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The days are getting longer, temperatures are rising and everyone is anxious to end their winter hibernation and enjoy the outdoors once again. Ah, spring! If you’re eager to bring friends, family and neighbors together, whether for a casual dinner or a backyard BBQ blowout, you’re in luck. Best Buy has everything you need to upgrade your home hosting setup, and for a limited time, it’s all on sale, with discounts as high as 45% off the regular retail price.
From necessities like cooking appliances to luxuries like mood-setting outdoor lighting, Best Buy truly has a dizzying array of offerings to make your life as a host easier and more relaxing, or to help your guests unwind.
To help you navigate this massive sale, we’ve picked out some of our favorite home and outdoor tech deals to elevate your hosting setup and streamline the process of wining and dining your friends, neighbors and anyone else lucky enough to be invited to your shindig.
Ring Video Doorbell
Answering the door in person is out; greeting your new arrivals from a tablet or smartphone while you stay busy entertaining the guests who have already arrived is in. Ring’s best-selling video doorbell is the cheapest home security upgrade you can make, but it’s also an excellent tool for greeting your expected guests and ushering them into your home, all without taking your eyes off your roast chicken. With 1080P picture quality, a wide-angle lens, two-way audio communication and the ability to unlock your front door right from the app, you can keep your home secure while still offering your guests a warm welcome.
Price: $59.99, $99.99
Blink Outdoor 4 5-Camera Wireless Security System
As long as you’re upgrading your home security, you may as well buy yourself some added peace of mind as a host — especially if you’re a parent or pet owner. This wireless camera system from Blink with night vision mode makes it extremely easy to cover your property’s entrance points with 1080P, 30 FPS video surveillance. Each camera operates on battery power, withstands all types of weather and is easy to set up in any desired location. If you want to keep an eye on your kids while you cook, need to make sure your dog isn’t digging up your flower garden or just want some added peace of mind while you focus on other things, Blink’s motion-sensing cameras are the perfect solution.
Price: $227.99, $399.99
Sonance MAGROCKS2.1 Outdoor Speaker System
What’s a party without music? This three-speaker outdoor sound system from Sonance gives you 2.1-channel, 100-watt audio in a discreet package, allowing you to blast the summer hits when you want while still maintaining a tidy backyard space. The exterior casing is incredibly durable, able to resist wind, rain, snow, heat and prolonged UV exposure, while the two satellite speakers and 10” rock woofer deliver clear, crisp sound. Setup is also surprisingly simple, making it easy to connect these speakers to your existing home audio setup.
Price: $649.98, $1299.99
Weber Spirit E-310 Propane Gas Grill
You can’t host a backyard blowout without a proper BBQ, and Weber makes some of the best in the business. The Spirit E-310 propane grill has a three-burner setup with porcelain-coated cast iron grates that conduct heat well while still being easy to keep clean. With 529 square inches of cooking area, including a 105 square-inch warming rack, this grill makes it easy to bulk cook food for larger gatherings. Even better, the extendable side trays keep your sauces, spices and serving plates within easy reach.
Price: $569, $619
Insignia Indoor/Outdoor Mini Fridge
Warm food and cold drinks: the recipe for a backyard party couldn’t be simpler, but you will need an outdoor-ready fridge close at hand. We love this 5.4 cubic-foot model from Insignia for its sturdy stainless steel construction, generous interior space with convenient wall storage and the digital control panel that makes it easy to keep your drinks at the desired temperature. There’s even a clever door alarm, so if a careless guest doesn’t properly close it after grabbing a beverage, you’ll know within five minutes.
Price: $639.99, $799.99
Ninja Foodi 8-in-1 Digital Air Fry Oven
One of the difficulties of hosting, especially for larger gatherings, is you can quickly run out of cooking capacity. An ordinary oven is only so large, and an ordinary stove only has so many burners, so what do you do if you need to feed a ton of people? The Ninja Foodi 8-in-1 Digital Air Fry Oven is exactly the kind of versatile kitchen gadget you need to up your cooking capacity. With an LED display and touchpad controls, it’s easy to switch between the various cook modes, transforming your air fryer into an oven or a toaster, baking, broiling or dehydrating to your heart’s content. You can bulk cook french fries or beer-battered chicken wings, roast a huge plate of vegetables or even cook up a 13” pizza. In other words, with the Ninja Foodi Air Fry Oven by your side, your finger foods are covered.
Price: $149.99, $219.99
Ninja Foodi Power Blender Ultimate System
Remember how we said the recipe for hosting success is just warm food and cold drinks? If you really want to offer your guests a unique experience, you’ll serve cocktails instead of (or in addition to!) the typical wine and beer. When it comes to preparing cocktails, you can’t do better than the Ninja Foodi Power Blender. The 1600-watt motor can handle anything you throw at it, including ice, while the oversized pitcher makes it easy to serve multiple drinks off a single batch. And because the containers, lids, discs and blade assembly are all dishwasher-safe, you won’t be confronted with a stressful cleanup at the end of the night.
Price: $167.99, $239.99
Philips Hue Discover Outdoor Floodlight
Ambience is the often-forgotten secret ingredient to any successful party, and there’s no faster way to create a mood than with the right lighting. This outdoor floodlight from Philips does so much more than just improve visibility when the sun goes down. It offers over 16 million color options, plus many shades of white, to help you set whatever mood you want. The aluminum construction and overall solid build quality means it stands up to the elements with ease, while the included app gives you both touch and voice control, allowing you to make on-the-fly adjustments whenever the mood strikes.
Price: $174.99, $179.99
Instant Pot 6-Quart Duo Plus Multi-Use Pressure Cooker
There are two ways to host a party. In the first, the harder option, you pick meals that require your constant supervision to cook properly, leading you to be stressed out and unable to focus on your guests or the flow of conversation. The second, smarter way involves set-it-and-forget meals that require the least supervision possible, allowing you to unwind with your guests. That’s where the Instant Pot Duo comes in. You prepare all the ingredients beforehand, set it to cook and don’t come back until it’s dinner time. Best of all, even the dreaded after-hours cleanup is much easier with the Instant Pot than with an oven or stove. As you gain experience and familiarize yourself with its 25 pre-programmed cook settings, you may even feel guilty about how easy it is to prepare large quantities of delicious food — don’t. You’ve found the ultimate hosting hack and you should be proud.
Price: $99.99, $129.99
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