Bog LineSmokers · Parkhill ON

BBQ pit builders · Parkhill, Ontario

Custom smokers. Made in Canada.

We design and fabricate offset smokers and live-fire equipment for backyard cooks, restaurants, caterers and serious pitmasters. Real hardwood. Real steel. Built by hand, just outside Parkhill.

Small Block in stockEst. 202194 → 1,000 gallons
Hickory Lane BBQ's patina air-ride offset smoker with 'Low N Slow' fender, parked beside a teal Chevrolet C1001StackDraft + damper02Cook chamberReclaimed propane tank03FireboxHardwood + charcoal only04Air rideDrops to the ground
FIG. 01 — Hickory Lane BBQ air-ride pitBuilt in Parkhill, ON
Parkhill, ONDesigned + fabricated in-house
94–1,000 galUp to 22 feet of smoker
CA · US · DEShipped across Canada, the US + Germany

The Small Block · 94 gallons

Commercial DNA.
Backyard size.

We built commercial pits for years and kept saying "no" to backyard cooks. The Small Block is what happened when we stopped saying no: everything we learned on the big pits, in ¼″ steel, about 800 lb of it.

$4,900CAD + HSTIn stock

Standard build, sold as shown: no modifications, upgrades or custom finishes.

Why Bog Line

Function first.
Then style.

Aesthetics are VERY important to us. But they come second. Here's the order we build in.

Engineered.

Every design starts in AutoCAD, with math. Cook-chamber volume is the baseline, and everything else — firebox, throat, stack — is a calculated amount from there. Function first.

AutoCAD · math · volume first
Inside the Bog Line shop in Parkhill, Ontario: smokers on the floor and a patina hot rod in the bay

Fabricated.

Reclaimed propane tanks for cook chambers, ¼″ plate where it counts, frames braked flat over a shim so they stay flat after welding. We overbuild on purpose.

¼″ steel · overbuilt
Plasma gouging a tank in the shop

Dialed in.

The smooth, rounded inside of a tank moves air properly. Our throat-and-baffle layout cuts the fire's line of sight, so the whole grate is usable — not just the far end.

Airflow · even heat · clean burn
Offset smoker on a flagstone patio in morning fog, a live-fire grill behind it

Made yours.

Every pitmaster, backyard and BBQ business is different. There's a baseline package for each size — then we build it around how you cook. Patina, pinstripes, air ride: your call.

Size · layout · finish
Hickory Lane's patina air-ride smoker in front of an old barn

Up close

The details
are the point.

This is why a Bog Line costs more than a box-store smoker — and why you'll hand it down instead of hauling it to the curb.

Close-up of a red smoker trailer's 1959 Cadillac-style tail lights, fenders and smoothie wheels
Tail lightsHot-rod packages get the full treatment: fenders, smoothie wheels, real tail lights.
Heavy casters on the Small Block's frame, resting on flagstone
¼″ everywhereChamber, firebox, the lot. Don't accept less.
Tanks waiting in the Bog Line shop to become smokers
The bone yardTanks in stock from 250 to 1,000 gallons. Pick your patina.
Dark Side of the Grill presenting the Small Block, the collaboration that shaped its design
The fireboxExtra depth for flexible fire management — just like the pros.
Plasma gouging a tank in the shop
Plasma gougingTank prep with the plasma. Saves a lot of grinding.
Steaks over live fire on a Bog Line grill
Live fireDirect heat, hanging grates, real coals.
Tandem-axle trailer smoker with pinstriped tank and 'Bog Line Smokers' firebox in fresh snow
PinstripesHand-painted by the people who do hot rods.

“When you finish a smoker … it's a piece of art.” — Nick Ince, CBC London Morning

Built to work

Pits with
real jobs.

These aren't garage ornaments. They feed service-club dinners, veterans' fundraisers and a Texas-grade pit room in Shakespeare.

1000-gallon trailer offset built for John in Tillsonburg
800+plates per Pork Dinner
Tillsonburg Shrine Club · Tillsonburg, ON

1,000 Gallons for the Tillsonburg Shrine Club

A 1,000-gallon offset for John in Tillsonburg — built to help a service club feed more than 800 people at a sitting.

The Tillsonburg Shrine Club runs a Pork Dinner that feeds over 800 people. That is a lot of pork shoulder, and it needs a pit that doesn't flinch.

The full build
Battlefield Barbecue's 1000-gallon offset with counterweighted lids
600+fed at veterans' pop-ups
Battlefield BBQ · Ontario

Battlefield BBQ Goes to 1,000

Jon from Battlefield BBQ traded in his 500 to upgrade to this 1,000-gallon.

Jon runs pop-up fundraisers for Canadian veterans and often feeds 600+ people. Doubling the cook chamber is how you keep up with that.

The full build
Direct-heat pit delivered to the Holy Smokes BBQ pit room in Shakespeare, Ontario
Holy Smokes BBQ · Shakespeare, ON

A Direct-Heat Pit for Holy Smokes

Delivering this direct-heat pit to the Holy Smokes pit room felt like we left Canada and landed in Texas.

Direct heat means cooking right over the coals — fast, loud and full of flavour. This pit went into the Holy Smokes BBQ pit room in Shakespeare, Ontario.

The full build

Word gets around

“A piece
of art.”

Heard on CBC. Featured on the Under Seasoned BBQ Show. And here's what people are saying.

Quick and easy communication and most importantly great craftsmanship. The smoker I got custom built is a piece of art.
Tim W.
Their smokers are the cream of the crop.
J. G.
The Small Block is a weapon.
From a review
If your thinking about bbq, these are the boys to talk to!
From a review

Live from the floor

In the shop.

The full build list

In the shop 1

01Commercial offset

Battlefield BBQ

1,000-gallon skid unit

1,000 galUnder the torch

Build list updated Aug 12, 2026

Bog Line Smoke Show

Pits. Hot rods.
Bikes. Beer.
Local schools.

Our BBQ festival in Parkhill brings pitmasters, custom smokers, a hot-rod and bike show, live music and a kids zone together — and the money goes to North Middlesex schools.

$33,000

Raised for local schools at the last show

Bog Line BBQ Smoke Show artwork: hot rod, motorcycle and maple leaf, June 14, 2025, Parkhill, ON

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Let's talk BBQ.

Tell us what you're cooking, who you're feeding and where the pit's going. We'll talk barbecue all damn day.

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