Cooking Outdoors with Technology | Lift Up Tablet Stand

Remember the good old days when cooking outdoors meant starting a campfire and cooking up some hot dogs on a stick? Not that old? Well we really did at one time long ago… those days are not over but just changed by the introduction of technology. You know, all of that electrical stuff and fancy new fangled inventions to make everything so darn complicated .. err, I mean easy.

I am guilty of embracing it, almost all of it to the point where I have too much technology in my life.

Currently the proud owner of a PC laptop, Mac desktop, iPhone, iPad, digital camera, digital thermometers, digital meat fork/thermometer, electric pellet BBQ, digital magazines, digital books and so on and so on. You are probably guilty as well to various degrees of technological overabundance – ie. to many toys. I can't imagine being with out some of them but some I can say goodby to, not that I am going too.

Which brings me to the point of this article and future articles – outdoor cooking toys or technology (if you need to justify the purchase), what are they and how to incorporate them into your  outdoor cooking. As the years go by and old styles and techniques are foreshadowed by new styles and techniques being introduced we are left with the decision of “Do I really need this to cook better” and I will be addressing that question in this series of articles. Sharing my toys and discovering new toys… umm, I mean technology that may or may not enhance our outdoors cooking experience.

I have shared with you some of my toys previously: Thermapen, iGrill, Cooking Outdoors app, etc and you have seen me use my iPad in a few articles. Actually I use my iPad everyday for almost everything I do with Cooking-Outdoors.com; recipes, cooking, cookbooks, email, photos, notes, social media (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, etc), research, reading, magazines, games – opps! Yep, my go to tool for my business. I have a nice cover for it, keyboard, earbuds, etc. you know all the bling required to operate it efficiently and effectively, except a good portable stand that lets me operate it hands free as I am cooking. Until now…

Lift Up Tablet Stand

Technology at its best – no batteries, no cords, never needs to be upgraded, no tech service required, no subscription plan and no teenagers required to help operate it!

This small but sturdy piece of plastic technology has a purpose and it preforms it very well indeed. Keeping my iPad off the surface of whatever I am cooking on, holding it securely in place and fully adjustable allowing me to access everything from a recipe to the viewing the current cooking temperature of my 6lb pork shoulder I am smoking.

Weighing in at a whopping 8 oz and able to hold my iPad at the proper angle to view my iGrill wireless thermometer as it monitors my cooking process. (Nice finger print smudges on the iPad Gary)

Fully adjustable to fit in my camera case, travel bags or adding to my camp gear.

Watch my favorite podcast.

Or just look good sitting there waiting for me to do something… this Lift Up Tablet Stand is perfect for getting the job done with little to no fuss.

Universally designed to work on most tablets out there. Keeping your expensive toy/technology up and off of the mess you are making, safely and securely.

Available from MobileFun

I am going to give this a big thumbs up for using while cooking outdoors!

MobileFun provided this sample at cost and no obligation for review on Cooking-Outdoors.com