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Discontinued Light my Fire has discontinued the GrandPa’s FireFork, so you can’t buy it new any more. I’m leaving this review up as a record of my testing. If you’re shopping for roasting sticks today, take a look at my roundup of the best marshmallow roasting sticks. The Carpathen is my top pick, and there are cheaper options in there too.

Note I usually put roasting sticks through a fourth test (sturdiness), but that depends on the stick you attach the FireFork to, so it wasn’t applicable here.

See the 7 tests

1. In the Box
2. Specifications
3. Features
4. How to Use
5. Ease of Use
6. Clean Up
7. Quality

In the Box

• FireForks 2
• Storage pouch None

Specifications

• Length 4.0in
• Width of cap 1.75in
• Width of tines with cap on 1.0in
• Weight 0.5oz
• Fork Stainless steelType not stated
• Safety cap Bio-based plastics from plants

Features

The tines aren’t sharp, but each fork comes with a safety cap anyway. The caps come in different colors, mine are yellow and blue.

The tips are curved to hold food more securely.

How to Use

Squeeze the two ends together to release the safety cap. Squeeze again, drop a stick through the middle and let go. The circular parts clamp onto it.

The right stick is neither too thin nor too thick. Too thin and it flexes. Here it is on a bamboo stick 0.2in across with a single hot dog:

Too thick and it won’t fit. The holes are about 0.6in across, so your stick needs to be under that.

Ease of Use

Both tines go through a hot dog, so nothing slipped even hanging straight down.

Marshmallows didn’t slip either, which I put down to the curved tips.

Nothing spun either, and the fork itself stayed firmly clamped to the stick while I roasted.

The tines aren’t sharp, but skewering hot dogs and marshmallows was easy enough. Meat would be harder.

Clean Up

A couple of hours in soapy water left them clean, with no residue or marshmallow goo, and I didn’t even have to scrub.

Quality

These are stainless steel, but I couldn’t find the type or whether it’s food grade. I found no rust after soaking mine and leaving them wet.

The safety caps are made of bio-based plastics from plants and are 100% BPA-free.

Pros and Cons

Now, what are the pros and cons, and would I recommend the Light my Fire GrandPa’s FireFork?

The lightest, most compact option I own

At 0.5oz and 4.0in long, nothing else in my collection, steel or bamboo, comes close.

Keeps things traditional

You still get to find your own stick, just more hygienically.

One of my most expensive roasting sticks

For a fork head with no stick attached, the price is steep.

Finding the perfect stick isn’t always easy

It has to be under 0.6in across but thick enough not to flex, and that isn’t always lying around.

No information on the steel

I don’t know what type it is. I like this brand and their products are made in Sweden, so it isn’t a big issue for me.

I measured every number on this page myself.