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TheGood-One®Story
TheGood-One®Smoker/GrillwasdesignedandbuiltbythefatherandsonteamofRonandLarryGoodwin.
ThefirstGood-One®wasbuiltin1988andevolvedfromthedreamsandcreativethinkingofapassionateand
persistentfatherandsonteamofentrepreneursinBurns,Kansas.TheGoodwinshavebeeninvolvedindeveloping,
manufacturing,distributing,marketing,selling,andservicingproductsfortheoutdoorcookersforover20years
now.Overtheyears,theyconceivednewideastomakeahostoftheirproductssimplerandeasiertouse.TheGood-
One®producesoutstandingsmokedmeatsandotheroutdoorcookedfoodsrequiringsignificantlylessattention
thanothersmokersandgrills.
The Good-One® Smoker/Grills have minimal moving parts: doors, spinners and a damper. The Good-One®
Smoker/Grills require no electricity. Moreover,The Good-One® works great in all types of weather conditions,
beitsunny,snow,sleet,extremecold,orrain.Furthermore,onecansmokegreatmeatsorentiremealswhile
being outdoors with the unit for less than 10 minutes for a 6-hour smoke. Conceptually, these outdoor units
worksimilartoanindoorcombinationofaslow-cookerandconvectionoven.Thereisnoneedtoturnmeats
that you are smoking onThe Good-One® Smoker/Grill.The innovative design ofThe Good-One® controls heat
inthesmokercompartmentforuniformcookingtemperatureandeliminatestheneedforarotisserieorelectricity.
InMarchof2007,AceofHeartsBBQSpecialties™purchasedTheGood-One®productlineandpartneredwith
Goodwin Industries, the manufacturer ofThe Good-One® line that includesThe Open Range™,The Marshall™,
andTheRodeo™Smoker/Grills,plusTheLoneStarGrill™.TheideawastotakeTheGoodOne®linefromaregional
smoker/grilltoanationalbrand.AceofHeartsBBQSpecialties™(abbreviatedasAHBBQ!)nowhasmanufacturers’
representativesineightregionscoveringtheUnitedStates,aswellasahostofowners(referredtoas“Cowboy
Dealers”)whorepresentandsellthebrand.TheGood-One®hasbeensoldtoindividualsnotonlyacrosstheUnited
States,butalsoinmanyothercountriesthroughouttheworld.AceofHearts
BBQhasrecentlyaddedThreeLittlePigs™brandofBBQsaucesandrubs.We
alsosellTheGood-One®NaturalHardwoodLumpCharcoal,ahighquality
naturalhardwoodlumpcharcoal.
JoeRoetheli,CEO,ofAceofHeartsBBQSpecialties™grewupinaustere
conditions on the edge of the Ozarks in Missouri. His family farmed and
raised their own beef, pork, goats, and in a lucky year harvested a deer.
Smokingmeats,suchashams,shoulder,bacon,summersausage,andbratwurst,in
anoldsmokehousewasoneofthefamily’straditionalmeansofpreservingfoods.
JoeconsidersTheGood-One®smokersmerelyacompact,hightechnologyversionfor
smokingmeats,amodernversionofhisSwissheritage.
ThreeLittlePigs™BBQsauceswerestartedbyChrisMarks.Thenathisdirection,
AceofHeartsBBQSpecialties™hasexpandedthisgreatlineoftraditionalsauces
andrubsbyaddingan“All-Natural”gluten-freeline.Chrisistheeight-timeGrand
ChampionoftheAmericanRoyalBBQCookoff–thelargestBBQcontestintheworld!
Onlyoneotherpersonhaswonmorethanonce,andthatpersonhaswononlytwice.
ChrisservesasGeneralManagerofAceofHeartsBBQSpecialties™.
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