Don’t be fooled by the phrase “hand-crafted.” Every Southern Pride smoker is manufactured at our 117,000-square foot production facility in Alamo, Tennessee, using state-of-the-art fabrication technology and assembly techniques. Take a look around our facility and see how our dedicated and skilled employees ensure Southern Pride products outperform other brands year after year.
Sheets of raw stainless steel are brought in the Fabrication Department.
After the raw steel is brought in, it is cut on one of our two lasers and the parts are loaded on carts for transportation.
The parts are unloaded from the laser.
The next step is to form the cut steel on one of three press brakes.
More forming on the press brakes.
Mig and tig welding are done in the third step of the manufacturing process.
Welding fireboxes.
Pipe is cut for smoker leg sockets.
Collars are formed for the subterthermic flue.
The parts room supplies inventory for current production as well as replacements parts.
A digital control is programmed for a replacement part.
Smoker doors are pre-assembled.
All wire harnesses, relay boards, and control panels are created in-house.
Fireboxes and doors are painted and ready for assembly.
The trailer is prepped for painting, wiring and mounting
The trailer for a mobile smoker is painted.
The painted trailer is ready for the smoker to be mounted.
Smokers are assembled in work cells.
Smokers are assembled in work cells.
Smokers are assembled in work cells.
Every smoker undergoes quality control procedures to ensure everything is up to our standards.
Smokers are shrink-wrapped to prepare for transit.
Numerous SRG-400s are ready to ship.
Larger gas rotisserie smokers are crated for shipment.
Smokers are loaded and secured for transit.
Smokers are loaded and secured for transit.
Smokers are loaded and secured for transit.