OUR STORY

It was 1979… The year Sony released the Walkman (playing The Specials, Talking Heads and The Clash), the game Trivial Pursuit launched, and the snowboard was invented. And it was also the year a plucky and wide-lapelled entrepreneur started up a humble wholesale barbecue and propane distribution business in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The idea proved successful and barbecues proved popular, so it didn’t take long for a retail operation to take hold: within two years, the distribution business evolved into an unfancy barbecue store in Calgary’s Northeast.

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At Barbecues Galore we’re proud of our roots, we’re proud of our people, and we’re proud to sell a staggering variety of barbecues, accessories, fireplaces, patio furniture, fire tables and a lot more, much of it designed and made right here in Canada by family-owned businesses with great stories just like ours.

Yes, there is a chain of stores in Australia named “Barbeques Galore” (notice the improper use of the ‘Q’ in the name). And, yes again, there is a chain of stores in the USA also misusing the letter ‘Q’ and doing business as “Barbeques Galore”. Neither of those two chains have anything to do with our Canadian operation (nor will they ever win a spelling-bee).