Nine ultimate tech BBQ tools for the uber geek

This steampunk locomotive barbecue is totally unique. It was built privately in the village of Deulino which is about 100 miles from Moscow, Russia. The Firebox is lined with heat resistant bricks and has three compartments.One is for frying steaks, one for kebabs and one for a rotisserie for large pieces of meat.

The train was built by Yuri Fušteâ and Andrei Trubina. It burns charcoal, birch or oak wood and, according to the blog looks amazing in the dark with the fire burning and all the lights blazing on the train. You can even ring the bell to summon your guests when the meat is ready.

You can be sure that this will be much more awesome than anything your neighbours will have in their yard.

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Start your barbecue with a blow torch with a forced air supply from an oxygen cylinder. Commonly known as oxy-acetylene welding torches you can also use one of these to fix up your barbecue grill into something even more awesome.

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This thermometer has a built in laser sighting to instantly measure surface temperatures of objects from a safe distance. The laser dot shows you where it is aiming. It then measures the temperature around the laser point.

You can tell the barbecue is ready to cook when you are some distance away from the heat.

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If you want to whip up mayonnaise in just a few seconds, or homogenise sauces almost instantly then this gadget is a must have for your outdoor kitchen. This ultrasonic blender creates an ultra small particle size. This means that you do not need to use so much mustard to emulsify the liquid.

It uses an ultrasonic transducer to produce waves that whips up the liquids instantly. There are no moving parts to hinder your clear up efforts.

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Sous vide cooking is popular with chefs who want to accurately regulate the temperature for cooking. Sous vide is the French term for "Under vacuum".

The food is placed into a plastic bag and all air is removed from the bag. The food is them placed into a water bath at a regulated temperature. This cooks the meat evenly, retaining moisture and ensuring meltingly soft meat.

The meat can then be glazed and sizzled to perfection on the grill.

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A great whipper is essential for any tech barbecue.  The charger for the whipper is filled with nitrous oxide which acts as the whipping agent as the cream is dispensed from the nozzle. Add sugar and flavourings to the cream in the can and connect it to the nozzle

Whippers will whip more than cream. Try whipped cream cheese too. Nitrous oxide is also known as laughing gas due to its euphoric effects when taken recreationally.

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Running out of ice? Get a professional ice maker. Most of them make ice cubes in under three minutes to make sure that your champagne and beer stays as cool as you need it to. If you need a lot of ice, these beasts make up to 3000lbs of ice per day.

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Pacojet’s are awesome gadgets. They turn hard, deep frozen food into purees or sorbets in seconds. yes, seconds. Get the frozen fruit out of the freezer, attach the beaker to the machine, dial the number of portions you want.The blade spins at 2000rpm and shaves layers off the block of frozen food. It takes 20 seconds to produce one portion of ice cream.

At $4400 you had better use it lots.

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If you have forgotten to freeze your fruit so that the Pacojet can turn it into sorbet, then you can always make ice cream to order instantly with a food mixer and some liquid nitrogen. You will need a helping hand to make this. And some good gauntlets.

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