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Pie Iron, Pudgy Pie, Sandwich Iron, Cast Iron Waffle Maker, Jaffle Iron, and Bratwurst Cooker ~ Fire Pie Trail Store ~ The Original Fire Pie Company

2011-07-04T11:34:00.000-04:00

Pie Iron, Pudgy Pie, Sandwich Iron, Cast Iron Waffle Maker, Jaffle Iron, and Bratwurst Cooker ~ Fire Pie Trail Store ~ The Original Fire Pie Company

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ramblings on cast iron: Cast iron pie irons

2010-10-29T13:48:00.000-04:00

ramblings on cast iron: Cast iron pie irons: "These are cast iron pie irons. They are also called sandwich irons. In Australia, they're called jaffle irons*. At first ..."

Product Review–the 2pc Safety Fork

2010-10-28T12:14:00.001-04:00

Today I’m going to be talking about the 2 piece safe T fork.

I saw this item on a site called campingforks.com and thought it was pretty cool. So I ordered it.

I got last week, and used it over the weekend, it is over 48 inch long when put together, but allows me to put in in my backpack for hiking.

good way to take a roasting fork with me when I’m hiking. great idea. thank you http://www.CampingForks.com for a great product.

I also noticed that this is available on other sites.

http://www.Firepies.com

http://www.Marshmallowforks.com

Camping pie iron review–9-30-10

2010-09-30T15:22:00.001-04:00

Camping with pie irons are fun, easy, and a great way to get the entire family cooking around the campfire. I discovered a new little pie iron, this time it’s a waffle iron. I got it at PieIronUSA.com and it’s pretty cool. Here is a link to the product.

The square waffle iron is basically a waffle iron for the camper. I mean you can make waffles right from your campfire.

here is a picture of the waffle iron. Pretty cool!

kinda like hotel breakfast, at the camp ground.

Mike ~out

Camping Gear Review 9-28-10

2010-09-28T10:15:00.001-04:00

Morning, what a rainy, yucky day.

It’s really getting cold, and fall is settling in. a great time to get out the pie irons and start making some yum yum foods. in the pie iron or pudgy pie, depending on what you want to call them, you can make all kinds of food. from the grilled cheese sandwich, to pizza pockets, and more. Ham and cheese, potatoes and more.

The most common pie iron is the square sandwich cooker, but the round pudgy pie is also popular. The square pie iron is great for making sandwiches or pockets, but the round pie iron (pudgie) is great for making pockets too, or cakes, brownies, and more.

Above is a photo of the round pie iron, yum yum (photo from PieIronUSA.com)

Here is another Pie Iron I found, this one I found a PudgyPies.com. They seem to have all kinds of pie irons too.

Now that looks like it would be good.

Products in this review can be found at the following sites:

http://www.PieIronUSA.com – Sellers of pie irons and more

http://www.PudgyPies.com – Sellers of pudgy (pudgie) pie irons, waffle irons, and more.

http://www.FirePies.com – Seller of outdoor camping cooking gear.

Mike ~out

Camping Gear 9-27-10

2010-09-27T08:36:00.001-04:00

Todays camping gear review is the car and trailer light set from RV Lights USA. I like this set for the 10 covers, and the lights. Easy to hook up, easy to take down. they are the simple easy rv patio party light set that we can find. Of course, http://www.RVLightsUSA.com has several to chose from, they seem to be adding new lights all the time. No wonder they have become one of the nets biggest rv light site. Most of the lights are great for parties as well, when you want to lite for an atmosphere.

The trailer and car reminds me of camping in the olden days with a silver trailer and a car. Now a days it’s a fifth wheel and a huge truck of some sort. So it’s nice to see these lights. I found them on RVLightsUSA.com website, I think on page 1, they call them “Ramblin Road” lights.

Here is an image of the lights.

See what I mean, a great light set. RV Lights usa is selling them for $19.95 for one set, and a better deal for more.

other sites have them as well.

http://www.RVLightsUSA.com – RV Lights, camping lights, and party patio lights

http://www.FirePies.com – Outdoor camping gear, lights, and more

http://www.PartyLightsUSA.com – party, patio, and outdoor lights for all occasions.

Pie Irons for Camping

2010-09-25T15:56:00.001-04:00

Going camping is like baseball, it’s an American Past time. and using pie irons while you’re camping is like catching a foul ball.
Today it’s hard to find a good game, as it’s hard to find kids that want to go camping.
Take you kids camping and they will love the outdoors, nature, and of course, the food. That why I suggest you using pie irons.
Pie irons come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, from round, square, or double, even hamburger and waffle irons.
These are simple, easy cooking, while at a camp ground, or camp site of any kind. simply use the pie irons to cook your meals
and you can pretty much skip all those pots and pans. and who wants to carry pots and pans around when you’re camping.
Pie irons are easy to use, simple to clean, and can make a meal fun to cook.

Pudgy pies are as simple as 1,2,3. chose your pie iron, chose the food, and cook it in the fire.

Open fire cooking has never been easier.

You can find pie irons and other outdoor camping gear at these sites.

http://www.PieIronUSA.com – Pie Iron USA is a seller of pie irons

http://www.MarshmallowForks.com – seller of forks, but has lots of pie irons as well.

http://www.FirePies.com – seller of all kinds of outdoor camping gear. (pie irons, forks, and lights)

Budweiser Lights available online

2010-09-01T11:06:00.001-04:00

Announcing today, that we now have Budweiser party lights instock and ready for shipment on PartyLightsUSA.com

We have the Bud Light, the budweiser Bottles, as well as the bud cans.

They are LED lights in multi colors.

Above is the image of the Budweiser can lights.
Patio, party, or just for fun either at home or at your camp site.
Everyone will love these.

They can be found at the following sites.

http://www.PartyLightsUSA.com

http://www.RVLightsUSA.com

or http://www.FirePies.com

Thanks,

Mike

Party Lights USA .com – our new site

2010-08-31T07:42:00.001-04:00

This week we are opening a new business venture called PartyLightsUSA.com and with it come a whole new market for us.

We’re selling all kinds of string lights, including patio, party, and rv lights. from Cactus and Horses, to coach and budweiser lights.

We have lighthouses and race cars, and lots of other outdoor party lights.

We will have seasonal lights as well, for Christmas, or Halloween

So take some time today, and visit our new site. www.PartyLightsUSA.com for more information.

you can also check out our RV Lights site at www.rvlightsusa.com selling all kinds of camping rv lights on strings. and clips and connectors too.

thanks,

mike

Saturday today

2010-08-28T06:50:00.001-04:00

Home today for a workout, then to the camper.

pie Iron Usa for
All the pie iron needs while you are camping.

camping fork shopping

2009-09-21T15:18:00.001-04:00

I went looking for a camping site today, looking for some camping forks, marshmallow forks, etc.

I come across this site www.campfireforks.com and found some of the coolest roasting forks on the net. they had long ones, short ones, 2pc ones, and a tree for marshmallows.

pretty cool. the site also had some other items i thought were long gone in the camping area. the pie irons. www.campfireforks.com have square, round, double and some slotted pie iron. i can remember when my grandma made hobo pies or pudgy pies on those things.

Bonfire Forks

2009-09-20T12:43:00.001-04:00

Today we opened our newest site. www.bonfireforks.com and with it come a whole new concept to our network of sites. We decided to create a network of sites that have what we call “focus” products such as roasting, toasting, marshmallow forks, roasters, etc. along with other products such as pie irons, cast iron ware, and tripod grills.

With bonfires, campfires, open fires, or any other type of fire, the bonfire forks site will offer all kinds of good stuff.

visit the site www.bonfireforks.com and see all that it offers from extension forks, to marshmallow forks, to bonfire forks and roaster toasters. To pie irons to tripod grills.

the company, www.franksmarketing.com is the main company of this site selling everything for the camper in all of us. you know those guys that go camping and camping all the time, the ones with rv lights hanging from there camper awning with a campfire everywhere.

Opening Day

2009-04-06T08:27:00.001-04:00

Good Morning, today is an unofficial holiday in the US, it’s opening day for a lot of baseball teams. Including my favorite the Indians. So good luck tonight boys.

It’s just a reminder that the campgrounds will be opening real soon, and some already have. That means it’s time to get all your camping gear packed, and ready to roll at the first hint of warmth.

My item of the day today is the campfire popcorn popper. Why? well, its a simple cool gadget to have, especially at the campsite. Please one of these next to a campfire with some popcorn seeds and a bit of oil, and you’ve got the whole families attention. trust me.

Here is a photo of the popcorn popper for camping, open fire cooking.

These popcorn poppers can be found at some of the following sites.

www.PieIronUSA.com

www.PudgyPies.com

www.CampingFunShop.com

Thank you, and have a great day!

Camping Gear – Heading to April

2009-03-30T08:33:00.001-04:00

Camping Season is upon us, and it’s time to get ready to head out in nature and see what we can see.

Along the way, eat some awesome food, that is cooked over an open fire. And the easies way to do this is with pie irons and roasting forks, or as some parts of the country would say hoho pies and marshmallow forks. Either way, it all tastes good.

Camping, and pie irons and roasting forks go hand in hand, pie irons to make those awesome pudgy pies, and the forks to make those smores!

Here are a few photos of some items we found on a few sites, and the links to them.

Here are some sites to check out.

www.MarshmallowForks.com

www.RoastingForks.com

www.CampingForks.com

www.PudgyPies.com

www.PieIronUSA.com

www.Sandwichcooker.com

Camping Season – Go Camping America

2009-03-27T08:34:00.001-04:00

Let’s go camping America. That’s right, save some money, don’t visit the tourist holes, instead. enjoy your areas nature, take in the smell of the morning, in the forest. take in your surroundings. Go Camping.

more and more folks are camping, and more and more folks are seeing the benefits of camping in other ways. They’re wallet.

We recently found some web sites that sell all kinds of camping gear, some outdoor cooking items, some bonfire, camping, campfire, and grilling items.

Go Camping, get gear.

www.PieIronUSA.com

www.MarshmallowForks.com

www.CampingForks.com

www.PudgyPies.com

www.RoastingForks.com

www.SandwichCooker.com

www.CampingFunShop.com

Camping with Pie Irons

2009-03-26T08:58:00.001-04:00

Camping with Pie Irons has become as popular as taking a cooler. With today’s fast paced world or attempting to squeeze as much fun into a camping trip as possible, fixing a huge meal with all the fix’ns is a thing of the past. On today's camping sites, you’ll see more and more pie irons, and not just the traditional square pie irons, you’ll also see the famous round “pudgy” pie iron, and even some newer styles such as the wilderness cooker, that’s a slotted round iron. It allows you to cooker burgers with the grease leaving the iron.. we’re talking about an awesome burger right from the fire!

A lot of the newer irons including the burger cooker as include a double pie iron for quick cooking of 2 meals (perfect for couples).

others include the Panini cooker, the waffle iron, and the bread iron.

We’ve gone through the trouble of finding some places to get them.

www.PieIronUSA.com

www.PudgyPies.com

www.SandwichCooker.com

Here is a photo of the Hamburger cooker that you cook over you campfire, bonfire, or any open flame. even on your grill.

Everyone have a great day and we’re talk tomorrow.

Camping Forks and Pie Irons

2009-03-25T08:57:00.001-04:00

Today is my wife’s birthday, so Happy Birthday Dear.. Love Ya..

Camping forks and pie irons or some call hobo pies, mountain pies etc are fast becoming popular again. Sales have steadily grown in the last several years.

With today's economy, folks are looking to still get that vacation in but do it by spending less and still getting the relaxation they deserve. That where camping comes into play. Let the kids run, sit back an enjoy.

Today’s campgrounds are full of stuff to do. Most have swimming pools, arcades, parties and events, and all have the star filled sky.. all to yourselves.

If you’re looking for gear, then campingforks.com and marshmallowforks.com are the perfect little sites for forks, and pieironusa.com and pudgypies.com are the great places to find those outdoor cooking iron items.

Have a great day! Mike

Here is a photo of a square pie iron.

Roasting Forks – Good deals found.

2009-03-24T08:40:00.001-04:00

Well, It’s almost camping season again. Actually, we know a few friends that are already hitting the trails, and starting those fires.

This week, we’ve been working on our roastingforks.com website, getting it up and running for the season. The plans are to offer all the best forks, that have been tested and certified by us to be some of the best quality forks for camping around.

Here is a sample of one of the forks that is sold on www.roastingforks.com

This is the Big Stick for, with its’ long wooden handle, make it great for the young ones that need to use two hands!

Everyone have a great day! Mike

Labor Day weekend camping trip

2008-08-29T18:09:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone. I've got a product for you this weekend.

It's called the "Wuff 'em" stick. you have got to check out the web site at www.wuffems.com and see this camping, campfire gadget.

A stick with a head, that you place ordinary biscuits from a tube onto and roast or bake over a fire. This creates a small "bowl" in which you can fill with you favorite items like puddings, pie fillings, gravy, chili, and more...

This weekend, our goal is to try these out, and to try out other camping items that we got.

We got this new pie iron as well. It's called a wilderness cooker.

It's perfect for burgers and such.

It's like a pie iron but with slots. These allow the grease to go through the slots and to get that "grilled" look. very awesome and a must have for camping this weekend.

these can be purchased from the above sites as well as others like:

www.PieIronUSA.com

www.CampingForks.com

www.Marshmallowforks.com

www.wuffems.com

www.firepies.com

www.pudgypies.com

Camping Campfire pie iron

2008-08-22T16:55:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone...

Well today is Friday and we're preparing to go camping for the weekend. We've packed our sleeping bags, the coolers, the pillows, tents, gear, and yes.. the pie irons.

We use pie irons every time we go camping. We make sandwiches, pies, brownies, waffles, and pizza too.

We got our pie iron this week from www.pieironusa.com but we also saw some great sandwich cookers at other sites like www.sandwichcooker.com and www.pudgypies.com

Anyways, everyone have fun this weekend, start a campfire and enjoy nature..

Also, we but a marshmallow fork this week from www.marshmallowforks.com and they are cool.

Weekend Camping

2008-08-11T08:36:00.001-04:00

Good Morning. This weekend was a great weekend. The Family went camping Saturday afternoon through Sunday.

We pretty much totally relaxed, and enjoyed a book or two. Took a few rides on the golf cart, started a fire, etc.

This weekend, Kathy found a recipe from Rachel Ray for some awesome burgers, and thought she'd try them. Using the Rome Hamburger press from www.pieironusa.com and from www.pudgypies.com she made some hamburgers with the pie irons with the slots in them. Very cool. A pie iron with slots, what an idea. We grilled the burgers and the grease simply went through the slots.

She also cook some veggies the same way.

What a was to use pie irons.

Here is a photo of the slotted pie iron.

This one come from www.sandwichcooker.com but you can

also find pie irons at the following retailers.

1. www.pieironusa.com

2. www.pudgypies.com

3. www.sandwichcooker.com

4. and more......!

Cooking at camp

2008-08-02T10:16:00.001-04:00

Well it's Saturday morning and we're not camping. We decided to take a weekend and get some work done around the home, and for me to put an extra day at work.

This Sunday we plan to go to the camper at the campground and swim, along with that we plan to roast some hot dogs with our new hot dog roasting camping forks from www.campingforks.com these new forks are awesome. The come in 2 pieces and screw together to make a giant roasting fork. Kathy also picked up some roasting forks from www.marshmallowforks.com so we can roast some marshmallows on Sunday evening. The kids can't wait to go.

Here are some photos of the forks that we got.

Well that's it for now, go camping use a camping marshmallow fork or a pie iron to cook with...

Thanks,

Mike Franks

Another Day Camping

2008-08-01T12:58:00.001-04:00

Last weekend was great. I took the Wife and Kids camping.

I know, I know.. We go camping nearly every weekend, but what made this weekend special. Well, one thing. It was a family affair.

I mean, I had it made, I had my wife, and my kids all at the same spot at the same time. That was nice...

Yeah, it might not have been all weekend, but it was good.

My wife this weekend while camping thought she'd try something different in cooking this weekend, she made kabobs with skewers from campingfunshop.com. They worked out really well. She had potatos, sausage, garlic, peppers, onion, hhmm. good...

We also made pudgy pies using these cast iron pie irons from a site she ran across the other day PieIronUSA.com and PudgyPies.com both of the sites had awesome camping cooking gear and it doesn't hurt any that i run them.. But we enjoyed making the sandwiches and pies with the pie irons. They were simple and easy to use and easy cleanup. We used a round pudgy and the square sandwich ones.

Later that evening, had enjoyed some marshmallows using marshmallow forks that she had found on MarshmallowForks.com and i think another site CampingForks.com where that both have a ton of camping forks for marshmallows, hot dogs, bratwurst, you name it. The next day my Daughter and I cooked some of the sausage from the kabobs with the roasting forks and cooked them... i'm telling you they tasted good..

Well, more later.. Have a great weekend, and go camping.

Mike

Pie Iron for Camping, Rv'ing, and Home

2008-06-20T17:15:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone! Today I'd like to introduce an old family friend.

The Round Pudgy pie iron.... Yeah, the round pie iron that our parents and grandparents used over open fires an such.

We used to love these things, from banana bread, to pumpkin bread and even brownies and all kinds of meals and treats.

I remember way back when, when our parents "only" used pie irons for cooking at camp. I mean everything. They have the round one, the square one, and double, you name it they had it..

These are perfect for the new and old campers alike.

We've done some searching, and found them at the following retailers.

www.PieIronUSA.com - Wide selection.. the best for pie irons

www.SandwichCooker.com - awesome site, check out the virtual camp fire..

www.Pudgypies.com - they have the round, square, and everything in between.

www.firepies.com - a super store for camping gear.

www.romeindustries.com manufacturer of pie irons and such.

New Pie Iron Site

2008-06-17T22:04:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone! today i want to tell you about our site, www.pieironusa.com. On this site we sell everything from round pudgy pie irons, to square jaffle, and marshmallow sticks of every shape and size.

The pie irons are from rome and most have a 5 year warranty.

some of the top sellers are the square and round pie irons, the waffle makers, the marshmallow tree, well pretty much all the pie iron items.

the site is part of the www.franksmarketinggroup.com network of sites. they have several sites that sell camping gear, focus right now on the camping cooking industry.

other sites include.

www.pieironusa.com

www.pudgypies.com

www.campingforks.com

www.campingfunshop.com

www.firepies.com

www.forkcity.com

Roasting toasting and Marshmallow fork Review

2008-05-19T16:37:00.001-04:00

today i'm going to review a unique item that our family uses on a weekly basis.

It's called the bread stick. it's not quite a roasting toasting or a marshmallow fork, but i had to tell you about it.

I saw it on www.campingforks.com and others site.

above is a photo of it.

We usually take a can of store bought biscuits and lightly wrap around the end. Usually within just a minute or two you have a baked biscuit.

Our family puts butter, peanut butter, apple butter or jelly in them.

Many folks have written of all kinds of recipes for these.

you can find this and other roasting toasting and marshmallow forks at the following online retailers:

www.campingforks.com - camping forks for every recipe

www.marshmallowforks.com - yes, i said marshmallow forks.com... cool.

www.pudgypies.com - they carry an awesome selection of pie irons and roasting forks.

www.campingfunshop.com - they sell everything you need for a weekend at camping from axes, to forks, to pie irons and pumps.

Pie Iron Sandwich Cooker Vol VII

2008-04-30T13:50:00.001-04:00

Good Day. Today we're going to show you a cool little product.

the Pudgy pie iron. The round usually cast iron pudgy pie used to cook foods over an open fire or even on your gas stove.

Round Pudgy Pie Iron - Cast Iron
As much as people love the traditional square
design, there is a vocal crowd of passion for
our round Pie Iron. It's all in the way the
cooker seals the food. Locking in flavors
whether it's a hamburger, quick bread or
dessert. With a sandwich, the round design
crimps the corners of the bread to form a
firm seal (similar to ravioli.)

4 ¼" dia. Head; 28" overall length.
Weight: 2.5 lbs

Here is an image of one

These can be found at the following retailers

www.sandwichcooker.com

www.pieironusa.com

www.firepies.com

www.pudgypies.com

Pie Irons and More Vol VI

2008-04-20T08:35:00.001-04:00

Open fire Cooking Gear Reviews

Today we're going to review the wilderness burger cooker manufactured by Rome Industries.

The wilderness cooker is similar in shape and size as the pudgy pie iron sold everywhere. But with one big difference. The wilderness burger cooker has slots on both sides to allow the burger to get grilled. Very cool, I've got to tell you.

you simply make a burger, place in the gadget and cook it over a fire. Be careful not to get ashes on your burger though. You can make one burger for one person, or pass the wilderness cooker around and everyone can cook there own burger. No need to setup the big grill, or a skillet. Just use the wilderness burger cooker.

We've found these at several retailers, including these.

www.Sandwichcooker.com

www.PieIronUSA.com

www.PudgyPies.com

www.FirePies.com

and others.

Pie Iron or Pudgy Pie Irons

2008-04-15T18:00:00.001-04:00

Good day, today we're going to review a cool little camping gadget. The Pie Iron or some folks say the pudgy pie.

I guess these would be considered 2 different items. 1 is the pie iron and 1 is the pudgy pie. The "Pie Iron" is a square sandwich cooker great for grilled cheese sandwiches, and the pudgy pie is more for pies such as filling pies. But could be used for each others purposes..

Here are a couple images of each.

these can be purchased at the following retailers.

www.PudgyPies.com

www.PieIronUSA.com

www.FirePies.com

www.CampingFunShop.com

Pie Irons and Camping Items - RV Patio Lights - Vol IV

2008-04-13T14:49:00.001-04:00

Good day everyone, today we're going to show you a place to get some cool new RV Patio or Awning light sets as well as the latest camping gear from some of our favorite sites like "Sandwich Cooker" and others.

first, an item from Sandwich.com today is the Square Rome pie sandwich cooker. the cast iron gadget for cooking sandwiches over an open flame, fire, campfire, or anything of the such. this little pie iron has become a staple of American camping that now you see them in all kinds of shapes, sizes and even in aluminum. We've found the www.SandwichCooker.com carries quite a few if not most of the items that is available in the pie iron industry.

You can start me making a simple grilled cheese sandwich then move up from there into cakes, pies, and fried potato's.. you name it you can cook it.

Here are few items from sandwich cooker as well from www.pudgypies.com another place for pudgy pie irons.

Next, here is a place we have found to have some awesome RV Patio Awning and simply camping light sets. They are so cool. They help you dress up your campsite with light. Light sets from Vegas dice, to copper square, to the popular riviera lights. they have them.

Here are a few styles that we liked..

These and more are available at the following retailers.

www.SandwichCooker.com

Pie Irons and Camping Roasting Forks - Vol III

2008-04-12T15:23:00.001-04:00

Today's review is the review of the Pie Iron that's round. Some call it the pudgy pie iron. Or some the hobo or mountain pie iron. Either way you say it, it's the iron of choice for campers. Camping with a pudgy pie iron allows you to easily and quickly create meals that are easy to make, and easy to clean. All you need is a camp fire, or some kind of open fire.

4 ¼" dia. Head; 28" overall length.
Weight: 2.5 lbs

These can be purchased from the following retailers:

www.Sandwichcooker.com

www.Marshmallowforks.com

www.PudgyPies.com

Here's another item up for review today...

It's the Extension fork, yes, the extension fork. It's a fork that can extend from small to large. You simply take the fork and push up and the fork will extend. This allows you to easily take your roasting or toasting camping fork with you. great for hiking or camping. All you need is a fire, like a campfire or a bonfire.

These forks can be purchased at the following retailers:

www.CampingForks.com

www.RoastingForks.com

www.Marshmallowforks.com

www.PieIronusa.com

Pie Irons and Camping Sticks - Vol II

2008-04-10T09:31:00.001-04:00

Good morning, today I'm going to show your two more items. First the Camping Stick that's way cool. The Rome Bread Stick. Then I'll introduce you to a pie iron that made to make waffles at a campground over an open fire... very cool..

Ok, first, the Bread Stick.

this little Camping Stick is a Stainless Steel rod with a slightly pointed end to allow you to wrap a biscuit such as those from a tube, around the end piece and then heat over a camp fire, bonfire, or fire pit. Very cool...

Second, is this waffle pie iron, This is an awesome gadget for camping folks such as myself. I'm always attempting to cook awesome foods for breakfast at the camper just like at home. Only using camping fire, or an open fire somehow. this is it, the waffle maker that's meant to take camping. The long handle makes it easy to use even over those large fires (.. not me.. no, I'd never build a fire too big..). Easy to use, easy to store, easy to clean.. ok not so much on the clean side but either is any other waffle maker. We found that these waffle makers by Rome has the best quality that we can find out there.

Everyone have a great day, and enjoy your Pie irons and Camping forks just as well as we do. go Camping, Start a fire, and roast some marshmallows too..!

These items can be found at the following retailers.

www.MarshmallowForks.com

and many other places.

Pie Iron and Camping Forks Review Vol 1

2008-04-09T14:29:00.001-04:00

Today I'm going to tell you about Pie Irons and camping Forks.

I have two items to show you. first the round pudgy pie pie iron from Rome. This little pie iron has been a staple of American camping life since the dawn of ages. The pie irons we sell though are from Rome Industries and carry a 5 year warranty for workmanship. And Workmanship it is. They have put a lot of time and effort into the design of the pie iron, and have several shapes and styles since then.

The pudgy pie iron can be used for so many different recipes it's hard to even imagine all of them. So.. They have a book out too. The Pie Iron Recipe book. It's a pretty good idea to pick them both up when you get your pie iron.

Made of solid cast iron, stainless steel handle and a soft, keep cool handle makes it an easy choice when cooking over an open fire, such as a camp fire or bonfire.

Now, Onto the Camping forks, I've got one here for you, it's the two piece camp fork also manufactured for Rome Industries.

This 2 piece fork is first a roasting and toasting fork but it's also a convenient to take hiking. How many hotdog or Marshmallow roasting or toasting forks do you know of that you can take hiking? well this is one, it comes in two pieces. Perfect to put in the pack back for hiking up the mountain or down the stream. At first, I thought.. Oh.. another roasting fork, but then It hit me.. I can take this fork anywhere I planned to go. Camping with friends? Bring your own fork, simply throw it in your backpack and you're good to go.

You can purchase these at the following online retailers.

www.Campingforks.com

www.PieIronUSA.com

www.firePies.com

www.Marshmallowforks.com

www.PudgyPies.com

Thank you,

Mike Franks

Pie Iron and Camping Forks Review Vol 1

2008-04-09T14:27:00.001-04:00

Today I'm going to tell you about Pie Irons and camping Forks.

Made of solid cast iron, stainless steel handle and a soft, keep cool handle makes it an easy choice when cooking over an open fire, such as a camp fire or bonfire.

Now, Onto the Camping forks, I've got one here for you, it's the two piece camp fork also manufactured for Rome Industries.

Brat and Dog Safety Roaster

2008-04-04T10:46:00.001-04:00

today's review is of the Bratwurst and Hotdog Roaster made by Rome.

This little roasting tool is pretty cool. It allows you to cook the dogs without the worry of them falling off the end of a camping fork. Or having to cook two at a time. so this fork will do it in half the amount of time, and with less hassle.. Awesome..

These can be found at most camping sites like www.Campingforks.com and www.marshmallowforks.com and I've seen them in a few other places too.

Brat Roaster
Hinged steel cooker holds 4 hot dogs or Bratwurst without poking a hole in the meat. This is a nice way to keep the juice inside the casing if you're cooking old fashioned weenies or natural brats.

Bread & Biscuit Stick

2008-04-03T16:06:00.001-04:00

Review:

Bread & Biscuit Stick
Make hot doughy treats over a campfire using store-bought refrigerated dough (the pop-open tube style) such as "buttermilk biscuits" and "crescent rolls." Just roll a "snake" of dough onto the breadstick in a corkscrew fashion. Hold over a fire turning slowly until the dough is golden brown on the outside & puffy on the inside. Slide dough off the stick & fill the cavity with jam, honey, butter, cheese etc... 38" overall length. Chrome plated steel rod, aluminum cooking stick and 21" extra long wood handle with leather hanging strap.

this is quickly become a very popular item at the campsite. Our kids love this little stick. You wake up, and want a biscuit.. this will do it.
I'm telling you, you've got to get one.

These can be found at the following web sties.

Marshmallow.com - Marshmallow and Camping roasting and Toasting Forks.

campingforks.com - Camping cooking and any other camp cooking fork you can imagine.

PieIronUSA.com - Pie Irons and Camping forks. The Pie Irons are very cool camping cooking gadget. If you have an open fire, then use a Pie Iron to make sandwiches. Very Cool.!

Sandwich Cooker

2008-03-30T09:21:00.001-04:00

Good morning, today i'd going to show you a website that is dear to my heart. It's www.SandwichCooker.com and they sell camping Pie irons, Pudgy Pie, or Mountain pie irons.. Well you get the picture. Right? They sell camping gear.

They sell, Pie iron Sandwich cookers of all shapes and sizes. Like round, Square, and cast iron and aluminum. like Double pie, and the panini or even a waffle maker.

They sell campfire or fireplace popcorn poppers, roasting and toasting forks, even this think called a bread maker.. to make bread over a campfire or fireplace. Very awesome..!

The item i'd like to showcase today is Hot dog, Bratwurst, or cornbread maker..!

Dog n' Brat/Cornbread Cooker - Cast Iron
Beer dogs, brats & onions, grilled sausages?
You Betcha! The Dog n' Brat/Cornbread Cooker
lets you cook 'em all over the fire while sealing in
the juices. The cooking cavity holds 3 at a time.
Cornbread and other quick breads are simple to
make as well. With our cast iron design, you'll
get the meat sizzling without being charred by the
exposure of open flame.

They sell them for $34.95 and i've also seen them at several other sites such as Pie Iron USA, Pudgy Pies, and others.

Earth Hour

2008-03-30T08:35:00.002-04:00

"Earth Hour", what an idea.. It seems to have worked. It's amazing how you can create an idea in today's world and turn it into a worldwide event in just one year.

I encourage everyone to go to the Earth Hour site and explore the information and learn more about the cause.

Earth hour was on March 29th at 8pm in your local time zone. The idea is to turn OFF your lights for just one hour. Originally created in Sidney Australia has blossomed to a worldwide event. Moscow, Chicago, over 200 major cities, and millions of people joined us in turning out the lights.

the whole purpose is for everyone to realize and wake-up to the amount of energy we all use and also to note how easy it could be to save just a little.

Here are a few photos on My family and I celebrating "Earth Hour".

Funny story about "Earth Hour" was my wife and I were out shopping and my 8 year old son called us from his cell about 7:55 and asked if we were coming home soon (he wasn't alone, our teenage daughter was with him). He was concerned that we were going to be out and about when the lights went off..!

We explained to him that the power would still be on, but that we were planning to turn them off ourselves... He thought.. How can Earth get the help it needs if only a few people to it.. I later brought up the Earth Hour site and explained that millions of people joined us in turning out the lights. He was glad we did and hoped Earth got the message that we care.

Mike Franks

Hotdog, Roasting, or Marshmallow Forks

2008-03-28T12:42:00.002-04:00

That is the Question. What do you call a stick made usually of metal but could be wood. A pointed end or possible more than one end. Sometimes the tines are forward, other times for safety forks the tines are reversed. Even yet, Rome's new Marshmallow Tree the tines are pointing in lots of directions.

And where can you use these forks? Are they Camping forks? or are they meant for the Fireplace? Can you use them over a patio fire or maybe just a bonfire. I think the answer is Yes to the above..

I can imagine that hotdog and marshmallow forks have been around for hundreds of years and will continue to be around for many more to come. Some of today's retailers have really come to sell every shape and size they can find. Such a retail is CampingForks.com, I tell you there site is full of color and surprises. They even have a virtual campfire to pretend you're roasting your marshmallow with the camping fork that you just bought. The one That I liked the most was the Rome Marshmallow tree that they sell, the tree is an awesome idea and I think should sell well.

Today's Product: The Giant Roasting Fork...! this fork is the staple of American roasting forks. This for is 41 inches in length, and is made of quality strong steel. Put simply, it's the grand daddy of forks. yet, a simple design. the Giant roasting fork can be found at sites like Camping Forks, Marshmallow Forks, and other sites such as Pie Iron USA all of which seem to sell it for around $19.95 for a four pack.

Pie Irons - the Pudgy Pie - hobo Pie

2008-03-27T08:30:00.001-04:00

Good morning, today I want to tell you about a product that we sell on our sites. It's the Rome Pudgy Pie Iron. It's two pieces of cast iron shaped to create a pocket. Folks have been cooking with these for years and years. Most likely started with making sandwiches with the square version to making pies with this version the round one. We have created all kinds of goodies with these.. Like corn muffins, pancakes, hash browns, fried potato's, brownies, and more.

These are so simple, and so easy to use it's no wander why they are very popular at camp sites around the world. but did you know you could use these at home as well. If you have a burner, you can easily use these in your home. The outdoor grill works well too.. Simply place the pie iron on your grill and cook-up your favorite treats.....

Ok, here's the skinny, you can purchase these at several website's on the net. Like Pie Iron USA, Pudgy Pies, Sandwich Cooker, and others.

Pie Irons, Pudgy Pies, Mountain Pies, or even hobo Pies.. whatever you call them, we call the good.. You name it you can cook in it.

These are a must for any camping trip.

Everyone have a great day. Tomorrow, I'll show you another product..! Mike Franks

Days 46 & 47 My Wife's Birthday

2008-03-26T11:02:00.001-04:00

good day, Yesterday the 25th was my wife's birthday. She's now 37... I can say that because now that she's 37 and I'm ONLY 36 she is much older than I...

Today I'm working on camping fun shop changing it up a bit and hopefully making it a bit easier to sell pie irons camping forks and other camping and outdoor open fire cooking items.

Everyone have a great day.. go camping..!

Day 42 - 45 - Monday

2008-03-24T07:35:00.001-04:00

Good Morning, Well.. It looks like I've skipped a few days of blogging. With the holiday and the in-laws I'm not sure how I got anything done...

This past weekend I decided not to work, or at least not work much.
I took Friday off and spent it with my family, and did the same for the weekend. I'm pretty sure we had a good time.
Today I'm waiting on an order from Wilcor International of camping items for www.firepies.com. I'm not sure how, but it seems that I can't get them to change the address to the office versus here at home. So I'll stay home until they come, then head to the office to ship when they get here.

This week my kids are on spring break, meaning they will be home all week and most likely bored...
I'm planning on taking them a time or two to the office and maybe giving me a hand and things. My daughter enjoys using a camera and I'm sure I could use a few pictures taken of some product for any of our sites like www.campingforks.com or www.marshmallowforks.com, or even www.pieironusa.com for the pie iron and pudgy pie irons.. I'm not sure how to photograph roasting, toasting and camping forks. (ok, enough plugging)..

Anyway's, today I'm planning on working on a new site, www.hobopies.com and others.

Have a great day everyone.! Mike

Day 41 - www.MarshmallowForks.com

2008-03-20T09:57:00.001-04:00

Good Morning, Well I'm sure you've figured it out by now. Today i'm working on www.Marshmallowforks.com. I plan to make some pretty good changes including adding a video to the site as a test. Yes, a video. Most likely a simple video simply welcoming folks to the site and inviting them to browse the site and to give us comments on our site. We're really curious what the reaction will be.

I'm also planning on creating a new site, www.HoboPies.com and selling pie irons and such on it as well. Only making it a bit different than some of our other sites. I think it will look awesome.. Check it out soon.

Well, Last night my daughter had her birthday and it seemed to go ok. I think she had a pretty good time. I did tell you yesterday that i had baked a cake so I thought i'd upload a photo of the cake.

So, Here it is...!

Have a great day everyone..!

Day 40 - My Daughters Birthday

2008-03-19T16:19:00.001-04:00

Good day, well today is my daughters 15th birthday. This means within the next 6 months she'll want her driving permit and want to drive... Actually I kinda look forward to teaching her. Although ask me that again in 7 months and I might tell you otherwise.
This also means that in a year she'll want to drive and get a job... Now that I do look forward to. giving her a chance to get her feet wet in the real world.
I actually baked the cake for you today. Yes, I did.. I baked the cake.. I think I did pretty good, and she said it looked just fine... So I figure it's ok. not doing much special for her, just a cake, and dinner out. Oh, and that sims2 game extras.. H & M style stuff.

Speaking of Sims , I noticed today that have added a new Sims 3 link at http://thesims3.ea.com and you can check out the latest in the Sims arena ....!

During the cold winter months, seems my family sit around the warm home, and play Sims when we can't get outside. funny thing I always make my Sims go camping.....lol.....

Anyway's, everyone have a great day and happy birthday Amber.

oh.. and the plug.. check out www.Campingforks.com

Day 39 - Tuesday

2008-03-19T15:52:00.001-04:00

Wow.. what a day.. Sorry this is being written on Wednesday. Just that Tuesday was busy. Busy with bob from www.firepies.com and with things down at the braintree in Mansfield.

I did a little work on www.marshmallowforks.com ..

thanks, Mike

Day 38 - St Patrick's Day

2008-03-17T12:25:00.001-04:00

Good morning everyone. Today is green day. the day to wear green so you won't get pinched.. Depending on who's doing the pinching depends on wether I wear green?...lol

Anyway, today I'm going to review some old photos of the Mansfield reformatory and of Kalahari resorts that we took in the 360 format. I'm going to attempt to revive that part of the business and to get the www.seemy360.com site up and running and profitable as well.

I also, might contact the Mansfield reformatory and see about coming out again and doing another shot of the DVD... I might have to do a presentation or something.

Have a great day everyone.! Mike

Day 37 - Sunday

2008-03-16T16:59:00.001-04:00

good day. What a day.. Got the prius back from its oil change and stopped by the verizon store for a quick fix.

Today I'm taking a little break from work, and simply relax and watch the nascar race, and maybe the recorded nationwide race from yesterday.

Also, plan to play a little Sims also. Seems Sims have become a big part of our family weekends at home in the winter...

Have a great day everyone.

Mike

Day 36 - Ustream.TV

2008-03-15T17:51:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone.. today and yesterday has been exciting days at Franks Marketing Group. We've added a new feature that we're going to implement though out the network. V I D E O..

Yep video. But not just the simple little video selling products...

Our plan is to have two segments. first at least a monthly live show broadcast on www.pudgypietv.com and others.

Also, we want small, like 15 seconds or less, videos for each and every product. I'm talking a small video explaining the benefits and features of each item. Allowing our customers to get as much information on the product before taking the leap of faith.. and purchasing the product.

Our goal is to assist our customers anyway we can to remove any walls that would prevent them from making the decision to buy from us. This year we've already added "live assistance" and now adding videos will help greatly.

More information to come...

We're planning on using www.ustream.tv for our provider.

Also, check out www.marshmallowforks.com and www.sandwichcooker.com

thanks,

Mike

Day 35 - a new division

2008-03-15T17:33:00.001-04:00

Good day, I'm writing this a day late, but I've been really

working on a new division of the company. Our new Video Production and distribution division.. Awesome..

More to come.. check out www.pudgypietv.com

Day 34 - Pie Iron recipes

2008-03-13T09:29:00.001-04:00

Good morning, today I'd like to share a web site with you. the site doesn't sell anything but simply has useful information for campers of all kinds. Simple a camping recipe site. www.Campfire-recipes.com I think it will turn out to be a pretty good little site. so please anyone who has a camping recipe please submit it to them...

Thanks, Mike

Day 33 - oops I missed a day

2008-03-13T07:28:00.001-04:00

Good morning, the day after. I'll write more in a bit.

Got to run to the office, go to lenscrafters, and maybe walmart for a small fridge.

mike - Buy Pie Irons

Day 32 - Pie Irons and Roasting Forks

2008-03-11T08:23:00.001-04:00

Good morning everyone.. Today is going to be an awesome day... Today I'll be shipping some product to customers around the country. Seems that Pie Irons and Roasting Forks are my current hot items. the Pie Irons range in shape from Square, round, and double to material like cast iron or aluminum. Some, for example, have shorter handles like the jaffle iron, to be used on an ordinary gas stove or grill. People from all over the country use these pie irons for all kinds of foods. Actually depending on where you are you might call them pudgy pies, mountain pies, or even hobo pies. Either way that are two pieces of metal enclosing to make a treat or meal. See www.PieIronUSA.com or www.Pudgypies.com for more information.

Roasting, toasting, camping and Marshmallow forks are our second most popular items. I can tell you we have tons of different styles to chose from. We have the standard camping fork, the awesome safety forks, the marshmallow tree, and forks that extend... We have Wood and metal sticks. See www.campingforks.com or www.roastingforks.com for more information.

Here is a photo of a square cast iron, pie iron - www.pieironusa.com

Day 31

2008-03-10T10:11:00.001-04:00

Cool. good morning everyone.. Today is my 31st day of blogging...

I think that's a huge undertaking for me. I hope it pays off in the future.

Today I'm heading to Elyria to do a Forbidden kingdom standee and then heading to Mansfield to do another most likely.

I'm also going to be doing a few minor changes to www.campingforks.com today...

Have a great day everyone!

Day 30 - Race Day

2008-03-09T17:05:00.001-04:00

good day everyone, today is a dig out day. What a mess.. Snow everywhere. Snow piled so high it's crazy.

Got dug out, and got the cars ready for the week.

today I'm planning on working on www.sandwichcooker.com and maybe www.pieironusa.com and www.rvlightsusa.com to just do some simple changes and updates.

Plan to watch the Nascar race in Atlanta today and relax and enjoy the family...

Have a great day everyone.

Day 29 - the Blizzard of 2008

2008-03-08T11:03:00.001-05:00

Good morning, well this is the day. The day of the blizzard of 2008 here in northern central Ohio. We're in Norwalk, just south of Sandusky, and Cedar Point.

the snow has been coming down fast. So fast that yesterday I ran to the local walmart to get some groceries (ok, simply junk food to get through the weekend). when I went the snow had just started, and there wasn't any snow anywhere... But, when I come out of walmart after about an hour. The Snow was coming down really hard. So hard I had to scrape the windshield.. and guess what.. The other day I was scraping my wives windshield and broke her ice scraper so I switched them with mine so she'd have one. So today I had to use the broken one... I know, I know.. I was sitting right there at walmart..

Here is a little video of me coming home from walmart...

Well, later I hope to have new video of Jenni out smok'n in the blizzard... that will be funny.

well, today my soul mission is to at least begin some new web sites. I have nearly 30 to 40 domains that need to get up and running. I'm also going to do a little to Sandwich Cooker .com and Pie Iron USA.com . Also I've spoken to "Bob" and we're lowering our prices on most of our pie irons across our network. including on www.firepies.com .

Well, until later.. Mike

Day 28 - The day before the Ohio blizzard of 2008

2008-03-07T10:27:00.001-05:00

ok, ok.. they haven't actually called it that yet, but they will tomorrow. You know, the TV channels like 3, 5,8 19, 11, all those channels here in northern Ohio.. I can see the little graphics guys working overtime today just to make the graphics for the weekend.... Maybe I should start selling T-shirts say I survived the blizzard of 2008.. Cleveland Ohio....!

Today we're heading to Elyria around noonish to do a standee for the movie "Forbidden Kingdom" and then heading back home.

I plan to run to walmart and get some groceries for the major storm coming here to northern Ohio.. you know.. the blizzard.

I'll be working on just a few sites today. www.campingforks.com and marshmallow forks .com hopefully I'll have some real progress on them.

Have a great day. and stay safe..Mike

Day 27 - Thursday

2008-03-06T10:10:00.001-05:00

Good Morning everyone, today is going to be a busy day.

I'm already at the office, and working on getting all my paperwork done before the cinema here in Mansfield opens. Jenni is with me and we've only got a few more of these standees to go.

Other than that, I've been working on www.sandwichcooker.com and www.pieironusa.com this morning hoping I can finish the projects soon. Well got to go, have a great day everyone..!

Day 26 - The day after the Primaries here in Ohio

2008-03-05T11:49:00.001-05:00

Good Morning.. Well.. Clinton done it. she won Rhode Island, Ohio and Texas. Congratulations to her and her campaign.

Today me and my wife (Kathy) are working on several sites together. We just finished www.SandwichCooker.com and I think it will be an awesome site. Did some touch-up work on www.pieironusa.com, www.campingforks.com, and www.marshmallowforks.com . I also plan on calling Jenni to see if she needed anything for www.roastingforks.com .

today is a pretty day. Lots of snow and ice.. Ok.. maybe it pretty but that doesn't mean fun...

This evening I plan to spend some time with my kids, maybe play the nintendo wii with them or something like that.

I have been debating on starting a "video" blog on here and on www.youtube.com to see if I'd get any hits... just an idea...

Everyone have a good day..!

Mike

Day 25 - Second post

2008-03-04T15:26:00.001-05:00

Ok.. my daughter come home early due to the ice storm... it's crazy..

just raining ice, and windy. check this video out..

Ohio Ice Storm

Day 25 - Ohio Primary Day

2008-03-04T14:56:00.001-05:00

Good day, What a great day.. it's the primaries here in Ohio.

and well, I got out this morning, and went and voted. and I hope you do to. Do you part, and vote.

What gets me, is folks wining, boo hoo ing, and complaining about our elected officials, then on election day they don't vote. how can you complain if you can't even get down to the voting booth and cast your vote. So.. vote folks...

ok.. onward.. today I stayed home and worked on a few web sites like www.roastingforks.com and www.campingforks.com and also did a little to www.funatcamp.com .

Picture of the day...

Well, I did it, I put my old blackberry 8830 worldphone on eBay. You're going to laugh.. But the office needs a new little fridge.. so, I put the blackberry on eBay to help pay for it...lol....

Here it is... my blackberry...

everyone be careful out there today.. Mike

Day 24 - Wow what a day.

2008-03-03T10:36:00.001-05:00

Good morning everyone...... Wow... it's Monday, a new month.

I am looking forward so much to March. Sales ought to be picking up, the weather should be getting warmer, and the smell in the air...

Today is going to be a whopping day..... first, I had to shuffle a bunch of paperwork around. Now I've got to pack some boxes.. (thank you customers) and then some more paperwork.

Then I'll attempt to get 2 standees in my car. "Forbidden Kingdom" and "Meet the browns" and head to Toledo with Jenni and put them plus "Prom Night" up.... going to be a long evening...... ooh.. and a "Harold & Kumar 2" light box artwork... all in one theater...

Also, today, I'm going to work on www.campingforks.com and www.marshmallowforks.com and hopefully get a chance to work on campfire-recipes.com and add some product to it.

Well, everyone have a good day..!

Day 23 - The Video Factor

2008-03-02T13:46:00.001-05:00

Good day, Another exciting day at Franks Marketing... We've bought video cameras for our next big project.

Our goal is to have small 15-30 second videos demonstrating each product. small video screens on each product page that shows the visitor the product benefits, features, etc.. We think this will revolutionize the way our customers shop. Our plan is to test this feature soon on one of our sites like www.marshmallowforks.com yeah you read it Marshmallow Forks .com yep... it our newest web site.. www.MarshmallowForks.com ...

We also want to begin having 360 degree photos of products, giving the customer the complete view of the item.. This will allow the customer to get much more information on the product they are purchasing...

1. The still - At least 2 per product
2. The 360 GIF
3. The Video
4. Reviews by our experts
5. Reviews by our Customers
6. Complete description from our manufacturers

PLUS.. we're planning on LIVE Webcasts broadcast on pudgypietv.com and youtube.com.

Today i am going to be working on www.campingforks.com by adjusting some of the buy buttons, etc.

Also, possibly be working with Jenni on www.roastingforks.com

ooh.. and today is race day for nascar. In Las Vegas..
Kathy and I are currently planning our retirement their... I can't wait..

ok.. I've also made some big changes to www.franksmarketinggroup.com and www.franksmarketinggroup.com/control .. I think they will help things a bit.

Picture of the Day.... The welcome to Vegas Sign...
Once in Vegas we had our limo driver take us here... Lots of fun...

Well, everyone have a great day... Mike

Day 22 - It's Saturday

2008-03-01T09:13:00.001-05:00

Good day mates, it's Saturday...
Yesterday ended up being a pretty good day. We were able to complete www.campfire-recipes.com and get a big jump on www.funatcamp.com now we just need some pricing and some normal information to place on the site.

Today I plan on working a little on www.campingforks.com and on of our other sites RV Lights USA . Jenni yesterday worked really hard placing images and descriptions on Fun at Camp. She added fun packs and more sporting items. I think the site is turning out pretty good.

Last night my wife and I spent the evening with my wives brother and his wife; Jenni. We pretty much started out working on web sites like Roasting Forks .com and Pie Iron USA.com. What actually ended up was that we had a bit too much to drink and didn't really feel like doing much more work.

We are also working hard to get ramped up for the spring. We're increasing our inventory levels and stocking up on all kinds of items. We figure we can have even better service this year than last and attempt to ship orders within a day or two getting the order.

Last year, with Fire Pies .com and with Camping Fun Shop .com we did really good and averaged 36 hours of shipping time.

Well enough for today, maybe more later..

Day 21 - Leap Day

2008-02-29T10:38:00.001-05:00

Good Morning everyone, today is leap day...

did you know...

that many years ago, on leap day, it was tradition that women could ask a man for marriage and the man couldn't say no...

Can you imagine a 450 pound woman coming at you and saying "marry me", "Marry me", "Marry Me"...! and you couldn't say no...

ok... today... It's snowing... again... I mean snowing....(see pic of the day below)...

today I'm staying home, and Matt and Jenni at coming here and working. Jenni and I are planning on working on www.roastingforks.com and www.campingforks.com as well as starting some of our pie iron recipe sites... Our plan is to get as many done as possible this weekend....

ok...

Today is my first " Video of the Day "

This video was recorded while waiting for Troy ( www.origami-boy.com ) to get on the bus...

Pretty cool... in just 30 seconds the window is totally covered..

Well, everyone have a great day.!

Day 20

2008-02-28T09:24:00.001-05:00

Good morning everyone....

Today is a big day, you see... Matt and Jenni are coming to the office. We got some standees in and need to be put up. We have quite a few. the standees are for "Prom Night", "Forbidden Kingdom", and "Meet the Browns".. All seem like they'd be pretty good.

currently at www.standeejobs.com was have several regions that we're hiring for movie standee installers. Including Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus, and Dayton. As well as any other part of the country.

Today I plan on working on www.pudgypietv.com as well as www.pudgypies.com . Please a little on www.campingforks.com and www.roastingforks.com with Jenni.. Matt is loading up and heading to Columbus to do standees.

well, I've got to go for now.. have a great day everyone...!

Wednesday

2008-02-27T18:04:00.001-05:00

Good day.. sorry for the late writing...

today is a sad day.. I had en eye doctors appointment today..

needless to say.... bifocals... can you believe it.. bifocals...

no way...please no... not bifocals.....lol...

ok, ok.. let's talk about this....

I ended up going with some contacts and having to wear reading magnifying glasses... you know for that close up work, computer work, or reading......

today I'm working on just one site, www.PieIronUSA.com and hope to start processing orders real soon. I've got all the inventory and ready to roll.

Have a great day everyone..!

Day 18 - Tuesday

2008-02-26T10:29:00.001-05:00

Good Morning.... and What a morning it has been...

First..My first picture of the day... this is what it looks like outside right now...

Not good...

The Kids have no school today, so they are home and will most likely be bored out of their minds. In turn, drive me crazy...

Well, at least they don't have far to drive me..

anyway...
today is going to be a great day. I'm going to work on several of our sites today. like.. www.PieIronUSA.com, www.CampingFunShop.com and www.PudgyPies.com and probably more. I've also been working with Bob on how we can increase our market share with www.FirePies.com and his other sites that he has. We plan to work together to create a larger market for both our companies.

We both hold several domains (I have 67) and we both know we can turn those sites into great sites with a ton of information for everyone.

One idea we both have is to have videos. We feel this is going to be a huge part of the Internet marketing in the future.

I plan having video on www.campingforks.com as soon as possible. And we should also have video on www.firepies.com soon.

ok.. now the next picture of the day..

My son.. Troy.. or origami-boy - www.origami-boy.com

ok... He's a little silly..

Have a great day everyone..

oh.. we've added 3 more blog spots.. now this blog is being posted to even more blogs.

http://pieironusa.spaces.live.com/

http://franksmarketinggroup.blogspot.com/

http://pudgypie.wordpress.com

http://pudgypies.livejournal.com

http://pie-iron.blogspot.com

http://pieiron.livejournal.com

http://pieiron.wordpress.com

Day 17 - Monday

2008-02-25T10:02:00.001-05:00

Hello everyone, welcome to Monday...! ok.. probably not

the best news you've heard this morning...

Today is an awesome day. I just got a ton of movie standee work orders.... Considering it's been a very slow month for camping items it's good to see any kind of work.

the movies are "meet the browns", "Forbidden kingdom" and "Run Fatboy run"...

I'm hoping they arrive here today so I can hit the theaters to get them installed ASAP..

I still have some camping orders to ship, I figure I'll get started on them right a way...

I guess the "Prom Night" standees are very difficult to put together and have taken folks in California nearly 3 to 4 hours to do.

My weekend.. I had a great weekend, My wife and I worked and got everything out of a storage unit we had, saving us some money.(always good).. I get to watch my first Craftsman series truck race.. It was cool, kinda odd to see truck going around the track.

The nationwide series was delayed, then postponed then the spring series was a total mess.. go to nascar to read more..

My wife and I enjoyed each other this weekend.. It was a good weekend...

Picture of the day..

The Prom night standee.. This is the one that is supposed to take nearly 4 hours to do. Check out the site... very cool.....!

Have an awesome Monday everyone.. I'll hopefully get to sell and ship more camping items today.. like some pie irons..!

Sunday - Raceday

2008-02-24T14:31:00.001-05:00

Good Morning everyone...

What a day.. Bob made some good changes on the FirePies.com site.

Today is a pretty good day. My and and I went and got everything out of our old storage unit and hopefully save us some money.

Today I am working on several sites including franksmarketinggroup.com and campingforks.com

Picture of the day...

My son.. the origami-boy.. at origami-boy.com

Now that's funny...

oh... have you heard.. Nader for President... now that even funnier..!

Day 15 - Saturday

2008-02-23T10:23:00.001-05:00

good morning everyone. It's Saturday.....

ok.. so I'm still going to attempt to get some work done..

Everyone please check out my new completed site..

www.PudgyPies.com it's pretty cool. I personally think it is one of my better sites. actually it is one of my better sites.

On the site I also started a new feature. A links page. I figured if I wanted a certain search engine to notice that other sites link to one of my site what better way than have all my sites have a links page. I do not want though the links page to be real noticeable to my visitors, as it's kinda cheesy, old fashioned site building...

Anyway... today is going to be a good day.. I'm heading to the storage unit to finish getting everything out of it today.. and save me some money each month... then I only have a few things on the honey do list before a race starts at 3.

I've never watched a craftsman truck series race before, and have always only watched the cup series. So today I'm going to watch a little of the truck and the nationwide races. I'm hoping that they are just as exciting as the big races. we're see..

Today, I might also work on making some additional conversions of www.airforceonethefinalmission.com . I am wanting to get it converted to a serif site so I can have more control over the site and better keyword and descriptions too.

Air Force One The Final Mission is a good site and the product is pretty cool. Anyone interested in the place should take a look at the site and read up. (and don't forget to buy a book)

ok.. Picture of the day..... hmm...

Camping Fun.... This is my son last year at our camper... Having a little "light up" fun with light sticks and such... man I can't wait to go camping... (... looks like my mother in the background-- Hi Mom!)

Also.. I've expanded this blog to include multi publishing to post this blog to a total of 4 different blogs.. Google's blogger, MSN's spaces, wordpress and LiveJournal.

until T-m-R-O , Mike

Day 14

2008-02-22T07:22:00.001-05:00

Good Morning everyone..

today is another one of those two hour delay days for the kids...

I wander if they realize it's also a two hour delay from adults as well. You know, basically we put our lives on hold for the two hours too. O well, sent the kids back to bed....

Yesterday was a pretty good day. I decided I wasn't going to bust my tail working on one website for the entire day or even week. Instead I decided to do a little to several sites throughout the day. I did a little work to FunAtCamp.com, CampingFunShop.com, PudgyPies.com,and AirForceOneTheFinalMission.com. I plan to do the same today with them all. Plus maybe even work on RVLightsUSA.com and PieIronUSA.com. Seems PieIronUSA.com is having a bit of difficulty getting indexed by the search engines, I'll have to look into that.

Anyway yesterday ended up being a very good day.. Especially later in the evening......! sweet...

Picture of the day time.......

hmm.. This picture was taken from the Campground during one of our little excursions. We call them "golf Cart Rides" simply meaning we hop on the golf cart drive around the campground and wave at everyone, chit chat, and head for the trails.. It's a lot of fun and every adult turns into kids instantly..

Seeing this picture harkens me back to the days at the campground and makes me more anxious to get back to camping.. Come On Spring!.....

Everyone Check out my "Virtual Campfire" at campingforks.com it's pretty cool. Let me know what you think.

My second post of the day

2008-02-21T10:31:00.001-05:00

Hello everyone...

I just thought i'd let everyone know of a new show coming to the internet....

PudgyPieTV.. that's it Pudgy Pie TV will be very cool.. More to come

Day 13 - The day after the eclipse

2008-02-21T09:31:00.004-05:00

Good Day mate......
Last night was so cool.the whole family and I stayed to watch the Lunar Eclipse.
ok. maybe we stayed up to watch American Idol. But was paused the show
for the eclipse..

Today i'll be adding a few more items to fun at camp.com as well as taking
a look at camping fun shop.com .
I also want to convert AirForceOnceTheFinalMission.com over to a serif page.
This will give me more control on changes, and allow for a more vibrant site.

Here are todays pictures of the day.. Yes.. you guessed it.. The lunar eclipse.
I used our panasonic 8mp, Lumix camera. I think they turned out
pretty good. considering how far the moon is... I think the lunar eclipse
come out just fine...

Day 12 - Snowy

2008-02-20T11:00:00.003-05:00

Good Morning.. It's day 12 of my blog..

This morning has not been good, nearly 10 of my sites are down..
The good news is that others are up. The old servers were one
for all.. Still some are down.. not good..
As I write this blog i am trying to remember what i was supposed
to say on here... I remember that family and i discussing it but
I simply have lost it...

ooh.. Troy and i this morning heard a little skit on XM kids and
it was about a pig losing things, so.. I just lost my marbles..
(Troy will understand)..

Anyways..
Today i'm going to work a little on the fun at camp site.
and then start to create a "Franks Marketing" templete for
future sites to be created in short time.
I don't want the template to be tttooo complicated or ttooo
similar where the search engines get them confused. But
just an easier way to produce a dozen sites within a short
time frame.

This morning Troy and I add a few pictures of his origami
to his site.. Origami-boy.com..

Wow...!
this morning it was snowing just a little bit, but the snow
was very flakey, you know... free falling type.. a little
wind would blow it everywhere..

Well, i was driving, with a car in front of me, and a semi
in front og them carring cars. In front of the car carring
semi was a snow plow..
I also had 3 cars behind me..
ok... now the snow plow is going slow.. i'm talking like
40 mph.. and the semi with the cars is getting impatient..
so he decides he is going to pass the snow plow just
as i thought i'd take a picture for "picture of the day"..
What i cought was an idiot semi driver passing a snow
plow on a snowy day... Ooohhh.. one more thing
a car coming from the other direction.....!

Everything is fine... just a little snow..!

Holy Cow!.. is that semi passing the snow plow...?

so much for that idea..... Ohh.. didn't see the car coming buddy...?
what an idiot..

ok, ok... let the car by and try again......

ok.. I know what you're thnking... who's the idiot.. the semi driver, or the person taking
the pictures..... i would have to say the semi driver... but you know.......
i took the pictures while driving...

Have a great day everyone..
Mike

Day 11

2008-02-19T08:22:00.002-05:00

Good morning everyone. Today has started just swell.
My son (the origami-boy) isn't feeling well today and has
a slight fever. I have decided to keep him home today.
That also means inturn that I am staying home tody instead
of heading to the office.
Last week, i was thinking i realy needed a customer support program
so i could "see" visitors on my sites and how they re-act to the site.
I looked at a TON of products and yesterdaty evening i decided
on "visitorville". Visitorville, is an awesome program that allow you to
SEE your visitors in real-time. It's like sim-city for your website...
very cool.
This morning i have implemented this program across our network
to most sites. Today i plan to check it out more as i work on
the new site of Fun at camp.com
I'm hoping to make funatcamp.com a place folks can go and get
stuff to make camping fun. I mean having fun at camp is the
goal right? so making camping fun is our goal.. (ok, enought keywords here).

Picture of the day...

My kids.......

2008-02-18T12:48:00.002-05:00

Good morning everyone....
Today is presidents day. a day to celebrate a president? hhm...
i was thinking this morning about my grandmother. She was a
big democrat, and i always loved talking politics with her because
i've always considered myself a replublican. we would have a blast
together just yacking back and forth. I think she loved it..
Well, Today the kids didn't have school due to the holiday, and my
office took the day off because the banks where closed ( she is in
the account department of a large company in Cleveland, Ohio)
SSSoo... Today, my wife stayed home with my son, and my teenage
daught come to the office with me today..!
I think it's kinda cool.. I just hope it's not too boring for her...

I figure i've been working on a ton of website lately, i could always
use more photos of the products so i'm having her take some photos
of any and all the products... this would allow me to use my own
photos on the sites... She's really good at picture taking so i look
forward to seeing them...
Last friday bob (of firepies.com) and I have been complicating on how
we can increase our traffic, and to increase the turnover of our
current traffic.
We've decided on something that is on the up and coming on the
web.. video. We're thinking of having a weekly webcast show..!
that would be cool. and we can post the episodes online weekly..!
put them on youtube to increase our traffic and ourselves.
I also want to have small, little videos for our products.. I mean like
when you visit the site looking for; let's say a pie iron. you can
see all the images and a small video showing you features, benefits,
and more.. I think it would increase our sales!...

I know, i know.. mike... on a video... kinda scary......! You know...
these are camping people.. just us ordinary folks having fun...
We're camping people...! I look forward to it.. hhmm maybe a
call in show..!... lol...

Ok, Picture of the day.....!
My daughter... she is so pretty...

ok, Today i'm working on funatcamp.com hopefully

i won't make it so complicated as RvLightsUSA.com was.

have a great day.. Mike

Today is a holiday

2008-02-17T09:50:00.004-05:00

February 17
Today is a Holiday
ok, Maybe not to everyone. But to a lot of folks around the country, today IS a holiday.
you see, there is this little event happening in Florida today...
The Daytona 500.. you konw.. nascar..!

ok, I am a big fan of nascar, and have my favorites, but i love
to watch the race with my family. (my wife like nascar so I'm allowed
to watch it on the plasma... )

Today we're have hotdogs, nachos, beer, you name it.. snack and
juck food all day..

Then tomorrow the treadmill...

anyway.. Today i'm going to finish RVLightsUSA.com
and start to get FunatCamp.com up and running.
I probably won't get much done with the race but you know..
I'll try..

Well... ok... Time for pictures of the day....!
this is funny. My mother and brother in Ridgeville, Indiana
are in the process of remodelling there bathroom...
so... at 9am this morning i get these cell messages.... take a look..
First text message of the day... My Mothers Toilet..

Must be the new Shower......! should make it a lot easier for her to get in..

Awesome.. monkey bars........!

Pretty sink.... looks like a price Phister faucet ( from my days at lowe's)

Pretty... (Mom did say she was going to sneak in a flower or two..)cause Richie wanted it to be mannly... it's not so manny..

This must be the floor... cool...
well, everyone enjoy your holiday today and may the best man win..
Don't drink too much beer that you forget who won..

Mike

It's Saturday

2008-02-17T09:28:00.002-05:00

Well, today is Saturady...!

Today Troy and i are going to create a new little website for him.
He's going to focus on his origami things and simple pictures of
him around the country.
his site Origami-Boy.com will be lots of fun and it will allow us
to both work on a project together.

i'll be working on RVLightsUSA.com in an attempt to get it
finished. then i'll work on FunatCamp.com to get it up and
running.

Have a great day.
Mike

oo.. Pic of the day..

Troy waiting on his parents.... chicago

Day 7

2008-02-15T12:50:00.000-05:00

Good Morning...day is a great day..

it's friday...!

Last night was awesome for the family.
We ended up taking the kids out to the movies
and we saw "fools gold" ( actually our daugh didn't.
she met with friends their and saw another movie)
The Movie was great, Kathy and I loved it...
Other than that was it for the night..

Today i'm determinded to get buy buttons for
rv lights usa up and running.
I'm selling all kinds of Patio Lights, Party Lights.
Awesome Awning lights.

Have a good one.

Valentines Day

2008-02-14T10:46:00.000-05:00

Good Monring...
Happy Valentine's Day everyone..........!

hi Honey, i love you...

Well, today i'm going to continue to work on RV Lights USA .com and
hopefully get some prcing up and get it up and ready to take orders..!

Last night.. TV..

Jericho... Awesome.. period..

Have a good day.

Day 5 - The day before V day

2008-02-13T09:40:00.005-05:00

February 13

Good Morning,
Well today is the day before Valentines day.
The day that men all over the country attempt to figre out
what they are getting the woman.. Me on the other have
have it all figured out (i think)..
A dinner at Fridays and a movie.. pretty simple... ooh
and of course the roses...

TV.. or television...
Last night was a big night in the Franks family..
you see we have certain shows we watch.. 3 were on
last night.

big Brother - cool. i'm not sure how the couple thing is going to work.
Jerico - fell asleep before i could watch it.. recorded it though
and American Idol.. - lots of people crying.... lol..

Well, today i'm shipping some boxes, and charging some cards..lol
I finished the finial touches last night for campingforks.com and
submitted it to google and msn. Today i plan on working on funatcamp.com
by adding some cool fun products that folks young and old can enjoy
while they are camping.. i think the site should be a hit..

Oh, and campingforks.com has a virtual campfire... very cool...

... Picures of the day.... My children...

First my teenage daughter.. she didn't want her photo taken today so
I had to trick her. I got her just as she was getting on the bus..
Do you see her? she's in front of the bus.

and now, my little son.. He didn't care to get his taken, he figured if i
paid attentino to him and took his picture i would make a fool of myself
in the car by dancing to his xm kids music..

Well, everyone have a good day.. and let's make some money..!

Day 4 - Tuesday

2008-02-12T09:08:00.000-05:00

Good Morning, well it's Tuesday.. another round of elections...
Go Huck and Clinton...

Anyways... It's going to snow today they are saying around
4 inchs or so. We're probably get a dusting........

I decided to stay at the house today instead of treking to the office.
If it does snow, i'd like not having to drive in it..

The Kids really, really, didn't want to go to school today. Kinda
funny, they heard it was going to snow and they thought it would
be cancelled. Some schools around us as closed...

Today i'm going to continue working on some sites like http://www.pudgypies.com/
and pie-iron.com . I'm not sure what i'm going to put on them, but i
figure i should get something up on both of them to start collecting links.

oohh.. Picture of the day... a new feature i'm considering for the blog.
so here's my picture. It's a picture that Kathy took while driving down
the interstate.. hmmm.. and she gets on me for checking my email
while driving...lol...

of course it looks like she was only going 24 mph....

Have a great day everyone....!

Day 3 - Monday after the grammy's

2008-02-11T07:09:00.000-05:00

Good Morning.. ok not so good.
i't about 8 degrees with windchill of about -15.. Cold...
It's 7am and Kathy is off to work. I'm sitting here watching the traffic
from traffic.com and from Channel 19. I think she'll get there pretty easy...
The kids on the other hand, have a two hour delay.. so this means i'm stuck here for a few more hours..

The grammy's...... did you watch..

ok.. all the Mj hype, and nothing. no michael.. what a wimp..

Anyway. here's my low-down.

Tina - hot
Cher - hot
Cyndi - omg - you're getting old.. but hot..
Aretha - big mama.. She's still got the voice...
Mr west.. sweet jacket and shades..
Beatles - cool act. didn't care for parts.. the VW bug was pretty cool.

Overall, wasn't bad. and a little long... what was the deal with winehouse....
is she on something? wasn't good..

Well, today i'm working on another one of my sites. http://www.campingforks.com/
I figure i needed to add some buy buttons. I plan to offer camping forks
by the 4 and 6 packs. Hopefully i get it up and running today..

Well, enough for now. until tomorrow.. happy camping..

Mike

Day 2

2008-02-10T10:31:00.001-05:00

Well, today is day two of my blog.
i've decided to make both my blogs the same rather than attempt to write two
totally seperate blogs.

I have this and my other blog.

Here the my links to both.

MSN Blog
Google Blogger

Both of these will have the sme text (for the most part)

we today is Sunday the 10th..
19 degrees outside and windy... sounds like a day to stay inside.
My wife and son are playing sims2 and my daughter, well... who
knows where she is. I think at a friends. That means we'll have
to get out and pick her up here in a bit.

This morning we're have suausage muffins for Breakfast. It's been
a long time sine we've had them.. yyuumm..

I think today i'll work on my websites some more. I'm attempting to
get as many of my camping type domains up and running as quickly
as possible for the spring and summer months.
i know it takes a lot of work to get into the search engines but it
would be worth it.
I plan on working on Camping Forks.com and my new site Fun at Camp

We enough for today, maybe a little more later...
Have a great day everyone..

ps.. do you think we're going to have a woman or a black president?
or maybe one of our oldest presidents? Clinton, Obama, or McCain...

..ok my second post

2008-02-09T18:51:00.000-05:00

ok, i'll post more of my sites later.

Right now i've got to get prepared to watch the race.
you see it's the bud shootout tonight, that means that
the nascar season is starting up.

O yeah, my interests...

Camping.. of course...
Nascar.. of course.....
Baseball.. a summer natural....
and MGD.. hhmm...

More to come...

first blog

2008-02-09T18:46:00.000-05:00

Hello, and welcome to my blog.
i'm Mike Franks, owner of Franks Marketing Group.
I'm kinda new to this blog thingy but plan to give it a try.
I plan to yack about camping and other outdoor activities
that my family and i do.
It doesn't hurt that i sell all kinds of camping gear online
through several sites.
ok... here's the plug...
Visit my sites ok...... please
http://www.franksmarketinggroup.com
http://www.pieironusa.com
http://www.campingforks.com
http://www.funatcamp.com
http://www.airforceonethefinalmission.com

ok.. more to come later...