Best Gifts for People Who Love to Grill

The grilling enthusiast is the easiest person to buy a bad gift for, because the obvious category is tools and they bought the tools years ago, in the version they wanted, after reading about it.

“No, hardest to buy a gift for, it's the person who kind of doesn't need anything. The person who has everything, right? And so that's where I think the steak box really stands out. Because the person that has everything, still pretty excited to get a ribeye in the mail.”

Gray Shipley

Beef steps around that completely. Nobody has a drawer full of dry-aged steaks they are not using.

Send a cut they have to think about

“Yeah, well, and it's a mix of things they've heard of, things they haven't heard of. You know, cuts they're comfortable and familiar with and cuts that give them, you know, something to go learn about one weekend when they're watching a game or having some friends over.”

Gray Shipley

That is the specific pleasure for this person. A familiar cut is a Saturday. An unfamiliar cut is a project, a thermometer, and a story they tell afterwards about how they handled it.

What suits a grill specifically

• Thick steaks. A grill runs hot and uneven, and thickness is forgiveness.
• Something that wants a two-zone fire. It gives them a technique to practice rather than a steak to cook.
• Burgers worth the trouble. An 80/20 patty on a hot grate is a better gift than it sounds.

“You don't want a lean burger. You don't want some silly 90-10. You know, get a good 80-20, 75-25 blend.”

Gray Shipley

The gift that keeps arriving

A recurring box is the strongest version of this for a committed griller, because the pleasure is the cooking rather than the owning. Something new turns up, they cook it, and the gift happens again.

For the one who cooks outside in any weather

Curated Grill Master Box

A recurring box of grilling cuts. It arrives again and again, which a one-off gift cannot do.

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The one to send when it should feel like an occasion

The Steakhouse Box

Steaks, chosen so the person opening it knows immediately that someone spent thought rather than money.

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The one that makes this easy

Dry-Aged Signature Burger Patties - 5.3 oz

Dry-aged patties at 5.3 ounces, portioned already. Count heads, count patties, done.

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For the cuts that suit a grill, this is the guide. On subscriptions as a gift, here is what arrives and when, and the wider gift picture is in best beef gifts.