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Fall Tailgate Setup for Football Saturdays
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items Football Saturday is better when your parking spot feels like the backyard. These are my picks for a tailgate setup that goes up fast and holds up all season: a one-push canopy and chairs worth sitting in for hours, coolers and a wagon that haul ever...
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Shade & Seats: Your Parking-Spot Home Base
Cold Drinks & One-Trip Hauling
Grill & Griddle Station
Games, Music, Power & Cold-Game Comfort
Shade & Seats: Your Parking-Spot Home Base
A canopy one person can put up, chairs built for a four-hour pregame, and a table that holds the food spread.
Parking-lot shade that goes up before the first cooler opens keeps the whole crew happy. One-push frame beats fighting poles in the wind. Buy it if your spot has zero tree cover.
CROWN SHADES 10x10 Pop Up Canopy Tent
Flimsy camp chairs fold when a grown adult sits down. This one stays planted with cup holders for a long tailgate. For the parking-spot setup that lasts all four quarters.
ALPS King Kong Camping Chair with Cup Holders
Most folding chairs pop open in the trunk and fight you every time you pack them. The Kijaro's Dual Lock holds it shut when it's folded and locked open when you sit, and you get a no-sag seat, a mesh back that breathes on a warm September afternoon, ...
Kijaro Dual Lock Folding Camping Chair - Blue
Food on the tailgate of the truck means bending over all day and fighting over space.
LIFETIME 4ft Fold-in-Half Adjustable Table
A canopy without weights becomes a kite the first windy Saturday. Fillable weights keep your shade planted next to the Crown Shades tent. Don't skip this if you park in open lots.
US Weight 40lb Canopy Weight Set of 4 with Strap
Cold Drinks & One-Trip Hauling
A rolling cooler for the big haul, plus a wagon and a hitch basket so you're not making five trips from the truck.
A loaded cooler is the heaviest thing in a tailgate, and dragging one by the side handles across a gravel lot is miserable.
RTIC 52 QT Ultra-Light Wheeled Hard Cooler
Five cooler trips kill the vibe before kickoff. One wagon haul moves drinks, chairs, and the kids' stuff in a single pass. Collapses flat so it lives in the trunk all season.
Mac Sports Collapsible Folding Utility Wagon
When the canopy, grill, cooler and chairs won't all fit inside the SUV, the hitch is free space. The CURT 18153 is a 60-by-24-inch steel basket for 2-inch receivers with 6-inch sides and a 500 lb rating, and it folds up against the vehicle when it's ...
CURT 18153 Folding Hitch Basket Carrier 60x24
Constant cooler diving for drinks slows the whole setup. A big beverage dispenser with a stand keeps lemonade or tea flowing for the crew. Easy add for family-friendly tailgates.
Buddeez 3.5 Gallon Clear Drink Dispenser w/Ice Cone & Spigot
Hard coolers fill up fast once the kids' snacks arrive. A soft cooler handles overflow drinks and collapses when empty. Pairs with the wagon for one-trip hauling.
Igloo MaxCold Insulated Soft Cooler Bag
Grill & Griddle Station
A stand-up grill and a tabletop griddle that can feed a crowd, plus a fast thermometer that keeps the burgers coming off right.
A little single-burner grill means burgers come off in tiny batches while everyone stands around hungry.
Coleman RoadTrip 285 Portable Propane Grill
A parking-lot griddle feeds a crowd faster than a tiny grill grate. The hood helps with wind and grease management so you're not chasing flare-ups. Core of a serious tailgate cook station.
Blackstone 1813 22" Tabletop Griddle with Hood
Guessing doneness on a parking-lot griddle is how you serve hockey pucks. Instant-read takes the stress out of burgers and chicken. Easy upgrade for any tailgate cook.
TempPro TempSwift TP19H Instant Read Thermometer
Games, Music, Power & Cold-Game Comfort
Cornhole and a giant stacking game for the long wait, a speaker that won't quit, power for the TV and phones, and warmers for those late-season night games.
Cornhole is the official sport of the tailgate, and cheap thin boards bounce bags all over and warp after one rainy game. It's the set for the guy who wants his boards to be the ones everybody lines up to play.
GoSports 4x2 ft Portable Cornhole Board Set
Not everyone wants to throw bags, and the long wait before kickoff needs a second game going. This giant stacking tower starts at 2.5 feet and can climb past 5 feet with 54 solid wood blocks, and it comes with a carrying case and dry-erase rules boar...
GoSports 5 ft Giant Wooden Toppling Tower Game
Phone speakers get drowned out by the next tailgate over, and cheap Bluetooth cubes die before halftime.
JBL Flip 7 Portable Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker
Running a small TV for the early games, a blender or a string of lights off a car inverter means idling the truck all afternoon.
Jackery Explorer 300 Portable Power Station,292Wh
November night games turn fingers useless for holding a drink. Toss a few pairs in every chair bag and you're the hero of the row. Bulk pack lasts a whole season of cold stands.
HotHands Hand Warmers Bulk Pack, 40 Pairs