Mike R.
Yelp
This negative review is about this companies customer service/care and lack of parts for their own products. Their home brand signature BBQ's themselves are great.
Normally, it takes a lot for me to post a negative review but this company needs to get its act together. I have owned a few of BBQ galore's names brand BBQ's. First I had a captain cook (when they were maroon and black - before they were made all stainless). Loved it. Upgraded all the burners and grills to stainless to last longer. I gave it to my father and it still works beautifully. It's over 20 years old. Now I have a 4 burner Turbo Stainless steel with a back burner on a cart. (Burners and grills updated to stainless) It's only about 8-10 years old and still works just as well as the day it was purchased. The only difference now is that it is all greased up but that just adds flavor (as any good grill master would know).
I went into this location (studio city) on Saturday April 16, 2016 to buy a replacement temperature gauge, and replacement wheels for the cart. The salesman informed me that the company does not carry those parts in store and gave me a number to call for parts. He then proceeded to tell me my BBQ was old and seen its day and that I should look into a new one. Feeling annoyed I explained to this person that I wasn't interested in buying a new BBQ and that he was wrong about the BBQ. (He was either trying to build his commission or he really didn't know anything about his companies own BBQ's). BBQ Galore's name brand BBQ's (Captain Cook and Turbo) are very powerful and well made BBQ's. If taken care of and properly maintained, they will last over 20 years. When I was younger, I worked for a company in which I fixed, installed and cleaned BBQ's including BBQ galore's name brand BBQs. I have seen these BBQ's in all stages of life.
When I called the corporate number for parts, I was told that they no longer carry any wheels that will fit my BBQ. I asked if they had any other parts for this BBQ out of curiosity. Other than a few universal parts that fit most of their name brand BBQ's there wasn't much else.
Between the salesman telling me the bbq needs to be replaced without even seeing it, and the fact this company does not keep parts for expensive items (The BBQ was $2000 new), I had to write this review.
I use to really like this company. Their old slogan, "a BBQ store not just an aisle" seems like a joke. They should just call themselves a really big BBQ aisle because a BBQ store who sells their own name brand BBQ's would keep up good customer service and provide repair parts for their in house BBQ's. After all, they offer a repair service. Maybe if I paid for the repair service, all of the sudden they would be able to find my parts.
Again, great in house BBQ's, but horrible customer service/care. I'll be going to home depot and I'm sure I will find parts that will work.
Thanks for a great BBQ Barbecues Galore, or at least thank you to the engineers that put it together.
No Thank you for your lack of customer service and corporate greed.