PJ Vogt

Not because of an international emergency, but because you just wanted Americans to know how to make the products they used with their own hands. How much work would it be to do that, even just once? He wanted to find out, and not much later, he'd get the chance. Welcome back to the show. So in 2020, Destin Sandlin is wrestling with this question, which seems simple enough at the time.

Not because of an international emergency, but because you just wanted Americans to know how to make the products they used with their own hands. How much work would it be to do that, even just once? He wanted to find out, and not much later, he'd get the chance. Welcome back to the show. So in 2020, Destin Sandlin is wrestling with this question, which seems simple enough at the time.

Not because of an international emergency, but because you just wanted Americans to know how to make the products they used with their own hands. How much work would it be to do that, even just once? He wanted to find out, and not much later, he'd get the chance. Welcome back to the show. So in 2020, Destin Sandlin is wrestling with this question, which seems simple enough at the time.

Why is it so hard to make stuff in America these days? And that summer, he meets this person who it turns out is going to give him an opportunity to pick that question apart. So June 2020, you're introduced to a local entrepreneur. Can you just tell me about this person?

Why is it so hard to make stuff in America these days? And that summer, he meets this person who it turns out is going to give him an opportunity to pick that question apart. So June 2020, you're introduced to a local entrepreneur. Can you just tell me about this person?

Why is it so hard to make stuff in America these days? And that summer, he meets this person who it turns out is going to give him an opportunity to pick that question apart. So June 2020, you're introduced to a local entrepreneur. Can you just tell me about this person?

Dustin and John hit it off. And John told him there's this invention he dreamed up, a new kind of barbecue grill accessory.

Dustin and John hit it off. And John told him there's this invention he dreamed up, a new kind of barbecue grill accessory.

Dustin and John hit it off. And John told him there's this invention he dreamed up, a new kind of barbecue grill accessory.

Yeah, this is the thing where the barbecue scrubbers that look like, it's like a toilet brush scrubber, but it's more coarse and metal.

Yeah, this is the thing where the barbecue scrubbers that look like, it's like a toilet brush scrubber, but it's more coarse and metal.

Yeah, this is the thing where the barbecue scrubbers that look like, it's like a toilet brush scrubber, but it's more coarse and metal.

So those bristles, the little bristles.

So those bristles, the little bristles.

So those bristles, the little bristles.

A better barbecue scrubber, one that does not send a small but meaningful percentage of its customer base to the emergency room with little metal wires in their esophagus. Destin liked it. And John told him he even had a prototype he was excited to show him.

A better barbecue scrubber, one that does not send a small but meaningful percentage of its customer base to the emergency room with little metal wires in their esophagus. Destin liked it. And John told him he even had a prototype he was excited to show him.

A better barbecue scrubber, one that does not send a small but meaningful percentage of its customer base to the emergency room with little metal wires in their esophagus. Destin liked it. And John told him he even had a prototype he was excited to show him.

Dustin wanted to help with the barbecue scrubber, redesign it so it less resembled a sex toy and turn it into an actual sellable product. And Dustin, of course, had his own motive for getting involved. Destin's dream is not just that the scrubber would work or that lots of people would buy it, but that crucially, this barbecue scrubber will be 100% made in America.

Dustin wanted to help with the barbecue scrubber, redesign it so it less resembled a sex toy and turn it into an actual sellable product. And Dustin, of course, had his own motive for getting involved. Destin's dream is not just that the scrubber would work or that lots of people would buy it, but that crucially, this barbecue scrubber will be 100% made in America.