AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – It’s finally football season, and that means tailgate party season.
Tailgating has become a favorite for fans of all football games, be it pee-wee league, high school, college or pro games.
If you haven’t been through a stadium parking lot in recent years, we have to tell you that tailgate parties were more elaborate than 20 years ago. Whether you’re attending a tailgate party at the game or in your backyard, there are tech tools to up your pregame game.
Televisions are becoming more popular at tailgate parties because they are lighter, thinner and more expensive than they were five seasons ago. The only challenge is getting electricity for those TVs. Fortunately, there are gas-free generator options.
The EcoFlow Delta portable generator or power station is a great choice for providing electricity for any and all gadgets you take to the game.
These power stations have multiple AC outlets and USB and USB-C ports to power TVs, mini-fridges, smartphones, tablets and computers.
They are practically silent, which is a huge improvement over old noisy and smelly gas powered generators. Before you hit the road, you simply charge the charger using a standard AC outlet in your home.
EcoFlow holds its charge for months, so it’s a great choice for emergency power if the power goes out in your home. It’s small and light enough to carry from the car to the tailgate.
How well does it work?
We plugged in an old refrigerator to test, and it continued to run for 13 hours. A big screen television, phones and computers connected us. He easily had all of his runs over three games.
It may be the most important piece in your tailgate party puzzle. Speaking of TVs, if you’re only picking one up for game days, keep the box.
Thin and light TVs make them very fragile. Televisions have tiny speakers that are not loud enough to be heard even in small crowds.
Taking a sound bar with you will turn up the volume so fans can hear the announcers. You can also use a portable Bluetooth speaker that requires no electricity.
One of the best and loudest speakers we’ve tested is the Soundcore Rave Mini.
Although there is nothing “mini” about its size or sound. This speaker has impressive bass for a Bluetooth speaker, and is loud enough to be heard on many fans. It’s a fairly large speaker, so you might have trouble holding it and anything else in the same hand.
Of course there’s a case and options to add more bass to what you get out of the box.
It connects wirelessly to phones and computers, but also has an auxiliary input. Additionally, it charges smartphones through a USB port. If you don’t want something that big, the best small Bluetooth speaker we’ve tested is the Bose SoundLink Flex.
The light speaker has incredible sound, it’s from Bose, and the battery lasts up to 12 hours. If it starts raining, you don’t have to worry about it ruining this speaker as it is dust and water resistant.
We even threw it in the swimming pool. He drowned and floated to the surface while playing his music.
Incidentally, one of my friends had to find out if he could hear the music underwater. can It’s small and easy to throw in your bag to the stadium parking lot.
Most tailgates and backyard parties have someone standing around grilling burgers and chicken. For tailgaters, a digital Bluetooth meat thermometer can be the difference between one getting overcooked or undercooked food.
The Meater+ is a digital thermometer that you put on whatever you’re cooking.
Using the accompanying smartphone app, you choose what to cook and how you want it cooked.
The Meater+ then monitors the internal temperature of the meat and the ambient temperature under the grill hood.
When it gets close to the right and safe temperature, the Meater+ sends a notification to your smartphone, letting you know when it needs to be removed from the grill and away from the grill. The thermometers are similar except you have two probes connected to the display center with wires. They also have a companion app that sends a notification when the food is ready. As much as we love the Meater+ and iGrill tools, we still recommend using a meat thermometer like the Thermapen Pro.
These digital thermometers help you make sure every piece of meat on the grill is ready to eat.
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