Weber Style 6441 Professional-Grade Chef's Tongs Review
I decided to try these after being frustrated at the thin, wimpy tongs available at most stores.
As other have said these are very sturdy, made with a much thicker gage of stainless steel than usual. The should last a long, long time.
However, I wasn't happy with the shape of the tongs gripping surface. Too much of a 'vee' front to back and kinda flat at the back. If you try to pick up a burger or other meat from a grill, you'll puncture it with the tip before you get a good grip on it. (I don't know how Weber considers this shape to be optimal.)
As shipped, the tip is more of a 'pincer' than any other tong I've owned. Weber must think that it enhances grasping small objects like shrimp or asparagus, but I find the shape just plain wrong. The vee is so angled that only if you pick up something 5-6" across are the tips contacting all the way along the head. If you like to pick up burgers, steaks, and chicken by laying the tongs flat on the grill and pick thing up from the sides, these are your tongs. If you pick up things by sliding one tip under the food and gripping the top, these are simply the wrong shape.
After trying them, I went into my shop and put each tip over a 1 1/2" oak dowel for a mandrel and beat the tips into shape with a rubber mallet, patterning the shape after other tongs. I flattened the front to back angle to about 1/3 of the original and made each tip more concave as well so the back 'teeth' bite better. Now I can pick up a typical burger and steak with the tip contacting the whole length of the tong head, not just at the tip. Yet after modifying them, they still work good when 'side-gripping' as well, so I can't say I like Weber's design. At least they can be re-formed to ones own preference.
Weber Style 6441 Professional-Grade Chef's Tongs Feature
- Chef's tongs; perfect for turning chicken, pork chops, and other foods on the grill
- Made of thick, 430-grade stainless steel
- Easy-grip handles
- Locking mechanism keeps tongs closed when not in use
- Dishwasher-safe
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