This site is simple, and so is this policy. Here's exactly what we collect, why, and what we never do with it.
What We Collect
Nothing account-based. You don't need to sign in or hand over personal information to read anything on this site.
If you email us at contact@grillsmokelab.com, we'll have your email address. We won't share it or add you to any list. We'll use it to reply to you, and that's it.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how people actually use the site, including which guides get read, how far people scroll, and where something's confusing or broken. It collects standard usage data (pages visited, how you arrived, approximate city-level location, device and browser type, and clicks on Amazon affiliate links) and sets a cookie to recognize returning visitors. We look at this in aggregate; we can't identify you personally from it, and we don't try to. You can read Google's privacy policy or use Google's opt-out browser add-on to block it entirely.
If you're visiting from the EU, UK, or Switzerland, you'll see a short banner asking whether you're okay with analytics cookies, with an equally easy option to say no. If you decline, the analytics script never loads for you. Visitors elsewhere don't see this banner, because the choice is only legally required where you are.
We don't run advertising pixels or anything that follows you to other websites.
Hosting
The site is served through Cloudflare, which may set a cookie for bot detection and security. We don't control that cookie and it doesn't track you across the web. Details are in Cloudflare's privacy policy.
Affiliate Links
Some links on this site are Amazon affiliate links. When you click one and buy something, Amazon tracks that purchase to credit the referral. That happens on Amazon's side, through cookies on their site, not ours. See Amazon's privacy policy for details, and our Affiliate Disclosure page for the full picture.
Third-Party Content
Product links go to Amazon and to the manufacturers we cite. Once you click through, their privacy policy applies, not ours.
Your Choices
Any content blocker or your browser's built-in tracking protection will block our analytics cookie, and the site works exactly the same either way. Nothing here is gated behind accepting tracking.
Your Data
We hold very little about anyone. Whatever email you've sent us, nothing more. Email us anytime to ask what we have, correct it, or have it deleted.
Children
This site doesn't knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe a child has sent us information, contact us and we'll delete it.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date below. No email blasts, no pop-ups.
Questions
Email us: contact@grillsmokelab.com
Last updated: August 2, 2026