AdjustaGrill Featured in Popular Mechanics | December 2000

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AdjustaGrill Featured in Popular Mechanics | December 2000

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AdjustaGrill Named "Great Stuff" by Popular Mechanics — December 2000

Long before campfire cooking became a trend, Popular Mechanics already knew.

In the December 2000 issue — the same issue that covered NASA's most dangerous doomsday maneuver and handed out its annual Design & Engineering Awards — the AdjustaGrill earned a spot in the magazine's "Great Stuff" section under the headline "Chow Down — Or Up."

Here's what Popular Mechanics had to say:

"Who says you can't cook gourmet meals over a campfire? Adjust-A-Grill can be raised or lowered with the twist of a knob, to change cooking temperature. To place or remove food, simply swing the grill off the heat. Parts can be assembled easily so setup and takedown require only seconds. The grill comes in its own canvas bag, which can be turned inside out to double as a potholder. The grill works with any pan and fits inside Forest Service-approved fire rings."

That was 25 years ago. The grill hasn't changed much — because it didn't need to.

What Popular Mechanics Got Right

Every claim in that 2000 feature still holds true today:

The swivel arm still raises and lowers with a simple adjustment — no knobs, no electronics, no moving parts that can fail in the field. The canvas storage bag still ships with every grill. The grate still fits inside Forest Service approved fire rings. And you can still set it up in seconds.

What Popular Mechanics couldn't have known in 2000 is that the AdjustaGrill would go on to be featured on Discovery Channel and National Geographic's Life Below Zero — and that 25 years later it would still be the best campfire stake grill on the market.

The 2001 Design & Engineering Awards Issue

The December 2000 Popular Mechanics was no ordinary issue. It featured the 2001 Design & Engineering Awards — the magazine's annual recognition of the most innovative products of the year. The AdjustaGrill appeared in the same pages as NASA engineering breakthroughs and American sport sedans.

That's the company your campfire grill keeps.

Still the Same Grill. Still the Best.

U.S. Design Patent Des. 369,939 — filed in 1994, issued 1996. 13-gauge expanded steel grate. Solid 5/8" carbon steel stake. 10 oz cotton canvas storage bag.

Some things don't need to be reinvented.

Shop the AdjustaGrill Swivel Stake Grill →

About the Author

Gregory Sherry is the founder of AdjustaGrill and President of Panacea Inc., based in Sandy, Utah. He has been designing campfire cooking equipment since 1994, holds U.S. Design Patent Des. 369,939, and has spent decades in the backcountry — whitewater rafting the Grand Canyon, Middle Fork of the Salmon, and Westwater Canyon, and skiing at Snowbird. His products have been featured on Discovery Channel, National Geographic Life Below Zero, and Popular Mechanics.

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