For the last eight years, The American BBQ Company has been bringing the best commercial smokers and backyard pellet grills into the UK.

Founded by Jackie Weight,the only non-American to have won the Jack Daniel's Invitational BBQ World Championships, we are the sole UK and EU distributors of Cookshack's commercial SmartSmokers and Fast Eddy's by Cookshack range of Grand Championship-winning hardwood pellet-burning smokers. Ditto Green Mountain Grills pellet smoker grills and Frogmats. We also represent Ergo Chef/Guy Fieri Knuckle Sandwich brands in the UK and Eire.

You'll find our smokers these in the kitchens of some of the best BBQ joints in the country, as well as in restaurants putting their own unique spin on low-and-slow cooking over smoke !

We were also the first major importers of backyard pellet grills into the UK and are now able to bring you what we believe are the best hardwood pellet smoker grills on the market: Green Mountain Grills!

Our Pit Boss (Managing Director). Nick planned on opening an authentic barbecue restaurant in the UK and spent four years travelling to the USA, meeting with the owners and pit masters of over 30 leading BBQ joints in 11 States (as well as eating in many more), and learning the art of commercial barbecue from luminaries such as Mike Mills and Ed 'Fast Eddy' Maurin. He is a KCBS Certified Barbecue Judge.

Having extensively researched the types of commercial smoker best suited to the UK market, he was in the process of purchasing Cookshack equipment from Jackie when he was offered an opportunity to buy into the company. It was his Remington Moment! Nick now spends 100% of time working with our clients and developing the company.

Jackie Weight:

Our Pit Master (Consultant) and inspiration. Jackie provides consultancy services to our commercial clients alongside Nick, and is planning on holding a number of BBQ Master Classes each year, starting in 2012, for backyard cooks who would like to learn more about the art and science of real barbecue