FRENCH-INSPIRED LIVE-FIRE COOKING

Gather on Purpose

A 360° live-fire grill built so the host never leaves the circle.

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Limited Fall Release · Now available for preorder · Estimated delivery late October–November 2026

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New Sudfire grill returns for reservation after strong demand." — ABC30 Fresno / KFSN

The Hearth Collection

Two sizes. Two finishes. One fire.

360° cooking surface.

Real wood. Real fire. No gas. No shortcuts. Ever.

Corten steel or matte black. Built to last generations.

Inspired by fire gathering culture in the south of France.

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Three men are standing around a round outdoor grill table with grilled meats, vegetables, and a glass of red wine, in a backyard under a clear blue sky.
A smiling man kneeling next to a golden retriever wearing a red bandana, in front of a portable fire pit with a tall flame, in a park with trees and benches.
Skewers of grilled meat and pineapple cooking on a round indoor grill with flames, some raw meat in the background.
A large outdoor fire pit with flames, surrounded by wood logs stored underneath, during a gathering with people in the background, in a backyard setting.
A woman wearing black gloves and a gray cap is grilling meat outdoors. She is smiling and appears focused on her task, with grilled meats on a two-tiered barbecue grill in front of her. There are blurred trees and buildings in the background.
A man in glasses and a black shirt grills meat on a round grill with flames, outdoors in a park with trees and a sunset in the background.
An outdoor fire pit with stacked firewood underneath a sign that reads "SUDFIRE Fire Food Fellowship Live-Fire Grill & Outdoor Centerpiece". The fire pit is in front of a house with white siding and several windows, and there are trees and green gras
Two women smiling at a buffet table filled with assorted foods, including fruits, pastries, and snacks, outdoors with green umbrellas and trees in the background.
Raw steaks cooking on a grill over open flames.
People gathering at a barbecue grill with corn and grilled meat during an outdoor event, with trees and string lights in the background.
Two men standing outdoors, one grilling corn on a round wooden grill, with a woman in the background near a banner that reads 'SUDFIRE'.

PAYMENT PLANS

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  • Traditional grills often place the cook at the edge of the gathering. Sudfire brings everyone around the same fire.

    Back to their guests. Managing heat. Missing the evening.

    Sudfire's 360° design keeps everyone in the circle. The host faces their guests. The food cooks in front of them. The conversation never stops because the cook never disappears. This is the only grill where the cooking and the gathering happen at the same time. For everyone. Around the same fire.

  • You do not need to be a chef. My whole family has cooked on it — none of us are trained cooks. The food was exceptional every time.

    Three heat zones mean you always have somewhere to move food. Sear at the center. Cook in the middle. Rest at the edge.

    If you can tend a fire and move food around a surface — you can cook on a Sudfire.

  • A 10mm carbon steel plate holds heat at levels most conventional grills never reach. It distributes that heat evenly across the entire surface. The plate gets better the more you cook on it. Whole fish. Rack of lamb. Paella for twenty. Wood-fired pizza. Rotisserie chicken. Full breakfast. Steak service. Dessert after — scrape and go. One fire. One surface. The whole meal. No going inside. No losing the moment.

  • Corten steel was engineered for bridges and permanent outdoor architecture. It is designed to be outside permanently. Rain. Heat. Cold. Everything in between.

    Corten responds to all of it by developing a patina that makes it more beautiful — not less.

    Your Sudfire looks better in year fifteen than it does the day it arrives. This is the last grill you will ever buy.

WHY SUDFIRE IS DIFFERENT

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Steaks and chicken cooking on Sudfire circular grill over open flame, live fire outdoor cooking experience

The wood is an Ingredient

Sudfire Orchard Wood — Cooking Blend · Monthly Supply Sudfire Orchard Wood — Cooking Blend · Monthly Supply
Sudfire Orchard Wood — Cooking Blend · Monthly Supply
$55.00 every month

30 lbs/month · Peach, Plum & Cherry

Sudfire Orchard Wood delivered to your door every month. Sourced

from California stone fruit orchards. Sun-dried. Nothing treated.

For people who cook over fire regularly and never want to think

about running out. Ships on your order date each month.

No minimum. Cancel anytime.

✓ Free shipping every month

✓ Peach, plum & cherry in every box

✓ Cancel or pause anytime in your account

SUDFIRE ORCHARD WOOD

Choose between our Starter box, Fire Box, or Monthly supply

Peach, plum, and cherry from California stone fruit orchards — mild, sweet smoke that changes the way everything tastes. Sourced from Central Valley farmers. Sun-dried. Nothing treated. Nothing artificial.

This is what the Hearth was built to burn.

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Close-up of burning logs with visible flames and glowing embers in a fire pit.
A man in a black polo shirt with a fire logo and light blue jeans stands outside during sunset, smiling with hands clasped. There is a wood-burning grill on wheels with logs underneath and a second person cooking in the background.

Why Sudfire Exists

While living and playing professional basketball in the South of France, I experienced a different way of gathering.

Through my fiancée and her family, I discovered the brasero—a circular live-fire grill that kept the fire, food, cook, and guests in one shared space. People cooked together, talked longer, and stayed well after the meal was finished.

When I returned to California, I wanted to bring that experience home.

So I created Sudfire: a live-fire centerpiece built not only for cooking, but for the moments that happen around it.

— Darrin Person Jr., Founder

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Real fires. Real people.

  • My husband has looked at every grill on the market. He came home from the Sudfire event and said 'I don't want anything else.' We reserved one that night."

    — Kimberly J., Clovis CA

  • "I've cooked on a lot of surfaces. The Hearth is different. The heat zones let you run three things at once — high heat at the center, proteins in the middle, warming on the edge. It's legitimately versatile and it photographs like nothing else I've worked with."

    — Chef Ana., private chef, Fresno CA

  • I cooked a whole spread — steaks, corn, broccolini, flat bread — all at once on different zones. My family was floored. No one has ever said that about my cooking before."

    —Mike S., Hearth 39 owner, NorCal

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Sudfire makes premium, 360° live-fire grills inspired by the brasero tradition of the South of France. A central wood fire heats a substantial carbon-steel cooking surface, allowing the host and guests to cook, serve, and gather around the same circle.

  • Hearth 34 offers a 34-inch cooking surface for everyday meals, patios, and gatherings of up to 12.

    Hearth 39 offers a 39-inch surface for frequent entertaining, larger outdoor spaces, and gatherings of up to 20.

  • A regular grill has one heat zone and a lid between you and your guests. The Hearth has three: a center opening for a removable cast-iron grate over direct flame, a surrounding carbon-steel plancha ring for griddle cooking, and the option to pull the grate and run it as an open fire pit. One fire, three ways to cook, no lid — so the person cooking is still part of the conversation.

  • Sudfire Hearths are produced in limited batches rather than unlimited inventory.

    Place your order to reserve a Hearth from the current production run for estimated delivery beginning in late October through November 2026.

    Reservations are accepted in the order received while availability lasts..

  • Enter your address at checkout to see the delivery options and pricing available for your location.

    Eligible nearby addresses will see local delivery options. Other orders are generally delivered by freight carrier to the curb or nearest accessible delivery point. Sudfire will contact you after purchase to confirm delivery details.

    Additional placement, unpacking or assembly services are available only when specifically shown or arranged.

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