I now consider a barbecue towel as an outdoor cooking necessity. Whether you call them barbecue towels or grilling towels, you need them.
Outdoor cooking can be a messy task. Just look at what happens to the “good stuff.”
Because I was grabbing whatever was in arms reach, I have stained and scorched many of the indoor kitchen towels much to the dismay of my better-half.
Can you relate?
The Barbecue Towel
Just like grilling tongs and burger flippers, another essential grilling accessory is the barbecue towel or a grilling towel. Call them what you want.
This is what happens to the “for indoor use only” kitchen towels. This doesn’t make for an enjoyable backyard barbecue experience.
I finally got the message and picked up a few 12-packs of these all black and stain-hiding barbecue towels on Amazon. Check them out here on Amazon for the current pricing and latest information. With well over 600 of mostly 5-star customer reviews they are a popular item and won’t disappoint.
They are handy to have around and you’re going to need a bunch of them.
Uses for a Barbecue Towel
We bought these multi-taskers in stain-hiding basic black.
I’ll have several out by the grill or smoker as I tend to the cooking. They are great for routine grilling tasks like wiping down cutting boards, pizza peels, side tables, and keeping the grilling tools cleaned up and drip free.
Also, have you ever smoked any foods while using cast iron cookware? You get that nice wood smoke coating on the black-iron that will permanently stain nearly anything it touches. These all-black barbecue towels are a perfect color match for that wood smoke residue. So no worries if the stains will wash out or not. No one will ever see them.
These towels are especially handy to move hot cast iron cookware to a different part of the grill or over to a side table.
Another great feature, these work great to cover up and keep those pesky flying creatures off your food while it waits for room on the grill.
After cleaning out the firebox and loading up charcoal, my hands are covered with sooty dust and smoky residue. Use these barbecue towels to clean up before heading back inside, lest you get charcoal hand prints all over the doors and kitchen cabinets. These towels hide the mess after cleaning off your hands.
You can also use them to wipe off the rain, snow, leaves, or other debris from the side tables and exterior of your smoker or grill.
They also work great for drying off the just washed cast iron before and after you oil it up for storage.
Of course, these barbecue towels are considered very much a disposable item. They are a fairly cheap investment to preserve your household serenity.
Long Lasting and Durable
After a few months of grilling use and numerous washings, these barbecue towels have proven to be a real multi-tasker item and have held up very well. No wear, no tear.
In spite of myself, I have not yet “ruined” any. They just keep going and going.
So the two packs of towels I ordered will last a very long time. Many years of outside grilling and smoking. Until Midge decides that they have other handy uses and commandeers a few of them.
These all-cotton barbecue towels have been washed many times over, the wash and shrink measure went from the out-of-the-box 16 by 28 inches down to 15 by 27 inches. They lay flat, the edges don’t curl up, and they fold up nicely for storage. Not bad.
Finally, with well over 600 of mostly 5-star customer reviews on Amazon, these are quality towels and folks are happy with them. I wasn’t at all disappointed with my own order.
So whether you’re looking for a grill towel or barbecue towel, pick up a bundle or two for continued household happiness and enjoyable meals.
Find something you like and get a bunch. Check them out here on Amazon and see the current pricing and the latest customer reviews. Don’t wait a minute longer.
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Two Years Later
After 2 years or so of mostly weekend use, these grill towels continue to perform. Of the 24 we purchased on Amazon; we still have all 24.
Midge is happy since I no longer grab her “for display only” kitchen towels for use in our grilling and barbecue cooks.
These aren’t those ordinary outdoor cooking gadgets that see little use. They will likely become a household must-have and get used for indoor cooking as well. No need to risk staining the “good stuff” any longer. These basic-black, stain-hiding multi-taskers have a permanent place here in our household, maybe in yours as well?