The Original PigTail (Right Hand), 12" is a compact food-flipping tool designed to lift, turn, move, and carry everything from steaks and burgers to ribs, chicken, bacon, shrimp, vegetables, and other hard-to-grab foods. Instead of squeezing food between tong jaws or sliding a spatula underneath it, the PigTail uses a sharp stainless-steel hook to grab the food with minimal contact, making it fast and precise for both grilling and indoor cooking. The 12-inch size is especially well suited for the grill, stovetop, oven, and general kitchen use.
Built with a surgical-grade stainless-steel hook and shaft, the PigTail is strong enough to lift substantial cuts while remaining easy to maneuver. Jaccard states that the tool can handle foods weighing up to 8 pounds, including whole chickens, full racks of ribs, and large briskets. The sharp hook is designed to enter cleanly without tearing the food apart, while the right-hand configuration gives right-handed cooks a natural pulling and flipping motion. The 12" Original PigTail is a simple, highly effective alternative to constantly switching between tongs, forks, and spatulas.
Key Features
• Fast One-Handed Flipping: The hooked design makes it easy to turn steaks, chops, burgers, chicken, sausage, bacon, shrimp, vegetables, and other foods with a quick wrist motion.
• Surgical-Grade Stainless Steel: The hook and shaft are constructed from 300-series surgical-grade stainless steel for strength, durability, and repeated grilling use.
• Handles Large Cuts: Designed to lift foods weighing up to approximately 8 pounds, including whole chickens, racks of ribs, and large briskets.
• Minimal Food Damage: The sharp hook penetrates with a small contact point, helping reduce tearing and surface damage compared with aggressively grabbing food with tongs or forks.
• Compact 12-Inch Length: Long enough for outdoor grilling while remaining maneuverable for stovetop, oven, broiler, and kitchen use.
• Versatile Cooking Tool: Useful for grilling, smoking, sautéing, breading, dipping, transferring, and handling foods that can be awkward to grab with conventional utensils.
• Reduces Utensil Switching: Can replace many common flipping and lifting tasks normally handled with tongs, meat forks, and spatulas.
Pro Tips
• Hook Near The Edge: Insert the tip near the outer edge of steaks, chops, burgers, or chicken so only a small amount of the food is pierced while still giving you plenty of leverage.
• Use The Wrist, Not Your Arm: A small rolling motion of the wrist is usually all that's needed to turn food; avoid lifting higher than necessary.
• Lift Ribs From A Strong Point: When moving a full rack, hook into a thicker section of meat rather than the thin end of the rack for better control.
• Use It For Bacon And Shrimp: The narrow hook excels with slippery or awkward foods that can be difficult to grab securely with large tongs.
• Keep It Close During Competition Cooks: The 12" PigTail is especially handy when checking or repositioning individual ribs, chicken pieces, steaks, and pork slices without disturbing the rest of the cooker.
• Use It During Breading: Hook chicken, eggplant, or other foods to lift them through egg wash, breading, or batter while keeping your hands cleaner.
• Choose The 12" For Control: Use the 12-inch version when close-range precision matters; the longer 19-inch PigTail is better when additional distance from a hot fire or smoker is needed.
