{"id":263479,"date":"2025-05-30T05:06:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T05:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/barbecue\/tariffs-are-making-us-made-grills-more-competitive-with-pitts-spitts-cookout-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T05:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T05:06:43","slug":"tariffs-are-making-us-made-grills-more-competitive-with-pitts-spitts-cookout-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=263479","title":{"rendered":"Tariffs are Making US Made Grills More Competitive, with Pitts &#038; Spitts &#8211; CookOut News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>From supply chain changes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookoutnews.com\/weber-raises-grill-prices-traeger-runs-promotion-back-to-old-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to price increases<\/a>, we\u2019ve covered the impacts of tariffs on the grill industry quite extensively. The focus though has been on how grill brands with an international supply chain are adapting to the changes. The theory behind the tariffs is to promote manufacturing in the US.<\/p>\n<p>It only makes sense to also check-in with a grill company that manufactures in the US to see how tariffs have impacted their business. I caught up with Ryan Zboril, owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsandspitts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pitts &amp; Spitts<\/a>, a grill company based in Houston, Texas. I\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookoutnews.com\/pitts-spitts-is-keeping-the-american-made-grill-and-smoker-craft-alive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">toured their facility before<\/a> and watched how they turn raw sheets of US steel into finished grills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From supply chain changes to price increases, we\u2019ve covered the impacts of tariffs on the grill industry quite extensively. 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