The Art of Business

History of Grilling

The best thing about summer is that it’s finally time to get grilling! Grilling outside is really one of America’s past times. Grilling has been going on since fire was discovered, but modern grilling started with the Weber Grill. The Weber Grill was invented by a Chicago man named George Stephen. Stephen tinkered with the idea of the flat open grills of the time, to invent a dome shaped grill that is a part of priceless Americana. Stephen was able to start manufacturing the grill after taking controlling interest in the Weber Bros. Metal Spinning Co. At the time the company was known for making buoys and not much else. They updated the buoy and invented the Weber grill.

American barbecue goes back to about the 18th Century in Colonial America. The “American” food barbecues of hot dogs, hamburgers were descended from Eastern Carolina pit barbecue.

Now there are many types of barbecue including: Carolina style, which is split into Eastern, Western and South Carolina style, Memphis barbecue is what most people think of traditional BBQ, Texas barbecue is thought of more of the mesquite barbecue flavor. And of course Kansas City barbecue with a little bit of everything, it sits in the middle of barbecue country.

No matter what type of barbecue you like to eat, surely you have a grill in your backyard if you just love that smoky flavor. Outdoor living areas are becoming increasingly more opulent and luxurious over the years. Steve Barbarich started an outdoor living online internet company because he saw how high the demand is for this type of furniture. His site, chooseoutdoorkitchens.com gives consumers the ultimate outdoor cooking space, which of course includes the ever popular grill.

So get your smoke on and get into the summer barbecue season, there is nothing better than Fourth of July, or really just a Tuesday night meal out on the grill.