[tvongaza]

Slight related topic: Anyone else BBQ a lot, reach to open a beer bottle, but are missing an opener? Why don't they make every BBQ utensil have a decent bottle opener at the end. Better yet, every utensil in your house?

Please take this idea and run with, just tell me where to buy a set.

[jameshart]

My grill spatula has a bottle opener embedded in the cutout pattern at the end. When I realized it was a bottle opener I immediately thought 'who would want to open a bottle with a grilling spatula?'. Now, finally, I have my answer: tvongaza would want to open a bottle with a grilling spatula.

Sadly I don't recall where we bought our grill tools. Looks, based on a quick google, like it's not an uncommon combination. I think this would probably suit you pretty well: https://www.firebox.com/Machete-Spatula/p7134?mkt=en-us

[throwaway76543]

The bottle opener on the end of my grill spatula is the only bottle opener in my entire kitchen that I can reliably find (because it's affixed to this huge grill spatula).

I use it to open bottles far, far more often than I use it as a spatula. I don't think I even grilled this year. Someone should make a grill spatula + bottle opener combo without the useless spatula part.

[91bananas]

Home Depot sells one like this if you're in the US

[thatcat]

You can use the flat edge of anything with a little leverage to pry a bottle cap off using your fingers as a fulcrum beneath the cap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm0ZkABVqjQ

[roel_v]

Real men use their teeth though.

(I never opened a bottle that way; but I did see someone break a tooth once. A molar, clean in half. Not sure if I'd rather have a wire stuck in my gut or break a molar in half.)

[david-given]

I have opened beer bottles with my belt buckle. Apparently this surprised people.

...I have seen someone successfully open a wine bottle with a shoe.

[kozak]

Cap of another (unopened) bottle works perfectly for this.

[stephenr]

if you have sturdy (ie like volkswagen/audi/bmw) keys, you can use a key in a similar fashion

[eric_h]

Bic lighters are exceptionally good for this (one of the important life skills I learned in college).

[shiggerino]

Can't speak for BMW keys, but every VAG key I've had has been horribly flimsy. Don't use it to open bottles or you'll be locked out of your car.

[SerLava]

Don't take this the wrong way.

https://www.google.com/search?num=100&biw=1119&bih=769&q=gri...

[wavefunction]

You can use a bic lighter or a table top (if you don't particularly care for the table) or even your teeth (if you don't particularly care for your teeth)

[silveira]

https://www.amazon.com/Leegoal-Rustic-Bottle-Opener-Vintage/...

You can attach it pretty much anywhere just drilling and using a nut and bolt.

[odabaxok]

Everything is a beer opener. You just need skills.. :)

[toomanybeersies]

You just need to learn how to open a beer bottle with another beer bottle, or just use a corner of the BBQ.

[bbcbasic]

Why not have the bottle opener attached to the BBQ itself? You could DIY this, or attach a keychain one to a chain to the BBQ.

[douche]

Do you not have any sort of fixed object in the general vicinity with a straight, perpendicular edge? Picnic table edges, grill lips, random boards and pieces of wood, the eye socket or tooth of an Enlish soccer hooligan?

[liquidcool]

Here you go, someone got this for me as a gift many years ago:

https://www.pamperedchef.com/shop/Outdoor/BBQ+Tools/BBQ+Turn...

I used it quite a bit, but just as a spatula. Very sturdy.

[dexterdog]

Every grill spatula is a great beer opener whether it was designed to be one or not.

[JoachimS]

You have an eye socket no? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5d8AKoa4Oo

[nommm-nommm]

I've seen a grill once with a bottle opener attached to it. really good idea that I'd never think of.

[Kluny]

If you need a special tool to get your beer open, you don't want to drink badly enough.