We all hear about new techniques, equipment and tools that claim to help you in your BBQ and food preparation. Some are very good, some are very bad and some you have no idea what the creator of that particular item was thinking.

 Every once and awhile you do find a simple tool that does as it advertises and makes your smoking and BBQ cooking a lot easier. One of those items I wish I had seen or knew about is called the Frogmat. I first heard of Frogmat on the BBQ Central Show with Greg Rempe.

  I contacted Mike Riblett, creator of Frogmats and had one of his mat’s sent to me to see if it does what it advertises to do.

 Frogmats is a non stick, odor free easy to turn mat that is used on your smoker to help prevent food from cracking, sticking to the grate, falling through the grate mat. It’s designed to last for years with easy cleaning. Simply clean with warm water its ready for your next use. What I really like is that this simple mat will NOT pick up odors from the foods your smoking like fish. For me, wanting to use this for competition cooking and catering is HUGE.

 I decided to put Frogmats to the test and use it on one of my foods that sometimes sticks to the grill or tears as you take it off the grill. I tested the Frogmat with not only 1 Bacon Explosion but 3!

                                                     Bacon Explosions

 The above Bacon explosions were smoked on my Louisiana Whole Hog Country Smoker. The Frogmat was not sprayed with Pam or anything else, I wanted the test to be as real as it gets to see if Frogmats does what it advertises

 About 1 ½ hours later the Frogmat and Bacon Explosions were doing well. When they were finished the Bacon Explosions were able to be moved off the Frogmat with NO issues!

    Finished Bacon Explosion using the Frogmat

                                 First Bacon Explosion removed from the Frogmat

 Sliced and Ready To GO!!                

 As you can see from the pictures above, the Frogmat does exactly what it advertises to do! I was able to make a finished product that didn’t stick to the grill or Frogmat and it helped me in creating a product that looked great. Just from this test, I know I will be using Frogmats with my Smoked Chicken during this years KCBS Contests.

If you’re looking to smoke food on your smoker that you have had trouble with falling thought the grill, tearing, ripping or failing apart I would highly encourage you to contact Frogmats at http://www.frogmats.com/Home_Page.php. 

I know that by using Frogmats as a BBQ tool to help with a intact finished product I will have no worries or issues and my investment is one that when cared for and cleaned as directed will last for many years. Contact Frogmats and let them know the Bossman sent you, I promise you will be happy you made this investment! Smoke On!!