The gas grill was invented in the late 1930s by Don McGlaughlin, owner of the Chicago Combustion Corporation, known today as LazyMan. McGlaughlin invented the first built-in grill from the successful gas broiler called BROILBURGER.
When was the charcoal grill invented?
Back in 1952, George Stephen had an idea that revolutionized our way of backyard grilling. People grilled on “open braziers”, some as simple as a pit of charcoal with a cooking grate on top.
When was the Weber kettle grill invented?
So in 1952, fed up with ruined meals, Stephen set out to make a better grill. At the time, Weber Brothers Metal Works was filling orders for metal buoys for both the Coast Guard and the Chicago Yacht Club. So Stephen took two of the half spheres for the buoys and created a grill.
Who invented gas grills?
Gassed Up for a New BBQ – In the 1960s, there was a push for people to buy more natural gas. This is when Melton Lancaster and William G. Wepfer, from the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company, redesigned a new type of grill that ran on propane instead of charcoal.
What year was the electric grill invented?
| Inventor | Michael Boehm, Robert Johnson |
|---|---|
| Inception | 1994 |
| Manufacturer | Spectrum Brands |
| Available | United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia |
| Website | George Foreman U.S.A. George Foreman UK |
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