"Tailgate Grill" Named 2009 Vesta Award Finalist

Team Grill™ today announced that the Team Grill™ Tailgate Series has been named a 2009 Vesta Award Finalist in the gas barbeque category. Introduced in March, the Team Grill™ Tailgate Series is the barbeque industry's first-ever high-end portable gas grill designed specifically for sports fans. “It is an honor to be recognized by our industry, and to be associated with an award as prestigious as the Vesta,” said Frank Azzolino, President of Team Grill™. “Industry and fan reaction to the introduction of the Team Grill™ product line has been tremendous.”

The Team Grill™ Tailgate Series has combined professional-grade cooking capabilities with colors and logos of popular college teams. The grill is customized using a patent-protected, triple-fired porcelain-enamel finishing process designed to perfectly match your team's logo and colors while lasting for the life of the grill. It features nearly 600 square inches of cooking surface, powder-coated steel side shelves and the ability to cook using standard 20-pound gas tanks or compact 16.4-ounce propane cylinders, the Team Grill™ Tailgate Series can be collapsed and transported like a travel suitcase, complete with heavy-duty wheels and carrying handle.

The Vesta Awards are presented by Hearth & Home magazine, and were created to recognize and honor companies and products for innovation in design and/or technology. Judging teams are made up of retailers, distributors, product designers, test lab engineers, affiliate leaders and industry experts, and are selected to be a balanced representation of different disciplines.

The Team Grill™l Tailgate Series will be made available beginning in the Summer of 2009.