Crafted in Smoke · Forged in Fire
OWN The FIRE®

Where Professional Cooking Meets Live Fire

Custom grills. Professional recipes. Artisan tools. Every one of them built, cooked, and proven over live fire first.

Own The Fire isn't built around one product. It's built around the craft itself. I build the grills, choose the steel, work directly with the families who forge the knives, design the leather, develop the recipes, break down the animals, tend the fire, and teach the technique behind every step.

If it carries the Own The Fire name, it's because I use it.

Mike Riddle, Executive Chef Twenty Years Behind The Line

The Collection

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

Custom builds, professional tools, and chef-tested recipes. One culinary house, built around live fire.

Custom hand-fabricated Santa Maria grill with Argentine parrilla brasero by Own The Fire on Long Island
Custom Builds

Brasero Grills

Custom Argentine parrilla and Santa Maria grills. Quarter-inch American plate, mortared firebrick-lined cooking chambers, hand-fabricated on Long Island.

Inquiry-Based Pricing Start Your Build
The Serpent's Spiral collector blade, hand-forged by Brazilian master bladesmiths for Own The Fire
Hand-Forged in Brazil

Artisan Knives

Hand-forged by Brazilian master bladesmiths. Tested in my kitchen before they reach yours.

$195 to $995 Lifetime Craftsmanship Guarantee See The Collection
Stuffed Iberico pork loin from The Chef's Notebook by Executive Chef Mike Riddle of Own The Fire
100+ Professional Recipes

The Chef's Notebook

Not recipes. Capability. Print-first sheets that carry the temperature, the doneness cue, and the reason behind every step.

$39 One-Time Access Open The Notebook
Chef Mike Riddle in a full-grain Artisan Leather apron from Own The Fire
Full-Grain · Fire-Tested

Artisan Leather

Aprons, knife rolls, and chef gear in full-grain hide that earns its patina with every cook.

$80 to $300 Shop Leather
Argentine asado tools in action including parrilla turning fork and trident by Own The Fire
Argentine Asado

Asado Tools

The implements every serious asador reaches for. Built for the ritual of live fire.

Shop The Range Shop Asado Tools
Own The Fire hat and tee combo, Firekeeper Pack apparel for live fire cooks
Signature Apparel

The Firekeeper

Hats, tees, and signature apparel for cooks who carry the Own The Fire banner.

$25 to $95 Shop The Firekeeper
The Creator's Kit from Own The Fire, a Brazilian chef knife with leather gear and Santa Maria essentials
The Starting Arsenal

The Creator's Kit

Brazilian chef knife, leather gear, and Santa Maria essentials. Everything you need to stop guessing and start cooking with intention.

$449 Complete Bundle Get The Kit
Wagyu tri-tip cooked over live fire by Executive Chef Mike Riddle of Own The Fire
Free Technique

The Craft

Complete cooks, fire management, and the reasoning behind them. Watch it, print it, cook it. No signup.

Free To Explore Enter The Craft
Vacio sliced on a board, from the Fire and Steel Chronicles by Executive Chef Mike Riddle of Own The Fire
Stories From The Fire

Fire & Steel Chronicles

The thinking behind the work. Why I went to the source for asado, what the iron cross taught me, and the cuts most people walk past.

Free To Read Read The Chronicles

I didn't build this to sell you stuff.

After two decades in professional kitchens, I know what actually makes cooks better, and it is not more gadgets.

It is the right knife that feels like an extension of your hand. It is technique that holds up under pressure. It is understanding heat, timing, and why a thing works, instead of following a recipe and hoping.

Everything here exists for one reason. To make you a more confident cook.

Command the Flame. Rule the Craft.

See What We've Built
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