Wood Stone is proud to announce the launch of a new generation of website.  We decided to redesign for several reasons. The first was to better reflect what Wood Stone is about – great people, great food and quality, highly-engineered products.  Another reason was to make the site more user friendly by adjusting the navigation to create a better experience for those visiting us – our site has grown over the years and needed a new map.   In all, this new site has been in development for about a year.  We hope you’ll find it easy to use, informative and an improvement on our last version. 

By the way, this will be our 4th version of the website since we created our first in 1996.  That version was developed way back when 14.4K was a typical connection speed and many people thought e-mail was a typo.  In fact when we built our first website there was even some trepidation about exposing our young computer system to the newfangled “world wide web”.  Perhaps by design, perhaps by coincidence, perhaps just to have a little fun with him – we may never know for sure – we relegated our intern who took on the job of building the first website (by hand in notepad) to set up shop in our modest conference room in our old home in Sumas, WA.   “That Computer” was away from all the other computers…It was noted, more than once and with only a hint of irony, that this was the only computer in that room.  So not only did we want the web to go only to that computer, apparently we didn’t even want that computer in the same room with the other computers for fear of what might break out – or so the office legend goes.  Well, we’ve come a long way since then. 

Where our first site had roughly 12 pages with a snappy aircraft carrier grey background and roughly 20 pictures, our new site has close to 800 individual pages, hundreds of spec sheets and manuals, and over a thousand images. Over 10,000 visitors visit the site each month. We’ve created dynamic video content for cooking education, history, service and more topics to come.  We have built one of the most comprehensive installation sections in the industry.  The Photo Gallery grows every day.  Our Recipes Library is a treasure trove of culinary ideas.   Our Consultants’ Corner is an easy one-stop shop for all the information a designer will need, from façade tutorials to CAD symbols.  Our new product selection tool is a great conversation starter for any one considering stone hearth cooking equipment (look for it on our home page and in the products section).  Our website integrates a new blog, connects up to Facebook and YouTube, and hopefully answers all your questions. 

We hope you enjoy our new site; we’ve certainly enjoyed developing it.  And with all kidding aside, we aim for it to be the most comprehensive, content-heavy, informative, easy to navigate and use website in the industry.  We want to open up the world of stone hearth and theater cooking to any who wants to know more.  We strive for nothing less.  Happy browsing!