Frank Cox

frank cox

fabricator/founder of smokerbuilder.com

rolla, missouri

Frank is a big deal in the world of custom grills and smokers. He has made thousands of cookers over the years and has worked with people ranging from Japan to the UAE. He is also an inventor of many styles of smoking, even when the community thought he was crazy for even considering attempting some of his now-standard styles. Frank calls his creations “Legacy Smokers,” meaning that these cookers are meant to be a heritage items for a person or a family, passing the cooker down from one generation to the next. With each year, the smoker develops its own story, personality and history and place in the family. For Frank, shelf-bought cookers are cheap and planned to be obsolete at some point in the products life. Frank’s cookers are meant to last for generations. Frank is a frequent contestant on the BBQ competition circuit, a place where he is looked at as an almost Godfather of the scene. He can grill anything in any manner, and can build any kind of grill or smoker, literally. All you have to do is dream it up!