ensure that no matter how messy your Memorial Day celebrations get, they'll still be intact the next morning.
Buy Now from $199.99
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InaTrap Electronic Insect Killer and Elegant Night Light
Bug zappers aren't particularly well known for being stylish, but this InaTrap Electronic Insect Killer certainly fits that bill.
While it will struggle to catch larger mosquitos and the like, this bug killer will at least prevent all the smaller insects that typically swarm an outdoor event from ruining your fun. Functional and pretty, just the way we like 'em.
Buy Now for $84.95
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Yahama NS-AW570 Outdoor Speakers
These all-weather speaks may be a little costly, but as they're widely regarded as some of the very best outdoor speakers currently on the market they're certainly worth the asking price.
If you plan to go all-out this Memorial Day then you're going to want speakers that can live up to the occasion. The Yahama NS-AW570 certainly live up to expectations, and can even be wall-mounted to ensure that your whole neighbourhood can hear your great taste in music.
Buy Now for $229.95
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Cuisinart Petit Tabletop Gas Grill
The Cuisinart Petit Tabletop Gas Grill is the ideal purchase if you're looking to hold a relatviely inexpensive BBQ on Memorial Day and haven't yet invested in a grill.
Despite its small size, which is ideal for those with not much room to spare, the Tabletop Gas Grill features a cooking grate large enough to fit 8 steaks, 8 hamburgers, 6-10 chicken burgers or over 4 lbs. of fish. If you've got only a few hungry mouths to feed on Memorial Day but not enough to warrant investing in a large grill, then this is well worth the money.
Buy Now for $119.99
