The idea for Bergeron’s didn’t come from a product meeting. It came from two old Maxwell House coffee cans on a frozen lake.

Our dad, a vietnam-era Marine, would haul us out onto remote New England lakes for ice fishing in the 1970s. He’d drill the holes, carve out a fire pit and once the coals were hot, he’d pull out two repurposed coffee cans; one packed with wood chips, the other prepped veggies.

Whatever we caught went straight from the ice onto that smoke. Other fishermen would notice the smell and wander over hoping for a plate. That’s the #71 and #75 on our logo, the years his two sons were born and the years this whole tradition started.

We turned that into Bergeron’s Original Smoke Cans - pre-filled with natural wood pellets, ready to smoke in about two minutes on any gas grill, charcoal grill or campfire. This means that there is neither a need for smoking or smoker. You also don’t need a cleanup beyond letting the can cool.

Hickory, Apple, Cherry, Maple, Black Peppered Bacon -all you have to do is just pick a flavor and go. We are veteran-made, produly originated in the USA and simply the best in what we do.