13 Amazing Gadgets to Help You Win Thanksgiving

The only problem with visiting someone else’s house for Thanksgiving is that you won't have a fridge full of leftovers at your place. That’s a bummer. Well, meet the wardrobe MVP of turkey day: The OTG Jacket ($215) has 29 pockets hidden inside of it, including two big enough for small laptops or big tablets. You know what that means: Plenty of room for massive to-go tubs of bird and fixins.

Every year, you buy one of those flimsy aluminum roasting pans, and then it springs a leak, and then valuable turkey juices spill everywhere. Step it up this year---and well into the future---with this enamel-coated Le Creuset cast-iron roaster ($200 and up). It comes in three sizes and seven colors, so it’ll match all the other Le Creuset jawns in your pantry. It’s also the perfect size for a giant vat of seven-layer dip come Super Bowl time.

Oven mitts keep your hands safe, but more importantly, they provide a chance for some turkey-day sassafrass. The Nintendo NES Classic is really hard to find, but you can still herald your undying love for all things 8-bit with these Power Glove-themed hand-protectors ($15). In fact, they’re probably more useful than the actual Nintendo Power Glove.

Carving turkey by hand means non-uniform slices and a mean case of carvin’ thumb. It also takes a while. Make quick work of that bird with this $130 deli-style meat slicer, which can serve up thick slabs at dinnertime and paper-thin cuts for those secret midnight sandwiches. It'll also make leftovers last a bit longer, as you’ll be grubbin’ on slimmer slices of turducken.

Gravy is the best. But here’s the problem with gravy: You usually heat it up last, which means your guests are sitting around waiting for that sweet sweet turkey sauce. If not, you’re left with cold gravy, which is better than no gravy but not as good as warm gravy. This electric gravy boat lets you get the gravy on the table early, and it still keeps it toasty. It's also named after 1960s psychedelic-rock band Electric Gravy Boat. $20.

Look, everyone’s taste buds are different, and yours may not jibe well with those of your gracious hosts. You like turkey, and you like full-sour pickles, but Aunt Doris’s pickle-stuffed turkey is another story altogether. If you’re heading into enemy territory in terms of flavor sensations, bring some miracle berry tablets along. They make sour things taste sweet, and you can happily flavor-trip your way through that lime-and-alum casserole. $15.

‘Tis the season to don deliberately garish accoutrements, and it’s become such a national phenomenon that the NFL sells intentionally ugly sweaters for every team. Even if your squad of choice isn’t playing on Thanksgiving, you can still represent in the most hideous fashion imaginable. Some of them even have built-in LED lights for an extra serving of terrible. $60 to $70.

Before you hit the backyard for the annual family football game, come up with an unbeatable gameplan. Everyone’s in the kitchen listening to Grandpa Chet drone on about property taxes, so sneak off with Cousin Bernice and Uncle Rufus to draw up offensive schemes with this $100 throwback vibrating football game. You could also play a quick game, but no one’s really figured how to play electric football in its 69 years of existence.

You’re probably the best quarterback in the history of Thanksgiving backyard football, but there’s been no way to quantify your excellence until now. Wilson’s sensor-packed pigskin ($200) syncs up to your iPhone to deliver instant throw-speed and yardage stats, plus it’ll tell you how Speedo-tight your spiral is. In game mode, it’ll even offer play-by-play for your personal two-minute drills. The only thing it doesn't do is book your post-victory trip to Disneyland.

To the victors go the spoils and the celebratory beers---preferably draught beers. Getting a keg for turkey day is a serious investment, but the Fizzics Waytap ($130) makes bottles and cans full of the good stuff taste like it’s on tap. You put anything from a 12-ounce bottle to a tallboy in the machine, pull the handle, and let the Waytap’s sonic waves work their foam-creating magic. An older version of the machine works with growlers, but it doesn't look as pretty as the redesigned system.

When it comes to taking a post-meal nap in front of something, only the best TV technology will do. Namely, OLED technology, with its category-defining black levels, unbeatable contrast, and slim panel design. There are higher-end OLED TVs in LG’s lineup, but the 55-inch B6, which does 4K and HDR, just got a price cut to $2,000. That translates to the best picture quality ever offered at this price in the history of television. Seriously.