PJ Vogt

And for you, it's not. You're not like, I really want to make a barbecue scrubber because I want to make a giant briefcase full of money for my barbecue scrubber. You're like, people need jobs. They need things to do. They need skills. I'm going to create something that gets made here so that those things happen.

And for you, it's not. You're not like, I really want to make a barbecue scrubber because I want to make a giant briefcase full of money for my barbecue scrubber. You're like, people need jobs. They need things to do. They need skills. I'm going to create something that gets made here so that those things happen.

And for you, it's not. You're not like, I really want to make a barbecue scrubber because I want to make a giant briefcase full of money for my barbecue scrubber. You're like, people need jobs. They need things to do. They need skills. I'm going to create something that gets made here so that those things happen.

I don't know the difference between those two things.

I don't know the difference between those two things.

I don't know the difference between those two things.

What Destin's talking about building here, really it's manufacturing capacity. It's funny, for people who want tariffs, part of the idea is that tariffs might force Americans to build more capacity. If foreign goods were more expensive to buy, more people might do what Destin's just doing voluntarily. Training people, tooling up factories, creating the infrastructure you need to build stuff.

What Destin's talking about building here, really it's manufacturing capacity. It's funny, for people who want tariffs, part of the idea is that tariffs might force Americans to build more capacity. If foreign goods were more expensive to buy, more people might do what Destin's just doing voluntarily. Training people, tooling up factories, creating the infrastructure you need to build stuff.

What Destin's talking about building here, really it's manufacturing capacity. It's funny, for people who want tariffs, part of the idea is that tariffs might force Americans to build more capacity. If foreign goods were more expensive to buy, more people might do what Destin's just doing voluntarily. Training people, tooling up factories, creating the infrastructure you need to build stuff.

finding an injection mold person in America, a bolt person in America. Actually, this brings us to our next person, a handle person in America.

finding an injection mold person in America, a bolt person in America. Actually, this brings us to our next person, a handle person in America.

finding an injection mold person in America, a bolt person in America. Actually, this brings us to our next person, a handle person in America.

You never know this, standing in the store, mindlessly comparing different barbecue scrubbers, what any of this had meant to one American engineer or to Logan, the young worker here. But the scrubber now has an American-made handle. Once Destin and his partner John have all their pieces, they put them all together. Now they're just beta testing the hell out of it.

You never know this, standing in the store, mindlessly comparing different barbecue scrubbers, what any of this had meant to one American engineer or to Logan, the young worker here. But the scrubber now has an American-made handle. Once Destin and his partner John have all their pieces, they put them all together. Now they're just beta testing the hell out of it.

You never know this, standing in the store, mindlessly comparing different barbecue scrubbers, what any of this had meant to one American engineer or to Logan, the young worker here. But the scrubber now has an American-made handle. Once Destin and his partner John have all their pieces, they put them all together. Now they're just beta testing the hell out of it.

They get it in the hands of as many people as they can. There's this very sweet video of John's mom outside her grandson watching as she, this small woman holding this very large barbecue scrubber, tests it on a dirty barbecue grill and then gives her verdict. Is it working? Yeah.

They get it in the hands of as many people as they can. There's this very sweet video of John's mom outside her grandson watching as she, this small woman holding this very large barbecue scrubber, tests it on a dirty barbecue grill and then gives her verdict. Is it working? Yeah.

They get it in the hands of as many people as they can. There's this very sweet video of John's mom outside her grandson watching as she, this small woman holding this very large barbecue scrubber, tests it on a dirty barbecue grill and then gives her verdict. Is it working? Yeah.

Dustin and John have a working barbecue scrubber. They've patented it. And in November 2024, they finally start assembling it in batches. And once you have all the parts, where does the thing get assembled into one thing?

Dustin and John have a working barbecue scrubber. They've patented it. And in November 2024, they finally start assembling it in batches. And once you have all the parts, where does the thing get assembled into one thing?