ABOUT US

The BBQ specialty store in Venlo for everyone who wants to take outdoor cooking seriously.

BBQ Valley was born from a shared passion for cooking, barbecuing, and the Burgundian lifestyle. Not just as a webshop or store, but as a place where people can look, taste, compare, learn, and receive personal advice.

Sid and Arno started BBQ Valley because they felt there was a lack of a true BBQ specialty shop in the Southeast of the Netherlands. A shop where you don't just buy products, but are also helped by people who know what they are talking about. Sid brings over 25 years of experience as a chef. Arno built his experience as an entrepreneur at, among other places, Café Restaurant Central in Venlo. Together, they wanted to create a place where quality, expertise, hospitality, and experience come together.

On March 30, 2024, BBQ Valley officially opened its doors in Venlo. Since then, the store has grown into a spacious BBQ showroom of nearly 1,000 m², where customers from Venlo, North Limburg, Brabant, Gelderland, and Germany come for advice, inspiration, and a complete range of products for outdoor cooking.

Barbecuing is more than preparing food

For us, barbecuing isn't just about putting meat, fish, or vegetables on the grill. BBQ is about social cooking, discovering new techniques, experimenting, learning, enjoying, and making time together for good food. It is the challenge of low and slow, the speed of direct grilling, the smell of charcoal, the warmth of an open fire, and the satisfaction when everything is just right.

Whether you are just starting out with barbecuing or have been cooking for years on a kamado, pizza oven, pellet grill, or open fire, there is always something new to learn. That is precisely what makes outdoor cooking so wonderful. The possibilities are endless, and every barbecue enthusiast has their own preferences, taste, and cooking style.

That is why we help clients not based on one standard piece of advice, but by asking the question: what do you want to prepare with it, how do you want to cook, and what suits your situation?

For beginners, advanced users, and true BBQ enthusiasts

BBQ Valley is for everyone who wants to cook outdoors better, more enjoyably, and with more confidence. For people looking to buy their first kamado, but also for experienced barbecuers looking to upgrade to a larger model, a pellet grill, pizza oven, outdoor kitchen, or open fire setup.

We are happy to help beginners get started at their own pace. We explain the difference between various barbecues, which size is convenient, which accessories are truly necessary, and what to look out for regarding maintenance, temperature control, and fuel.

Advanced BBQ enthusiasts can come to us to discuss techniques, recipes, brands, smoking wood, rubs, sauces, knives, thermometers, planchas, fire bowls, braai systems, and outdoor kitchens. Sometimes the advice is practical. Sometimes technical. Sometimes just a good conversation between people who share the same passion.

Honest advice, without pressure

We do not believe in pushing the most expensive product. The right product is the one that suits your needs, budget, space, experience, and the dishes you want to prepare.

That is why we take the time to think along with you. Do you mainly want to bake pizzas, barbecue low and slow, grill quickly, cook for large groups, or perhaps cook compactly outdoors on a balcony or small terrace? Each requires different advice.

Customers should feel with us that nothing is required, but that everything is allowed. You are free to look around, ask questions, compare, and experience. Our goal is for you to ultimately say: I received the right advice, I feel good about my choice, and I know where to turn if I have further questions later.

A showroom of nearly 1,000 m² full of BBQ experience

Our showroom in Venlo is spacious, allowing you to look around at your leisure. We offer a wide range of kamados, pizza ovens, pellet grills, outdoor kitchens, fire bowls, planchas, African braai systems, rubs, sauces, charcoal, smoking wood, accessories, knives, thermometers, and advice on firewood.

Many products are set up so that you can really view and compare them. How does a kamado feel to use? How big is a Large in real life? Which pizza oven suits your garden? How does a pellet grill work? Which outdoor kitchen suits your cooking style? You can often answer these kinds of questions better when you see the products in front of you.

In addition, there is ample parking right outside the door, and we are easily accessible from Venlo, North Limburg, Brabant, Gelderland, and the German border region. Customers drive to BBQ Valley from the areas around Nijmegen, Eindhoven, Schinnen, Düsseldorf, and Cologne, among others, because with us they can experience what is difficult to judge online.

Large stock and immediate clarity

An important advantage of BBQ Valley is that we have many products in stock. As a result, you can not only look and compare, but often take them with you immediately or have them delivered quickly.

That makes the difference compared to just browsing online. On the internet, much seems the same, while in practice it is all about the details: size, finish, material, ease of use, expansion options, service, and feel. In our store, we help you clarify those differences. This way, you buy based on trust, not doubt.

Taste, experience, and try it for yourself

At BBQ Valley, it’s not just about looking at products. We want you to experience outdoor cooking as well. That’s why you can taste rubs and sauces, compare products, and get advice from people who work with them themselves.

We want to understand everything we sell from a practical perspective. We use products ourselves in our workshop space and during cooking. As a result, we can tell you from our own experience how a kamado reacts, how a pizza oven bakes, how a Traeger pellet grill works, which charcoal burns pleasantly, and which accessories are truly handy. You notice this practical advice as a customer. You won't get a standard sales pitch, but an explanation that stems from use, experience, and passion.

Workshops at BBQ Valley

Our workshop space is an important part of BBQ Valley. Here, it is all about learning, inspiring, tasting, and enjoying together. We want to help people overcome their fear of the unknown and get started with more confidence on a kamado, pizza oven, pellet grill, open fire, or braai.

During our BBQ workshops, you will learn techniques, discover new dishes, and experience the full potential of outdoor cooking. Cooking is always the foundation, but the surrounding experience is just as important. Eating and drinking together, asking questions, sharing experiences, and enjoying the good life.

Our workshops are suitable for private BBQ enthusiasts, groups of friends, cooking clubs, and companies looking for an original staff outing or group activity in Venlo.

Service does not stop after the purchase

For us, good service doesn't start just when a problem arises, and it certainly doesn't stop after the purchase. We enjoy helping customers the way we would like to be helped ourselves.

This means we think along with you, provide explanations, deliver, assemble, and remain available for questions. We are reachable via WhatsApp, email, and phone from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Are you running into any issues with your barbecue, accessory, or part? We will take a look with you and look for a solution.

We don't give customers the runaround. If something needs to be arranged with a brand or supplier, we are happy to take care of it so you don't have to worry about it. We consider that aftercare important. After all, you don't buy a barbecue for just one day, but for years of cooking enjoyment.

Why customers choose BBQ Valley

Customers choose BBQ Valley because they receive personal advice, can see and experience the products, have a wide selection, and know that someone is there for them even after their purchase.

Our strength lies in the combination of a large showroom, expert guidance, a wide range of products, our own practical experience, workshops, stock, accessibility, and a welcoming approach to help.

We are Burgundian, honest, knowledgeable, practical, accessible, specialized, sociable, no-nonsense, local, and professional. Not distant, not pushy, but committed. We want customers to feel welcome and enjoy coming back, whether it is for a new barbecue, a bag of charcoal, a workshop, a good knife, a rub, a sauce, or simply good advice.

Visit BBQ Valley in Venlo

Would you like to experience for yourself what makes BBQ Valley special? Then come visit our showroom in Venlo. View our range, taste various rubs and sauces, compare kamados, pizza ovens, pellet grills, and outdoor kitchens, and receive personal advice.

Of course, you can also view our range online and then come to the store for personalized advice. At BBQ Valley, we are happy to help make outdoor cooking more fun, easier, and tastier. Whether you are just starting out or have been barbecuing for years, we think along with you. Because good barbecuing doesn't just start with the right product. It starts with good advice, trust, and above all, lots of fun cooking.