
Preparing your new wood fired grill to cook on
Sweet!! You ordered your new grill. Now what? Now we try to keep the campfire grills and 1000 series in stock, but sometimes we get a little overwhelmed with orders....

I'm just going to air this out
I am amazed, more astonished, aghast perhaps, I have to still explain this in 2025. This was something I had to explain repeatably back 20 some years ago, then I...

The best advice I ever received
Something that gets asked around is what is the best advice I ever received? In my early years of metalworking I was involved in blacksmithing. Coal fired forges, making basic...

How to Escape Holiday Your Guests for 4 hours
Want the ultimate cheat for your holiday dinner? Go out back to your grill, light the fire, add the ham, and hide out while everyone thinks you're working hard to get your holiday ham done.

Lemons into Lemonade
Years ago, decades to be exact (but I'd rather not think I'm that old), people would ask me what wood to burn in their grill. I'd reply simply to just...

Gen 5 1000 series
Our flagship grill is going through more changes. The Original Braten 1000 series is the multiple award winning grill that is used by celebrity, professional and backyard chefs. It has been...

Supply Chain
Just like other industries, we are not immune to the supply issues facing all of us. It's immensely frustrating. In the past year we've had to redesign components or figure...

lunch
The benefits of working in a grill manufacturing shop. Chunks of pork shoulder. Lightly seasoned with seasoned salt and black pepper. Smoked with apple logs for two hours at 275....

Corona or Covid
I don't care what it's called. I just want to get to a day where it doesn't get spoken of again. There's always going to be issues to overcome and...