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Grill - Portable Gas or Charcoal

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Grill tanks or Match light Charcoal bags, no need to mess with lighter fluid.

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Grill Spray or PAM

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Matches, lighter

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Grill Utensils - Spatula, tong, mitts

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Aluminum Foil, Foil Trays

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Plastic Ziploc baggies -  gallon and quart size

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Paper Plates & Plastic Cups in Team pattern or color.

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Napkins, wet ones, hand sanitizer and at least 1 roll of Paper Towels. You may even want to bring a roll of toilet paper!  

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Table covers - NFL or Team colors

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Utensils - Plastic forks, spoons, knives, serving spoons or forks

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Paring knife or other small kitchen knife. Also, kitchen shears.

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Can opener, bottle opener and wine openers. Even if you don't use it there's always someone looking for one.

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Plastic storage containers for leftovers

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Garbage bags

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Plastic bowls or trays for serving. Many just serve chips right out of the bag, it depends on the size of your crowd.

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Hot pads for the table, especially if your heating up foil trays or use tray holders. 

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Cooler - May want two, one for food and one for drinks.

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One or two table for serving food, preferably a long tables, but a card tables will do.

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Chairs - folding chairs work best, especially team chairs. Ask friends meeting up with you to bring their own chairs.

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A small side table for the cook next to the grill if the grill doesn't already provide one.

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Tailgate crate - We keep one in our closet just for tailgating with all the supplies that can be reused.

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Batteries

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Small Tool Kit

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Music via Radio, iPod Player, etc.

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Batteries

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Stadium Blankets

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Check the weather reports. You may need a tent, you can rent or borrow, if you don't have one of your own. Some use them for shade protection. May need to bring cinder blocks to help hold structure in place if it's a windy day.  

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Set the grill up on one end away from where you will sit and check for wind directions too.  If you brought games like bean bag toss or washers, etc, set them up away from grill area and food table to prevent accidents.

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When parking try to park with your tailgate or trunk facing the area you will tailgate, so your trunk or tailgate is accessible. This can be tricky sometimes in double parking lines, just tell the attendant you want to back in and they are usually obliging.