IN 2026, MAK ANNOUNCED IT WAS CLOSING OPERATIONS.

MAK Grills makes four very impressive residential pellet smokers and one large commercial smoker. They are Meatheads favorite pellet smokers and earned our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Gold Award. MAK took the pellet world by storm and quickly developed a reputation as a best in class producer largely due to their sophisticated “Pellet Boss” controller. The Pellet Boss is easy to learn, intuitive and highly accurate. It also has some useful added features like three independent meat probe inputs and wireless capability. Furthermore construction is solid, durable and effectively holds even, set temps.

In 2016 MAK introduced their FlashFire igniters on all new models, (left). FlashFire is said to be impervious to moisture and corrosion. MAK claims it will be good for 90,000 on/off cycles providing many years of dependable startups. Standard igniters are prone to failure. Although FlashFire costs a bit more, if they last as long as MAK states, they are well worth the additional expense. A retrofit kit may be purchased to upgrade pre-2016 models.

MAK Grills is a family owned business that grew from MAK Metals, an Oregon company engaged in precision metal fabrication since around 1990. They have about 70 distributers, mostly in the northwest.