The KUDU Open Fire Grill has its origins in South Africa, where early humans gathered in caves over a million years ago to cook meat over fire for the very first time Quite a few years after that, Georgia boy Stebin Horne traveled there to meet the family of the woman he`d fallen in love with, and found himself loving the South African culture and traditions as well. The communal homemade braais where friends & family gathered around an open flame to cook, eat, and socialize in an unhurried way gave inspiration for the KUDU.