Outdoor picks worth the money

Backyard and adventure gear built for years of weekends.

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Traeger Woodridge Pro

A wood-pellet grill you can monitor and adjust from your phone.

Worth it if

You smoke or grill most weekends.

Skip it if

You want fast sear-and-go burgers, where gas is quicker.

A stainless steel fire pit built for a cleaner burn.

Worth it if

You host backyard nights.

Skip it if

Your city or HOA restricts wood fires.

A gas-powered outdoor pizza oven that gets hot enough to cook a pizza in minutes.

Worth it if

Pizza night is a weekly thing at your house.

Skip it if

You'd use it once a summer.

A rugged rotomolded cooler built to hold ice for days.

Worth it if

You camp, fish, boat or tailgate.

Skip it if

You need a cooler for one picnic a year.

A large portable power station that can run home essentials during outages and expands with extra batteries.

Worth it if

You deal with outages, own an RV or work off-grid.

Skip it if

You only need to charge phones, which a power bank handles.