Company History
"Working with Pro Smoker has been a pleasure. When we built our new plant they were able to help us all the way along. They gave us insight on how best to set up the smokehouse as well as different ideas to layout the product flow of our plant. Thank you, to the entire staff at Pro Smoker for all of their hard work." - Peter and Susan Popp Black Forest Bison Company Colorado Springs, COHarold Hanni founder of Pro Smoker ‘N Roaster was born on September 14th, 1931. Harold’s family was made up of Cheese and Sausage Makers. Growing up Harold learned everything he knew about cheese and sausage making from his father Gottfried Hanni. After the time spent serving his country during the Korean War, Harold spent his spare time making sausage with his homemade smoker (made up from an old chest freezer) teaching his 5 sons the family tradition. One cold Wisconsin winter day in 1975 the chest freezer/smoker Harold built caught fire and nearly burnt the house down, this was when Harold realized there had to be a better way. After several drafts of designing the first smoker he finally knew what he wanted, a Model 100 smoker, made by a sausage maker for the sausage maker. Harold and his sons established in 1977 building smokers for small meat markets and grocery stores. Ken Hanni (Second Generation) took the company over in 1992 and in 1996 Joe Hanni (Third Generation) joined the team as well. To-date we offer a full range of smoker/ovens from 50lb – 6,000lb capacity as well BBQ Smokers, Ovens, Roasters, Generators, and more. Pro Smoker ‘N Roaster does business in 9 different countries with over 2,500 units in the field working today. We thank you for your time and look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
The Hanni Family
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