Founded in 1999 by Dan Thiessen and his sons, Dansons began by turning sawmill waste into an energy source and grew from animal bedding into pellet fuel and pellet grills. The company is known for building the Pit Boss brand and expanding pellet grills and fuel through national retailers; W. C. Bradley Co. acquired Dansons in 2023.
Hamer Pellet Fuel CoHamer Pellet Fuel Co. turns sawdust from Appalachian hardwood sawmills into residential heating and grilling pellets in Kenova, West Virginia. Family-owned and the oldest residential pellet manufacturer in the Eastern United States, the company draws on five generations in the timber industry and began making pellets in the late 1980s to put sawmill by-products to use. Its Hamer’s Hot Ones and Hamer’s Smokers are made in the USA from verified sustainable Appalachian hardwood sources.KENOVA, WV
Barefoot Pellet CompanyBarefoot Pellet Company is a family-owned manufacturer in Troy, Pennsylvania, producing hardwood pellets from sawdust and wood waste generated by lumber and flooring operations. It began producing pellets in 2005, building on its family's dimension-lumber business dating to 1929 and hardwood-flooring business dating to 2001. The company also makes pellets for grilling and heating blocks.TROY, PA
Lignetics GroupFor more than 30 years, Lignetics Group has turned wood waste into heating pellets and other sustainable products, operating 27 plants across the United States and Canada. Heating pellets are its flagship offering, made from residual material sourced through wood-industry and responsible forestry partnerships. The company’s pellet brands are distributed through thousands of retailers nationwide.MIFFLINTOWN, PA
Traeger Pellet Grills LLCTraeger Pellet Grills LLC is the creator of the wood pellet grill, an outdoor cooking system that burns natural hardwood pellets for wood-fired cooking. The company says it invented the original wood-fired grill in Oregon more than 40 years ago. Its connected grills are complemented by culinary content, hardwood pellets, rubs and sauces, and grill accessories.ADDISON, NY