BBQ aprons, tees and gifts · picked by the cooker
What does he cook on?
Skip the “gifts for Dad” aisle. Tap the cooker in his backyard and you get the range drawn from his kind of cook day.
One cook day
Fire, smoke, wrap, rest, slice
A long cook runs in five steps from before sunrise to supper. Each one opens the gear that belongs to it.
- 1FireChimney lit in the dark, coffee on the side shelf.Kettle & Charcoal
- 2SmokeWait for it to run thin and blue before the meat goes on.Offset & Stick Burner
- 3WrapButcher paper through the stall. Gifts get wrapped too.Name Your Joint
- 4RestIn the cooler for an hour. Nobody touches it.Pellet Cooker
- 5SlicePoint and flat on the board, the crew round the table.Crew & Little Helper
The stall
Every long cook has a flat part
Meat temperature climbs, then sits still for hours, then climbs again. The flat line is the stall. The drawing is a picture of a cook day, not a cooking guide.
Hour 0
First light
The fire is going before the neighbours wake up.
Turn overFor this hour:
Fire at Five 15 oz MugSee itHour 2
Thin blue smoke
The smoke clears from white to a faint blue line.
Turn overFor this hour:
Thin Blue Smoke TeeSee itHour 6
The stall
The probe sits still for hours. Hold your nerve.
Turn overFor this hour:
Probe Tender CrewneckSee itHour 11
Slice
Rested, sliced, gone in ten minutes.
Turn overFor this hour:
Pit Crew Cook Day TeeSee itAprons and tees first
What most cooks get given
Two aprons with his own words on them and two tees from the cook day. Everything else is one cooker tile away.
Your joint
Your words one size · 4 colours
$36.99
Your words one size · 3 colours
$36.99
Offset
S–5XL · 4 colours
Price range: $24.99 through $28.99
S–5XL · 5 colours
Price range: $24.99 through $28.99
Straight talk about aprons
A splatter cover, not a fire suit
Cooks who buy aprons ask two things: will it fit a big man, and is it a real apron or a costume. Here is what we can say today, and what we will not say until our print partner confirms it.
What we say
- The design is printed, not stitched or patched.
- Adult aprons and the kids apron each come in one size.
- Personalised lines print exactly as you type them.
- 60-day returns with a free label if it does not suit him.
Being confirmed
- Length, width, neck strap and tie length.
- Fabric, and how many pockets.
- Nothing here is heat or flame protection. Keep fabric off the firebox.
Crew & little helper
One tee for the whole pit crew
Competition teams order matching shirts with minimums and four-week waits. A backyard crew needs five tees in five sizes by the next long weekend. Add each size as its own line: there is no minimum and no crew discount, every tee costs what the page shows, and shipping stays free.
The little helper with the spray bottle gets his own kids apron and a youth tee in YXS to YXL, so the pair can go in one order with Dad’s.
Count back, not on luck
His Father’s Day depends on where he lives
Third Sunday of June: June 20, 2027. Allow up to 17 business days (1–3 to make, 7–14 in transit), which means ordering by about Thursday, May 27, 2027.
First Sunday of September: September 5, 2027. Allow up to 17 business days, which means ordering by about Thursday, August 12, 2027.
Weekdays counted; public holidays add days. An estimate from our stated times, not a guarantee. Free shipping to the US, CA, AU and NZ, ships from the USA.
SMOKE HOLLOW BBQMIDDLEBURGSINCE 2009
Name your backyard joint
Every backyard pit has a name. Put it on the apron.
Some joints get a hand-painted sign by the gate. Yours can go on the apron: the joint’s name, the town and the year the first fire was lit. These examples are invented; tap one to see it on the sign.
Up to 18 characters per line. Printed exactly as typed, capitals included. No proof is sent before production; change it within 24 hours if you spot a typo.