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The Tip is 'Keep eyes open' After reading an article about items made in America I thought about how many times I make purchases without thinking. I'm usually focused on budget and needs. Prior to reading this article on made in the USA products, I rarely thought about the importance of buying made in USA products. This helps create jobs in our country. Now I keep my eyes open and I am surprised how easy it is to find American products. It only takes a few seconds to look. Now I make a point when I am shopping to search for made in America brands. By doing so, I'm able to identify more and more what products are made in America. Even with my eyes open to made in USA I can get discouraged. Sometimes store clerks don't know the country of origin which can be frustrating. If this happens use your eyes to find the origin information yourself. Look at the labels and when you find a Made in USA product tell the clerk so the next time they are asked they will know. Also, when the label is not easily seen I use the other made in America buying tips to help me find made in USA. If the store doesn't carry what you are looking for, use Made in America Secrets to find it and tell the manager about your experience at their store. When enough people are asking for made in the USA products, more stores will begin to carry products that are made here. This technique does work. I also pick and choose the stores I visit. I do this because I have found that some stores are made in America friendly while others are not. Keep your eyes open for the made in USA label and pretty soon you will be able to identify which products are made in the USA. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Portable Kitchen In the early 1950's, Hilton Meigs of Tyler Texas made what many consider the perfect barbecue pit. He designed and manufactured a cast aluminum grill and smoker calling it the Portable Kitchen and sold it around the mid-south out of the back of his car. In 1960 the company was bought by Lewis Hamlin and manufacturing moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where it remained until a fire and business issues stopped production in the mid-1970's. The somewhat legendary durability of this grill ensured that thousands of them still existed in perfect working order by the end of the 1990's when a local attorney found one in Little Rock, AR. In 1998, grill enthusiast Paul James discovered a Portable Kitchen Grill and Smoker at a yard sale. His interest sparked, he purchased the Portable Kitchen name from Char-Broil and began producing sparkling new aluminum PK grills from castings of the original product. After a twenty year hiatus, PK was back in business in Little Rock. Over 60 years since its inception, the grills today are nearly identical to the one Hilton Meigs made all those years ago. OUR TEAM At PK, we like to smoke our ribs. The process of it reminds us to slow down and enjoy life because we know that if we are not careful we will miss out on the good stuff... Read more OUR (RATHER ENTHUSIASTIC) CUSTOMERS # Absolutely the best grill ever. We still have the the one that my dad bought in 1954. Mom cooked at least 10,000 pounds of beef on it, my brother took it to college, and my son took it to college? # I have one of the originals that was manufactured sometime in the 1950s. It is still my favorite cooker. My dad passed it down to me?American made, love it. # I still have my Dad's PK?Almost 50 years later and the grill works as good (if not better) than when it left the shipping box? |
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