About us

I used to love barbecuing , but then my wife stopped me. I could not see what the problem was, nor could most of my male friends. During good weather we would light the Barbie and then cook, or rather then “burn”.  Traditionally the male idea of a BBQ was to grill some chicken  a bit a steak and some sausage etc. Usually this was done whilst having a few beers in front of the grill. The result (8 times out of ten) was blackened  food which was raw on the inside of pieces of charcoal!! My wife put her foot down and for the last three years all the food was cooked in the oven and then given to me to play with over the coals for the last two minutes!

This state of affairs we have discovered was not unique to us! Nigh on everyone was in the same boat as ourselves. Loved barbecues. Struggled with charcoal, never really mastering the stuff and then tried gas. Gas was easy to control but still the risk of burning was ever present, flare-ups to light up half the neighbourhood were common and the only way you could get flavour into the food was out of a jar! But this did not stop us and instead of barbequeing a handful of times a year we all started doing it twice a week!

Then sites about BBQ began to spring up and all of a sudden we learnt that there was a whole new world of outdoor cooking just waiting to be discovered. For us it all changed one Christmas when in an effort to find me a new toy Karina spotted the ProBBQ smoker range of grills and found a web site that actually taught you how to BBQ properly. The result is that some time later we now find ourselves selling the ProQ range of smokers and Grills in France! We are now firm converts to this new world of taste  and we  now roast, bake, fry and smoke as well.

As people master 'basic' barbecuing there seems a real interest growing back into 'traditional' barbecuing. What I mean is using charcoal, and playing with fire. Well if we are honest that's what us boys like doing most - we just need the excuse! We are discovering a growing number of two barbecue families. Usually a hooded gas barbecue suitable for those occasions when they come home from work, the weather is pleasant and they fancy cooking and eating outdoors. So instead of being in a hot stuffy kitchen with all the associated smells and mess they take the chops outside and enjoy the occasion. The second barbecue tends to be a charcoal one, quite often a smoker where, time permitting, one can explore and play.

So how does this relate to us? Well we are growing and supplying all of France with the PROQ range. Currently this is on line and at local markets but we are soon to be on sale in several Nationwide stores and our first small shop outlet is set to open in SW France in May 2008. It is our intention to become France’s foremost BBQ site, a place where you can not only buy quality products, but also swap ideas and even recipes!!