Americans love barbecues…delicious meats seared to perfection make feelings that border on arousal for a red-blooded male. So here’s the reasonably-priced but questionably-useful Maverick ET 901 Remote BBQ Thermometer and Timer, available for $60. The device serves many of the necessary functions needed for great barbecue, measuring temperature and time needed to cook. But the main reason for its above-market price is the remote capability which allows you to monitor the food for extended periods of time from 100 feet away. As any good barbecuer, the type of person who’d invest in something like this, would tell you, it’s always a great idea to wander far away from the meat that’s currently cooking on an open flame. 7 out of 10 drunk fire marshals wholeheartedly agree.

[via, thanks John for the tip!]