Santa Maria BBQ Outfitters, in Santa Maria, CA, manufactures a variety of value priced vertical lift grills. These grills cook over an open wood or charcoal fire using a crank to raise or lower the grates for heat control. There is no lid. The vertical lift design is widely used in Spain, Italy and South […]
Portable Kitchen Grills began in Texas in 1952, the same year as Weber. Since then PK had ups and downs, changed ownership, went on and off the market, but the original classic, rust-proof aluminum bodies refused to die and kept the grills and the PK name and mystique alive as they were passed down from […]
Pitmaker is a Houston area metal fabricator known for manufacturing colorful, large capacity, heavy duty cabinet smokers and rectangular offset pits for competition, tailgating and serious BBQ. We have seen several trailer mounted Pitmaker smoker/grill combo setups and they are very impressive, extremely well designed and built.
They also have two backyard charcoal/wood grills and a […]
Aussie Grills is owned by Meco Corporation in Greenville, TN. They are often referred to as Meco Grills or Meco Aussie Grills. They used to make a wide variety of charcoal, gas and electric grills and smokers. The line has been trimmed down to just their popular Walk-About models in red and black. Although value […]
It is a real treat in a disposable world to see products this well built. Especially at these prices.
All Meadow Creek grills, smokers, and grill/smoker combos are made by Amish craftsmen in New Holland, PA, as they have been since the company was founded in 1980. As you might expect, their designs are simple, well […]
LANDMANN IS OUT OF BUSINESS IN THE USA.
Landmann is a German company founded in 1966. They manufacture a wide variety of BBQ and Hearth products that are sold worldwide.
Landmann – USA is located in Cartersville, GA. Manufacturing is outsourced to China.
Kingsford is the biggest manufacturer of charcoal in the USA, converting more than a million tons of wood scrapes into charcoal each year. They began in the 1920s when Henry Ford found a way to turn wood scrapes from his Model-T automobile production into charcoal. The business was eventually taken over by E.G. Kingsford, a […]
Founded in Tulsa, OK, by Grant “Hasty” Hastings in 1948, 15 years before the unfortunately named kids’ toy and three years before the Weber Kettle were invented, the Hasty Bake was probably the first home grill with a hood, and it incorporated innovations that are just being rediscovered by other grill makers today.
Their grills are […]
Komodo Kamado is the brainchild of designer Dennis Linkletter, grandson of TV legend Art Linkletter. Dennis Linkletter has lived and worked in Indonesia for decades where he built a business fabricating teak furniture, flooring and doors. He became interested in kamado cooking and began using his facility to explore making high quality cookers with state […]
Al Simon’s Cajun Microwaves manufacture five high quality charcoal roasters that use the basic design of the “Chinese Box” roaster. Meat is placed inside then covered with a tray of hot coal. Unlike less expensive box roasters, Cajun Microwaves are stainless steel and beautiful cypress wood that may be customized. They also make various inserts […]
Cajun Grill is a family owned business that manufactures six heavy duty charcoal grills with a unique V shaped firebox. They are one of The Percy Guidry Companies in Lafayette, LA. As the name indicates, they are indeed Cajun. Guidry stared out in 1945 as a Blacksmith and grew to become a fairly large metal […]
Primo Ceramic Grills manufactures high quality American made ceramic cookers in Tucker, GA. Primo is one of the only Kamado style cookers capable of 2-Zone cooking. Their unique, oval shaped design allows owners to build up coal on one side to create direct and indirect heat zones. They sell through […]
This company is out of business and the reason is obvious. There are forums created and devoted to the woes of the Kamado.com owners. They talk about frozen top dampers that break into pieces, tiles that crumble off, terrible quality, no follow up on warranty claims and money kept but no product delivered. The owner […]
Grill Dome was founded in 1989 in Atlanta, GA by Tarsem Kohli. Kohli is an engineer who used his expertise to develop a new ceramic material to replace older ceramics traditionally used in Kamado style cookers. Kohli’s claims his invention, Terapex ceramic, performs better than other ceramics used in Kamados because it is thicker, harder […]
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