ASW / BSW Sportsman Grills

[Jimmy Efford]

Very quick question that actually arose on another site regarding Sportsman Grill doors. I showed mine for comments and one poster stated it had the wrong door. They posted a picture of their Sportsman Grill which indeed had a different door. Their point was it had the correct door, I admitted I could not say as I honestly did not know. I showed them pictures of two with the door like mine and the same body as mine I found while researching. The more I looked at their picture I noticed some small differences between theirs and mine aside from the door. It seems like theirs is an Atlanta Stove Works piece based on a picture of one in eBay completed sales, while mine is a BSR. I read here ASW became BSR, so could we both be correct about our doors even though they both say Sportsman but are slightly different?

 

[Doug D.]

ASW, Atlanta Stove Works, is the company which started BSR to make cookware to go with their stoves. There are also variations in the design of the grill which changed over time, primarily the number of legs. Lodge ultimately acquired the pattern and rights to the design.