Trying to get the scoop on Ozark Oak

RRP

Yellville, AR which is home of Ozark Oak is a tiny burg of just 1,200. I thought maybe I could find out the story so I posted this. No response so far, but here's the link if you want to follow it yourself.
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/yellville-ar/TH7UBFTQKE0U0NSCS

RRP

BTW - I hit the subscribe button so I'll be alerted to any replies - so you need not check it from time to time and I'll let you know when and if I hear anything!

johnkitchens

Maybe you will get some info Ron. 

saluki2007

Thanks detective Ron.  I'm very interested to hear what's going on.

RRP

johnkitchens said:

Maybe you will get some info Ron. 

Of course being a small town maybe they don't like outsiders poking around! OTOH from what I see there isn't much business there so surely OO employed some of the townsfolk and closure has some economic impact. BTW I also emailed the Yellville Chamber of Commerce for information. Call me an investigative reporter! LOL

hapster

Just saw this on FB... If it's true, that's a shame

RRP

Hmmmm, for some reason the moderators are letting this thread sink. What is offensive about trying to find out what has happened to a popular lump? 

Ozzie_Isaac

odd on sinking .... anyway I subscribed to this thread so I can track.

I hope they don't come and take my eggs away!

RRP

hapster said:

Just saw this on FB... If it's true, that's a shame

Ok - I'll bite...saw what? Was there supposed to be a link or are you just being funny? 

Lit

Scroll down on Rons link and read the Has anyone heard of Tiffany Paxton link. The Santa Claus comment in it is pretty funny.

RRP

Lit said:

Scroll down on Rons link and read the Has anyone heard of Tiffany Paxton link. The Santa Claus comment in it is pretty funny.

You are correct! Sounds like some *ss wuppin gonna take place by the Paxton clan! BTW I also had to laugh at what the Yellville Chamber of Commerce said about the town. I quote "The city of Yellville, a city of the second class, was chartered in 1872." Second Class? I can hear Dueling Banjos playing in the background! 

Eggcelsior

Lit said:

Scroll down on Rons link and read the Has anyone heard of Tiffany Paxton link. The Santa Claus comment in it is pretty funny.

That and stinky pinky's comment as it relates to their username. 

theyolksonyou

Ok, that Paxton thread was worth the price of admission. 

saluki2007

RRP said:

hapster said:

Just saw this on FB... If it's true, that's a shame

Ok - I'll bite...saw what? Was there supposed to be a link or are you just being funny? 

Fire Crafts facebook page said they were no longer making the lump.  Think someone mentioned it on the original thread that was made yesterday.

RRP

saluki2007 said

Fire Crafts facebook page said they were no longer making the  someone mentioned it on the original thread that was made yesterday.

Yes I posted my phone call to OO yesterday - guess he missed that thread.

Angus1978

That Paxton thread was great...I'm trying not to crack up in my cube

saluki2007

And this is why I no longer have facebook...https://www.facebook.com/tiffany.p.barker

johnkitchens

RRP said:

Hmmmm, for some reason the moderators are letting this thread sink. What is offensive about trying to find out what has happened to a popular lump? 

I get the feeling we are only supposed to talk about how great the BGE lump is. 

PlanoPokes79

sounds like a buy out to me going to be bagged under another name, from what I've heard

johnkitchens

PlanoPokes79 said:

sounds like a buy out to me going to be bagged under another name, from what I've heard

We haven't heard that. Tell us what you know. 

RRP

PlanoPokes79 said:

sounds like a buy out to me going to be bagged under another name, from what I've heard

That's not what the lady told me on the phone yesterday!

johnkitchens

Ron it sounds like it is time for an interrogation. You round up @PlanoPokes79, and I will get the bright light. 

jwilli22

I just placed my first order of OO with FireCraft. I received a voicemail this afternoon saying "Ozark Oak is no longer available. They will no longer be selling under that Brand name" For what it's worth.
 

RRP

So it's going to be like the singer formerly known as Prince but instead "the lump formerly known as Ozark Oak"? It makes no sense to abandon a product with a great national name and reputation and now call it XYZ lump. I still hope the sex hi-jinks at "Paxton Place" formerly known as Yellville will reply to my inquiry of this morning! After all this thread is sinking fast!

johnkitchens

On Facebook they are saying the same thing concerning bagging with another name. If that is true I guess someone wrote a decent sized check.

@RRP maybe this thread is sinking for a reason?????? Maybe we have uncovered something a little ahead of schedule.

theyolksonyou

@johnkitchens if that's so, I'd think it something new. As far as I can tell, BGE doesn't actually manufacture anything. RO makes their lump, their wireless thermo is relabeled maverick, they don't make the ceramics... I think of them as a marketing/sales machine. 

johnkitchens

theyolksonyou said:

As far as I can tell, BGE doesn't actually manufacture anything. RO makes their lump, 

And they wonder why people prefer other brands. 

RRP

EDIT:  I was typing this while the aforementioned point was being made, which is similar to my point.

Could be I suppose, but to the best of my knowledge BGE doesn't fabricate anything but out sources everything! I mean the ceramic is produced for them in Mexico and the metal parts are mostly out sourced to China. I don't believe they fabricate any thing and I wonder why they would suddenly sink hard capital to buy a lump producer clear up in AR quite close to MO. OTOH if you are correct then OO would make a great acquisition given its reputation! 

johnkitchens

I am sure they didn't buy OO I was just having fun with the sinking thread theory. It does appear however, at least according to the rumors, that something is up with all of this. 

Unless BGE is getting OO to be the "New & Improved" BGE lump. I kid, I kid. No one panic. 

Mattman3969

Even if that was true it would prolly cost $40 for a 20lb bag.  

RRP

Mattman3969 said:

Even if that was true it would prolly cost $40 for a 20lb bag.  

LOL - I had the same thought!