Tailgating Tips For Beginners

With the NFL and College football seasons here, its time to review some tailgating tips to make you feel like a champ! Many people that go to games are getting into the tailgating party. For most people they have no clue what to do or how to do it. I am going to give you a few tips to make you look like your a "seasoned" veteran.

Here are the main things you need to consider as a rookie in tailgating:

1. Pack the things you need before you have the party! Assess everything that you will need to bring from home; trash bags, fold out chairs, coolers, beer and all the other necessities. Go to costco a day or so before the game and load up on the hot dogs and hamburgers and anything else you might think and don't forget to properly package them so they don't spoil.

2. Plan out the location of your tailgating party. If you can drive by where you will be tailgating and make sure you have enough space to actually have a party.

3. This one is the most common tailgating failure of all. Don't forget to fill up your propane tank before leaving for the party. You can not cook without the propane.

4. Bring separate coolers for your raw meats and your ready to eat foods! You don't want to make all of your tailgating guests really sick because then they will never go to another one of your parties and a party is no fun with only yourself.

5. This is an easy one. The night before freeze all of your drinks instead of putting them in a cooler full of ice. That way your drinks will be cold and you won't have to deal with the mess of the melting ice. As you become more seasoned at tailgating than you can use the cooler and the ice technique.

6. Go to a store and buy some of your team flags to hang everywhere. After you do that than you can move onto buying balloons and whatnot. The reasoning for this is so that you guests will be able to recognize you easier and locate you faster.

7. Always have food ready to go. Anytime a guest wants to eat there should be food awaiting them. Do not put yourself in a panic mode if your food is not ready.

8. Remove the ashes after grilling and keep them in heavy duty tin foil. Dip the foil completely in water before placing it in a container for trash. That way the trash or the container doesn't catch fire.

9. Lastly, after the party is over remember to clean up your own mess. So, make sure you have plenty of trash bags to dispose of all the garbage.

By doing all of these things, you can consider yourself as one of the Veterans in tailgating.

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