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Blackstone filed a lawsuit against pizza oven maker, Ooni, this week. They allege that multiple of Ooni's pizza ovens violate their patent on pizza ovens. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out, because there are many pizza ovens on the market with a similar design from a variety of manufacturers.

In other lawsuit news, Weber prevailed in a proposed class action suit against them that they misled investors in their IPO. It was alleged that they didn't adequately account for the effects of the pandemic on sales. Their financial projections showed sales during the pandemic as being the new normal. The lawsuit was tossed with the judge stating "The Registration Statement is replete with warnings about the uncertainty of Weber’s operations and growth post-Covid."

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While we noted last week that Weber should have a new pellet grill coming out soon, we may also see a new griddle in the near future. They filed for a trademark for the name Slate for a griddle. It's a logical name for a griddle given that slate is a hard, flat rock.

For those interested in customer experience, no jitter had a great interview this week with Corey L Savory, VP Global Customer Experience & Service at Traeger Grills. The article talks about Traeger's success with Amazon Connect, and how they can use cook data in almost real-time to diagnose customer issues and improve satisfaction.

Grilla Grills sees their outdoor kitchen line as a differentiator, and they're continuing to release products for it. They launched a new refrigerator for it, and some new outdoor kitchen bundles. In addition to the new outdoor kitchen product, they've done a redesign on their website. It's easier on the eyes and it's easier to navigate.

Finally, recteq teased that they'll be releasing some new pellet grills. The grills will officially come out on October 9th, but you can also see them at recteq Fest the weekend prior.

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