St. Louis Home Fires

Unfortunately, no way to give no stars, but after walking past a small group out front smoking or bbq’g, I went in and stood waiting for help to buy a Weber bbq I’ve been looking at online for some time… figured I’d keep the money local.
There were folks in an adjacent room, apparently getting ready to talk to sometime from a radio station… they were all having a grand time, but I have a life to live, so I’ll order online and have it delivered to my door. Guess they don’t need the public’s business.
I’ll never be back again unless I figure how to be a part of this «in» crowd. There are other shops in town.

I went in today as a first step into the world of meat smoking. I made the mistake, apparently, of telling the guy behind the counter two things … (a) that I had become interested in smoking because my son is learning the art, and (b) that I — too — am a beginner. He asked — and I told him — that the smoker my son uses is a relatively inexpensive one and, after telling me what a piece of junk my son has, and then learning that I am not yet ready to drop $ 700 — $ 800 on an up-​scale unit, he essentially told me to go to Home Depot or Lowe’s and lost all interest in helping me learn what to look in an entry unit. Since I’m willing to bet that they make at least as much money with on-​going sales of wood, charcoal, rubs, and other supplies as they do on initial sales, I would have thought that they would have wanted to cast themselves as helpful resources … especially for beginners.
I would, it seems, have been wrong to have thought that.

I went here with my wife to buy a smoker. The man behind the counter was more interested in shooting the breeze with a buddy customer who wasn’t there to buy anything than even acknowledging us. He wouldn’t even make eye contact. We were there for 10 minutes hoping this guy would acknowledge us. I was ready to drop a grand on a smoker. Don’t worry, I plan on getting one but not from this place.
Boooooooooo!

The name of this company is St. Louis Homefires. Continuing to use this name is a trade mark infringement and defies a lawsuit settlement reached with the owner of the trademark.

If you are really into BBQing and grilling stop by this place. They have all kinds of grill equipment, rubs, sauces, etc. (I make my own sauce and rubs so I don’t buy them)
But…the reason I go there (it’s right across the street from my apt) is to get wood chips and chunks for smoking. You can get your traditional hickory, mesquite, oak and apple, but they also have pecan, cherry, peach, sassafrass, morning and other obscure woods.
They also have a BBQ cook-​off every year (I think in Oct.) Nice little place.