Happy Wednesday!  I am going to throw out a little twist – no recipe today, instead, I’m going to do a product review.  Not to worry though, I think that this product is pretty darn cool.

I was contacted by Leslie Haywood, the creator of Grill Charms, and she was really upset that she missed the Zesty Holiday Gift Guide.  Since it’s a great product, I don’t mind writing a small plug for her.

Leslie LOVES all things food, wine and friends.  During a dinner party that she hosted in her Charleston SC home, she had a very spicy “light bulb moment” that has since led to her inventing, manufacturing and now marketing the perfect holiday gift for the gourmet.

Leslie adds that if you order by the 20th, she will make sure it arrives anywhere in the US by Christmas Eve.

The product is called Grill Charms™ .  Grill Charms™ are dime-sized solid stainless steel charms that are placed in your food BEFORE grilling. The serrated stem holds the charm securely in place while moving, flipping and grilling as you normally would.

Grill Charm™ your food prior to cooking to distinguish spices and flavors, steak temperatures, or to avoid health or allergy issues. When dinner comes off the grill everyone knows which one is theirs.  The first collection is the “no brainer” but the other 3 are where it gets really interesting.

With The Steak Collection, when still uncooked,  guests place their Grill Charm™ into their steak or burger with the desired charm (MR for Medium Rare etc…) then when the food is presented, nobody needs to do the unthinkable and cut into or finger all the beautiful beef to try to find the one they want.  They simply look for the correct Grill Charm™ to find the temperature of their liking.

With the Spicy Collection, before you grill, you charm your meat with the Pepper on FIRE.  Grill Charms™ grillers offer Mild, Medium and SPICY sauces and rubs without any confusion or worry about mixing them all up.  There is nothing worse then going to a cookout and having 1 plain old mild sauce because some people can’t stand the heat.  With this product, there are OPTIONS!

For any grilled food, there is The Charmed Life Collection and The Pink Collection.  These collections have six different charms so food can be personalized prior to grilling to distinguish spices and flavors, to avoid health or allergy concerns or for any reason you can dream up!

A new trend is the “season your own” cook-out.  This is where the host provides the meat, the guests pick their Grill Charm and choose from a variety of sauces or rubs that the host has set out.  Guests flavor their meat any way they wish and nobody, including the grill master needs to know or care how it’s seasoned.  When food is brought to the table, guests simply look for their Grill Charm.

Grill Charms are a great gift for those stockings hung by the chimney with care.   (With The Pink Collection, 10% of the proceeds are donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.)

This is the packaging:

For product photos, news, press, and even a crazy little product demo, check out www.grillcharms.com. For $5.00 off, put “grilling” in the coupon code.

I didn’t know a product like this existed so I asked Leslie to send me a few of them and we will give them away on the blog.  Stay tuned for a giveaway coming soon.

Before I leave – I want to mention about a very cool event/idea that is being put on by Heather and mark over at HangryPants. They are giving 5 cents to a local food bank for every comment they receive on this post.

So please head over and drop a comment if you have not already.  It is a super great cause especially this time of year.  Great job Heather and Mark.

Have a great Wednesday and I look forward to your feedback.

Take care

zesty

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