The BBQ Fork that comes with the typical BBQ Utensil package is one of the worthless BBQ Tools.  If you use it to get your meat off the grill, then you are just letting all the juices out of the meat.  Why, when you are BBQin’ the juices of the meat are moving towards the outside of your meat.  As soon as you poke it with that BBQ Fork, all the juices come pouring out.  This can lead to very dry meat.  This is also the same reason why you must let the meat rest for a while after cooking, it gives the chance for the juices to settle down and be evenly distributed inside.  

So here is why I believe they sell us the fork along with the other utensils:

• Charge us more money
• Adjust the charcoal on the grill (primarily what I use it for)
• Remove hot cooking grates from the grill
• Gently poke this person who is asking, Is the food ready yet? (Be careful not to hurt anyone)
• Get a collection of BBQ Forks, and use them as Lawn Darts.
• Poke someone as hard as possible for doing a taste test of the food while on the grill (I really don’t recommend this one, violence is never good).
• Use it as a hunting tool to catch more animals that you would like to grill up.

So do with it what you want, as long as you don’t poke holes in your food, and remember, rested meat is better tasting meat!

J