I've read some of y'all mention this pit maker so started following them. This came across thought the bounce in materials pricing was informative
April 24, 2022 Update on pricing.
Over the last two years, the impact of COVID-19 on the steel/stainless steel industry has resulted in a massive spike in material cost and challenging shortage on supply. As the conflict in the Ukraine continues, we are seeing continuous hits on the steel/stainless market.
Here is our position as a fabricator/manufacture of steel wood fire cookery products:
Our three companies (soon to be four with the launch of El Bandido Grills) uses approximately 10-15 tons of steel per week, not including repurposed propane tanks for Primitive Pits. In April of 2020 (two years ago today), we were buying steel at $440 per ton. Today, we are purchasing steel over $1550 per ton.
Our position from the very beginning has been to hold our current pricing and try to ride out the storm. We believe we have an outstanding product line throughout all three companies. We have had an enormous positive response for our offset smokers, especially the Workhorse Pits products which launched at the very beginning of Covid. That positive response, mixed with our continued low market price for the robust material used on our Workhorse Pits products has resulted in a massive spike in growth over the past two years.
In closure, we do plan to maintain our current prices, which has an impact on our wait time. We hope in the near future we can decrease the lead time, but for now, it remains between 180-200 days. We’ve said it before… it’s worth the wait!
Thank you for YOUR support!
The Workhorse Pits Team
April 24, 2022 Update on pricing.
Over the last two years, the impact of COVID-19 on the steel/stainless steel industry has resulted in a massive spike in material cost and challenging shortage on supply. As the conflict in the Ukraine continues, we are seeing continuous hits on the steel/stainless market.
Here is our position as a fabricator/manufacture of steel wood fire cookery products:
Our three companies (soon to be four with the launch of El Bandido Grills) uses approximately 10-15 tons of steel per week, not including repurposed propane tanks for Primitive Pits. In April of 2020 (two years ago today), we were buying steel at $440 per ton. Today, we are purchasing steel over $1550 per ton.
Our position from the very beginning has been to hold our current pricing and try to ride out the storm. We believe we have an outstanding product line throughout all three companies. We have had an enormous positive response for our offset smokers, especially the Workhorse Pits products which launched at the very beginning of Covid. That positive response, mixed with our continued low market price for the robust material used on our Workhorse Pits products has resulted in a massive spike in growth over the past two years.
In closure, we do plan to maintain our current prices, which has an impact on our wait time. We hope in the near future we can decrease the lead time, but for now, it remains between 180-200 days. We’ve said it before… it’s worth the wait!
Thank you for YOUR support!
The Workhorse Pits Team