KATY, TX – Brothers and co-founders, Hunter and Griff Jaggard have shaped FIREDISC®® into the nationally recognized company it is today under their strategic leadership. From the onset, Hunter and Griff Jaggard’s vision was to develop high-end, innovative and durable cooking products for any kind of avid outdoor enthusiast—and they have done just that.
As they continue to execute their vision, the brothers are excited to introduce some extremely unique products currently in development that are expected to hit the market 4th Qtr. 2019/early 2020. Their goal with these new product lines is to further capitalize on durable, portable technology. Moreover, they seek to innovate the FIREDISC®® brand as a true leader in portable propane cookers with a proven track record among the finest Chefs, avid outdoorsmen and backyard enthusiasts across the country.
In nine short years of continued growth and development, FIREDISC®® has evolved from two employees and one product to having nine employees and 21+ products. In the last three years alone, the company has experienced a 1,330% revenue growth and was named in 2018 as the #374 Fastest-Growing Company in America by Inc. 5000. To date, FIREDISC®® products are sold across 44 states in over 700+ retail locations. The two brothers recently presented to other entrepreneurs and business owners at the US Chamber of Commerce Small Business Series in Houston to share their compelling success story.
With new pivotal growth and development comes more product and higher demand. To celebrate this continued growth, the FIREDISC®® Cookers fulfillment team members recently toured Amazon’s $136 million-dollar fulfillment center in Houston, Texas, Amazon HOU2.
“Amazon is one of our biggest and top performing retailers and it was astounding to see all of the hard work and discipline that goes into making sure our product gets to where it needs to be,” said Hunter Jaggard, CEO of FIREDISC®® Cookers.
“Our goal is to build on our high-tech outdoor cooking product line, and Amazon allows us to reach a far larger customer base than ever before. We have grown by 30% year-over-year and the money made and time saved allows us to be able to continue to develop innovative cooking products. We are excited that people all over the world have access to our brand as we continue to expand.”
About Amazon H2 Head Quarters: Amazon is no stranger to business expansion. Opening back in July of 2017, Amazon HOU2 Fulfillment’s Center is home to millions of inventory items and thousands of workers and robots. The goal of the fulfillment center was to be able to keep up with the ever-growing city of Houston and the high demand of e-commerce. Almost two years later, the 855,000 -square- foot fulfillment center, has exceeded everyone’s expectations and processes hundreds to thousands of packages each day to be delivered to customers.
About FIREDISC®® Cookers:
Texas-based FIREDISC®® Cookers specializes in the design and manufacturing of the world’s most innovative, high-quality and versatile outdoor grills and accessories. The company was founded by two entrepreneurial brothers, Griff and Hunter Jaggard, who, armed with a makeshift tractor plow disc set out on a mission to build a grill worthy of everyone from the world’s top chef’s to hunters, backyard family grill masters, tailgaters, rivers and campers. FIREDISC®® Cookers products are currently sold nationally via 700+ retail locations in 44 states and online throughout the globe.
Heavy-duty carbon steel construction renders the cookers indestructible, while meticulous designs yield convenient portability and ease-of-use. A rigorous “Chef-tested/Chef-Approved” quality assurance program enables the cookers to deliver unmatched grilling characteristics, as they have been vetted by some of the world’s leading chefs. Prior to their launch of FIREDISC®® Cookers, the founders formed a non-profit to raise money and find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. To date, $1M has been raised via “The Carney Men” Bike MS team. Community involvement is the core of the FIREDISC®® brand in addition to the National MS Society they are proud supporters of the American Cancer Society, and many more.
Media Contact: Lianna Ybarra – lianna@aguillon-associates.com; 210.254.9160
