Our story
The pretzel was never the plan.Until it was.
Gary spent years in the seasoning business — formulating blends, running BBQ operations, and chasing the right balance of heat, smoke, and salt. When it came time to let people taste what he was working on, he needed something to carry the flavor. Pretzels were the sample. Nobody cared about the pretzels.
Then they did. People started asking where they could buy them. Not the seasoning — the pretzels. Gary listened, dialed in the recipe, and Brocmar Smokehouse was born out of a Dutch heritage sourdough base and the same hand-seasoning discipline he'd been building for years. What started as a vehicle became the destination.