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Dansons company history timeline

1999

Dad wanted to start something with his boys… an opportunity to work together,” Jeff Thiessen said of the family pellet grill business his father and brothers launched in their native Canada in 1999.

2006

After he and his family sold Traeger Pellet Grills — the company he founded in 2006 — Traeger participated in charities such as serving free Thanksgiving meals with turkeys cooked on pellet smokers.

2010

Traeger manufactured the grills in the company’s Oregon facilities until 2010, but started outsourcing manufacturing in China.

2013

In 2013, 240 people worked for Traeger with 120 in its headquarters in Oregon.

2015

2015 Traeger Grills moves its headquarters to Utah and brings five of 140 employees

2019

July 16, 2019 Traeger Grills sues Joe and Brian Traeger and Dansons over the use of their images

2020

The company continues to roll out newly developed technologies to expand the grilling industry with new products, including a premium line in 2020, plus 130 items that Jeff says are currently in product development.

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