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B U I L T T O C O O K . B U I L T T O L A S T
THE SIX T Y Y EAR OLD STA RT- UP
The first PK Grill & Smoker was created in Tyler, TX in 1952. The simple venting
system and aluminum construction produced a grill that excelled at both hot and
fast grilling and low and slow barbecue cooking. The popular grill was distributed
all over the mid-south and in 1958 the company was sold and moved operations to
Little Rock, Arkansas where it exists today.
Portable Kitchens Inc. was a major producer of charcoal grills during the 1950s and
1960s until a fire, business issues and the unchecked proliferation of disco music
halted operations in the 1970s. No PK Grills were produced for nearly three decades
when a local attorney and PK enthusiast named Paul James found one at a yard
sale in the late 1990s.
As a testament to the durability of the PK Grill, Mr. James found the yard sale PK to
be fully functioning. After cooking a deliciously moist pork shoulder for his family
and a gathering of curious neighbors, he was compelled to commission a mold of
the old cast aluminum grill which he then used to begin producing the PK Grill &
Smoker again.
Almost forty-five years to the day after the first Portable Kitchen grill popped out of
its mold in Tyler, Texas, Portable Kitchens was back in business with the PK Grill
& Smoker.
In 1952 the PK Grill was the best outdoor cooker money could buy and today, PK
Grills are again the best outdoor cookers your money can buy.
Your all new PKGO is the result of several years of design and development and
over sixty years of outdoor grilling excellence. It is the new generation of PK Grill.
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