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I am JD Sinor, owner and chief fabricator of JD Fabrications BBQ. My wife Lauren and I have lived in Santa Maria for most of our lives and our families have even deeper roots in the area. Any special event around here involves lighting up our grills and cooking decadent foods over wood fires with family and friends. We have tons of experience cooking over wood, we know what works and what doesn't. Since 2010 we have made a living designing and fabricating Santa Maria grills, with som …

Shopping for a grill you're probably sorting through a myriad of online options. That's natural! Most consumers search for the best value for their money. Unfortunately online advertising can be confusing and misleading when it comes to stainless grills. I'm here to explain why all stainless grills are not created equal so you can make an informed decision to get the most value for your money.What is stainless anyways? Stainless steel is a steel alloy composed mainly of iron with the addition o …

Cleaning your Santa Maria Grill after use is easy! Steps: 1. Raise your grill grate all the way up. This gives your approximately 19" of space between the bottom of the grate and the top lip. 2. Take a small metal shovel and scoop out ash after it has cooled down. (Wait until the ash is fully cooled to clean out the ash / coals) 3. Lower grates back down. Check out our ash cleanout shovels, designed with ergonomic handles!

JD Fabrications grills are designed with longevity in mind. Before I started this ideal of building Santa Maria Grills I did some research and asked people what they did and didn't like about their current grills. I discovered that a lot of people had similar problems with side walls warping. Compression Springs failing. Material being to thin. Grill grates being welded in. Paint flaking off after a couple of uses. Plastic cutting boards warping. Parts of the grill being tack welded or bolted to …

We don't take shortcuts. Fireboxes and supportive lips are formed to ensure utmost stability and longevity.Forming is a process involving taking a single flat plate of steel or stainless and inserting it into a machine called a hydraulic press brake. The press lowers an upper die which creases/folds the plate material. We put the first creases on two of the edges to form lips. Then flip the plate over and reinsert more of it into the brake to put two creases in the center. The result is a "taco" …