Weber-Stephen Products
| Weber-Stephen Products LLC | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited Liability Company |
| founding | May 8, 1893 |
| Seat | Palatine , USA |
| management | Tom Koos |
| Branch | Grills and accessories; Restaurant chain |
| Website | www.weber.com/DE/de/start/ |
| As of February 27, 2014 | |
The Weber-Stephen Products LLC is a US manufacturer of gas , coal - and electric grills , headquartered in Palatine in the state of Illinois . Kettle grills , barbecue smokers , “outdoor kitchens” and various accessories are on offer . The company sells its products mostly under the Weber brand in over thirty countries.
history
In 1952, George Stephen invented the first kettle grill by converting the undersides of two buoys into a grill with a lid. At that time he was working in his father's company, the Weber Brothers Metal Works , which had been founded on May 8, 1893. Until the invention and establishment of the kettle grill, brick grills were mainly used in North America and were permanently installed. The mobile kettle grill also offered the option of indirect grilling .
Because the grill was selling well, Stephen started the company's "grill division". In the late 1950s, Stephen paid off the Weber Brothers and became owners. Soon after, he changed the company name to Weber-Stephen Products Co. to. During this time he concentrated on the production and sale of the “Weber Kettle Grills”.
On July 15, 1999, Weber-Stephen Deutschland GmbH was founded as a subsidiary of the American parent company. There are further company branches in Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Hungary, Poland and Russia, Australia, Hong Kong and Mexico.
In March 2004 Weber bought competitor Ducane , which had specialized in the production of gas grills . Weber stated that he wanted to continue the production of Ducane grills in Barnwell ; however, it was ultimately outsourced to China .
In 1989 the company opened a restaurant called "Weber Restaurant" in Wheeling . Over the years, other restaurants with the same concept followed: in 1999 in Lombard , 2002 in Chicago , 2005 in Schaumburg and 2007 in Indianapolis .
In 2010, the owner family sold the majority of the shares in BDT Capital Partners .
Activities in German-speaking countries
Germany
The Weber-Stephen Germany GmbH was founded in 1999 as a subsidiary in Ingelheim am Rhein founded. The company sells its products under the brand name Weber Grill . In addition to gas, charcoal and electric grills, the product range also includes smoker grills, outdoor kitchens, to-go grills and a large selection of accessories. The company also publishes grill books that were created in collaboration with the American chef Jamie Purviance and are published by Gräfe and Unzer .
The company has also been offering its own grill courses since 2010, and in 2014 at a total of 19 German locations. Under the guidance of so-called Weber grill masters, participants prepare different dishes on various charcoal, gas and electric grills. In 2013 around 30,000 people attended one of the barbecue academies.
On May 16, 2014, the company opened its own shop in Berlin .
From 2007 to 2014 the company was a sponsor of the Bundesliga soccer team 1. FSV Mainz 05 . For the 2013/14 season, football sponsorship was expanded to include SC Freiburg and Bayer 04 Leverkusen .
Austria
Weber-Stephen Austria GmbH , founded in 2002, is based in Wels . In June 2016 the company opened its own shop in Marchtrenk, Upper Austria . Further shops exist in Salzburg and Vienna.
literature
- Grill books by Jamie Purviance at Gräfe und Unzer
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Weber Media Room. Weber-Stephen Products, archived from the original on March 14, 2013 ; accessed on February 27, 2014 (English).
- ^ A b Weber-Stephen Products LLC. PrivCo, accessed February 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Jamie Purviance: Weber's Classics: the best original recipes from the grill pioneers . Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-8338-3778-4 .
- ^ Weber story. From the ship's buoy to the kettle grill. Weber, accessed February 27, 2014 .
- ^ Weber-Stephen Deutschland GmbH: Sales in 2012. Statista, 2015, accessed on March 3, 2015 .
- ^ Official Weber website. Weber-Stephen Products (EMEA) GmbH, 2015, accessed March 3, 2015 .
- ^ Weber-Stephen Products LLC Acquires Ducane Gas Grills, Inc. PrivCo, March 2004, accessed on February 27, 2014 (English).
- ^ Weber-Stephen Product Co. Overview. Fact sheet. Weber-Stephen Products, archived from the original on November 7, 2007 ; accessed on February 27, 2014 (English).
- ↑ a b The "Weber® Grill Academy Original": Here you will become a grill expert. In: weberstephen.de. 2012, archived from the original on January 19, 2013 ; accessed on March 26, 2015 .
- ↑ weber-grillakademie.de: Seminar booking
- ↑ Weber Original Store opens in Berlin. In: essen-und-trinken.de. May 19, 2014, accessed March 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Spectacular transfer of the year: Thomas Müller becomes football ambassador for barbecue expert Weber-Stephen. In: weberstephen.de. September 26, 2013, archived from the original on August 10, 2014 ; accessed on March 26, 2015 .