The Barrel House Cooker Company, LLC manufactures modular and portable vertical charcoal cookers ideal for backyard cooking or to bring on the road for tailgating, camping, etc. First coming to market in 2015, the modular design allows the Barrel House Cooker to function as a traditional barrel cooker or a charcoal grill, and even a […]
A group of barbecue loving engineers focused on design and production of temperature controllers.
Sweet Swine O’Mine Distributing is helmed by award winning pit master, Mark Lambert. His stated purpose is to provide sales, service and consulting for BBQ teams, restaurants and enthusiasts. Lambert sells his world championship Sweet Swine O’Mine Sauces and Rubs and distributes a variety of BBQ products including other sauce and rub brands, BBQ tools […]
Based in Florence (Firenze) Italy, Pizza Party is a popular pizza oven producer throughout Europe and gaining ground in the USA. A family run business that began in 1998, they achieved a degree of success in Italy, but sales really increased when they launched onto the global market. In addition to quality design, construction and […]
Member’s Mark is an exclusive brand made for Sam’s Club by low cost Asian manufacturers. Some come from Nexgrill, headquartered in Taiwan, some by Winner’s Product’s out of Singapore, some are made by Rankam Group with headquarters in Hong Kong and US facilities in Gardena, CA. They all manufacture a variety of outdoor equipment under […]
M Grills is an offshoot of MaGee Machine & Manufacturing, a family owned metal fabrication business operating in Mesquite, TX since 1986. Like all Texans, the MaGees love BBQ and started making some fun looking cookers in the shape of the Lone Star State (see below).
In 2015 they came up with a new concept for a combination reverse flow […]
Big Drum Smokers is a small manufacturer in Naples, NC that makes 55 Gallon Drum Smokers often referred to as Ugly Drum Smokers or UDS. Made from steel drums, this simple tried-and-true design works very well we are told by several devotees. The manufacturer says no water pan is included because none is necessary. The […]
Pit Boss Grills was owned by Dansons, the same company that makes the popular Louisiana Pellet Smokers. Both companies were acquired by W.C. Bradley, makers of Char-Broil and Oklahoma Joe’s. They are headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Along with Traeger, Louisiana was one of the early entrants to the pellet smoker market. They produce a wide […]
The Foundry is a UK sales operation located in Banbury, just north of London. They specialize in all types of gifts, gadgets and toys. Foundry leapt from hyper space and grabbed our attention with their new Death Star BBQ Grill. Death Star is hard to find in the USA, so if you need to get […]
Established in 1978, LIVART imports and distributes a wide variety of products manufactured in Asia to the US market. They offer many cooking and kitchen items like rice cookers and refrigerators and also distribute Heating and Cooling, Home and Office, and Outdoor products. We see their LG brand on a lot of showroom floors. Their […]
Nordic Ware is a family owned business started in 1946 making a handful of specialty Scandinavian cookware products. Their first big hit was the Bundt Cake Pan. Today they are still family owned with three generations working together at their large manufacturing facility in Minneapolis where most of their products are made. They went from […]
Husband and wife team, Nicole and Chad Humphrey, started their metal shop in 2004 producing a variety of products including decorative and functional metal art. By 2009 they began finding a market for BBQ products and refurbishing equipment for BBQ Teams. Taking knowledge gleaned from fixing up other people’s smokers, they created Humphrey’s BBQ, and […]
Texas Original Pits founder, Anthony Saragusa, spent most of his manufacturing career in Houston, TX building steel reels for coiling and spooling wire, cable, and hydraulic tubing used in energy exploration throughout the world. In 2007, the steel reels and spool business began slowing with the downturn in the global economy. Saragusa saw the writing […]
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