Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet Press Release

Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet Cooks American Barbecue: Low And Slow With Real Wood Smoke

Traditional American Barbecue Techniques for an American Grilling Holiday

The Fourth of July marks the peak of summer, and is the second largest holiday for grilling. But Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet thinks that Uncle Sam would prefer a real American barbeque. What’s the difference? Traditional American barbeque is all about the smoke, where the meat is slow cooked over many hours at a low temperature with real wood smoke.

The typical wood smoker has a cooking chamber, a firebox and a chimney that draws the smoke across the food in the cooking chamber. What sets Kalamazoo apart is that its cooking chamber is a high performance gas or hybrid grill. With the addition of the optional, side-mounted smoker box and the hood vent that acts as the chimney, the smoking system is complete.

The typical gas grill does not make an effective cooking chamber for traditional barbecue, but some key design features of the Kalamazoo make it ideal. The side-mounted smoker box, or firebox, becomes the sole heat source. A Kalamazoo’s deep hopper cookbox allows the heat to circulate evenly, with the smoke inlet positioned well below the cooking surface. Further more, Kalamazoo’s grill hood is specially designed to contain the smoke, and its unique air flow vent on top gives the cook fine temperature and smoke control. These elements combine to provide the power, control and improved heat dynamics required for traditional American barbecue.

Kalamazoo can add an offset smoker box to any free-standing Kalamazoo 450 or 900 Series grill, and in special situations, to a built-in Kalamazoo grill. The smoker box option enables any established smoking technique: wet or dry, slow or fast, without the grill's burners or with. The traditional, side-mounted smoker box includes the trays needed for each technique as well as the easy to use baffles for snuffing the fire and controlling the amount of smoke that enters the main cooking chamber.

So enjoy the best of both worlds this Fourth of July holiday weekend–a high-performance gourmet grill and true barbecue smoker. Uncle Sam will be proud.

Kalamazoo offers more than a dozen built-in and free-standing grill designs to choose from, all of which offer the best cooking performance on the market. Start your ultimate grilling experience by visiting www.KalamazooGourmet.com to view the entire line of Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet grills, custom kitchens, pizza ovens, wok burners, lobster pit boils, personalized and customized grilling surfaces and much more.

	The Kalamazoo 450GS Gas Free-Standing Grill with Side Burner and Offset Smoker Box is the ultimate grill for cooking true American Barbecue. Photos available upon request.
	Detail of traditional, side-mounted smoker box option available on all free-standing Kalamazoo 450 and 900 Series Grills. Photos available upon request.

About Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet

Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet has been bringing gourmet lifestyles outdoors for more than 100 years and is the one-stop resource for creating the ultimate outdoor kitchen. From revolutionary hybrid grills that cook with charcoal, wood and gas, to the most powerful and energy efficient outdoor refrigeration available, Kalamazoo is the leading manufacturer in outdoor cooking and entertaining equipment. The complete line includes grills, refrigerators, freezers, wine chillers, keg tappers, weather-tight cabinets, wok cooktops, lobster boil pits, martini bars and a countertop pizza oven.

Please visit www.KalamazooGourmet.com for more information or call 1.800.868.1699 to speak with an outdoor kitchen design expert.

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Photos and recipes available upon request. For more information or to request an interview, please contact Chris Mordi at 312-423-8714.

Media Contact:
Chris Mordi
Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet
Phone: 312-423-8714
E-Mail: cmordi@kalamazoogourmet.com