The dad still using the bent tongs that came free with the barbecue in 2014
What it is
Stainless tongs at eighteen inches, stiff enough to lift a steak without folding, with a scalloped head that grips rather than tears.
Why we picked it
Everyone owns barbecue tongs and almost nobody owns good ones, because they arrive in a three-piece set with a fork nobody uses and a brush that sheds. Long enough to keep knuckles off charcoal, stiff enough to actually pick things up, and cheap enough to give alongside something else.
