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30 Unexpected Things for Your Next Cookout

Here's how to take your 🍔 and 🌭 to the next level.

By Kate Hughes

These are the Star Wars ice pop molds you've been looking for
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Williams Sonoma

These are the Star Wars ice pop molds you've been looking for

A popsicle just tastes better when it’s shaped like R2-D2. Fact.

Star Wars Ice Pop Mold

$24.95See On Williams Sonoma
This grilling slab that adds flavor to your meat
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Amazon

This grilling slab that adds flavor to your meat

Not only will a Himalayan Salt Grilling Slab punch up flavors, it looks really awesome when you snap pics for Insta.

Himalayan Salt Grilling Slab

$19.95See On Amazon
This oversized beach ball for (presumably) oversized fun
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GoFloats via Amazon

This oversized beach ball for (presumably) oversized fun

This one's so big, we can't even fit it in a single picture. A patch kit is included.

GoFloats 6-foot Beach Ball

$47.19See On Amazon
These spiked wine glasses that wedge in the grass 🍷
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Uncommon Goods

These spiked wine glasses that wedge in the grass 🍷

Just stick these BPA-free acrylic wine glasses in your lawn and say goodbye to accidental spills. Plus, they're top-rack dishwasher safe.

Outdoor Wine Glasses

$22See On Uncommon Goods
This roomba...for your grill?! 🤖
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Amazon

This roomba...for your grill?! 🤖

According to Amazon reviewers, this grill-cleaning robot is an "amazing cleaning tool" that works as well as a thorough manual scrubbing. Need we say more?

Grillbot

$99.95See On Amazon
This ball that makes you ice cream while you play with it 🍨
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Uncommon Goods

This ball that makes you ice cream while you play with it 🍨

So, you fill this ball with ingredients, play kickball, and then open it up and it contains ICE CREAM. What witchcraft is this?!

Play Your Way Ice Cream Maker

$50See On Uncommon Goods
This gigantic game of Connect Four 😍
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GoSports via Amazon

This gigantic game of Connect Four 😍

We love how this game brings kids and adults together -- after all, everyone knows how to play this one!

Giant Wooden 4 in a Row Game

$58.53See On Amazon
Ceramic bacon bowls for... making bacon bowls 🥓
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Sur La Table

Ceramic bacon bowls for... making bacon bowls 🥓

Is there anything more impressive than something served in a bowl made of bacon? We think not. 🤤🤤🤤

Pro Ceramic Bacon Bowl

$17.99See On Sur La Table
These shielded tongs for the hottest grills 🔥🔥🔥
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Amazon

These shielded tongs for the hottest grills 🔥🔥🔥

Protect your delicate fingers from the heat of the grill!

Grill Daddy Heat Shield Tongs

$19.99See On Amazon
This giant yard pong set
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Ropoda via Amazon

This giant yard pong set

You know the classic table game? Well, now you can play a giant-sized version of it at picnics.

Giant Yard Pong

$32.98See On Amazon
These Wolverine claws to shred that meat 🍖
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Amazon

These Wolverine claws to shred that meat 🍖

Sure, you could use forks. But just imagine how impressed your guests will be when you shred their pulled pork with these babies!

Arres Pork Claws and Meat Shredder

$11.97See On Amazon
This roasting tool for making the most delicious s'mores 🔥
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Amazon

This roasting tool for making the most delicious s'mores 🔥

Fire hot! 🔥 Stay as far away as possible when roasting delicious treats.

Telescoping Roasting Sticks

$17.95See On Amazon
This folding knife that's absolutely perfect for picnics 🔪
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Williams Sonoma

This folding knife that's absolutely perfect for picnics 🔪

Wait, wait, wait. There are actual cooking KNIVES that can fold up like Swiss Army Knives? This is awesome.

Picnic Knife

$29.99See On Williams Sonoma
This tap that turns a watermelon into a keg 🍉
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Uncommon Goods

This tap that turns a watermelon into a keg 🍉

All that fresh fruit juice makes the booze healthy! 😏

Fruit Keg Tapping Kit

$22See On Uncommon Goods
This thing that's like a human hamster ball
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Baturu via Amazon

This thing that's like a human hamster ball

Want to take your game of soccer to the next level? Wear one of these inflatable bumper balls and go wild. ⚽

Inflatable Bumper Balls

$124.99See On Amazon
The perfect table to pair with a bottle of wine🍷
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Uncommon Goods

The perfect table to pair with a bottle of wine🍷

This table holds two wine glasses and a bottle for refills! If you’re feeling fancy, you can even add a cheese plate.

Outdoor Wine Table

$58See On Uncommon Goods
This set that makes cutting potatoes ridic easy 🥔
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Sur La Table

This set that makes cutting potatoes ridic easy 🥔

Doing this freehand would take WAY more precision than we’re able to muster.

Hasselback Potato Prep Set

$12.95See On Sur La Table
The perfect rack for grilling ribs
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Sur La Table

The perfect rack for grilling ribs

Be the most impressive grill master with this rib assist!

GEFU Spare-Rib Rack

$44.95See On Sur La Table
Giant Jenga!
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GoSports via Amazon

Giant Jenga!

Sure, you've played Jenga. But have you ever played a 5-foot-tall version?

Giant Wooden Topple Tower

$79.99See On Amazon
The grilling tools Gotham deserves (and also needs right now) 🦇
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Amazon

The grilling tools Gotham deserves (and also needs right now) 🦇

Bruce Wayne needs to take a BBQ break now and then.

Batman BBQ Set

$20.88See On Amazon
These Himalayan salt... ice cubes?!
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Williams Sonoma

These Himalayan salt... ice cubes?!

Made for use in drinks like margaritas, these cubes add a punch of flavor along with a chill. They also look damn impressive.

Himalayan Salt Ice Cubes

$14.99See On Williams Sonoma
This genius spike that makes beer cold, quick 🍺
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Amazon

This genius spike that makes beer cold, quick 🍺

Just put these in the freezer before your picnic. Then, drop it right into a standard beer bottle and enjoy.

Corkcicle Chillsner Beer Chillers

$22.95See On Amazon
This smart grilling tool that keeps veggies from falling in the fire 🥕
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Amazon

This smart grilling tool that keeps veggies from falling in the fire 🥕

It is an undisputed fact that veggies taste best roasted. These suckers keep ‘em from falling between the grates in a grill. Genius!

Charcoal Companion Stainless Grill Clips

$9.91See On Amazon
This basket for grilling up corn 🌽🌽🌽
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Uncommon Goods

This basket for grilling up corn 🌽🌽🌽

Is there a better side than fresh, roasted corn on the cob? No. No there is not.

Corn on the Cob Grilling Baskets

$15See On Uncommon Goods
The largest game of Yahtzee you'll ever play 🎲
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Ropoda via Amazon

The largest game of Yahtzee you'll ever play 🎲

These giant, 3.5-inch wooden dice are perfect for playing Yardzee.

Giant Wooden Dice Set

$39.98See On Amazon
This inflatable serving bar that'll keep drinks cold AF ☃️
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Amazon

This inflatable serving bar that'll keep drinks cold AF ☃️

Just fill these babies with ice and your drinks and crudite will stay nice and chilly. Plus, they even float in the pool!

Inflatable Pool Table Serving Bar

$11.99See On Amazon
This tool that actually makes hot dogs taste better 🐶🐶🐶
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Sur La Table

This tool that actually makes hot dogs taste better 🐶🐶🐶

Want your hot dogs to cook more evenly, with deliciously caramelized edges? Then you need a hot dog spiral cutter, like this ridiculously inexpensive one from Sur La Table.

Dizzy Dog Hot Dog Spiral Cutter

$4.99See On Sur La Table
This small box that adds the most amazing flavor to meats 
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Amazon

This small box that adds the most amazing flavor to meats 

What a fabulous little tool! It lets you get that smoked flavor, even with a gas grill.

Char-Broil Cast Iron Smoker Box

$9.99See On Amazon
This tool that makes cutting melon a breeze 🍈
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Sur La Table

This tool that makes cutting melon a breeze 🍈

This tool will kick a melon’s ass, turning it into delicious, bite-sized pieces in no time flat.

6-in-1 Melon Tool

$12See On Sur La Table
This disposable cutlery that looks so very luxe 🍴
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Amazon

This disposable cutlery that looks so very luxe 🍴

All that glitters is gold! Or plastic that looks like rose gold.

Rose Gold Disposable Cutlery

$21.99See On Amazon
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