KAWARA-YAKI: The First Japanese Tile Engineered for BBQ
From ancient rooftops to your backyard grill — meet our KAWARA-YAKI, the first handcrafted Japanese roof tile designed for BBQ.
Category: Outdoors & Sports
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A gorgeous fusion of Japanese craft heritage and modern grilling, built to make backyard food taste better and look the part too. Easy yes for anyone who treats BBQ as a craft of its own.
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18 days ago
This is the creator's second Kickstarter project, backed by Shisei, a Japanese company with over 50 years of design and manufacturing experience. That kind of heritage doesn't fake itself. Production know-how is clearly not the worry here.
Repurposing centuries-old Japanese roof tile craft into a BBQ surface is genuinely clever. The thermal properties of kawara distribute heat evenly, giving food that even-sear, juicy-inside finish grillers chase. It's beautiful enough to display when it's not cooking.
Traditional kawara is fired clay, naturally durable, and built to last decades on a roof. Keeping artisan tile-making alive while reducing reliance on disposable grill accessories scores high on the cultural and ecological front. A quiet win for craft preservation.
The Launch Special Double Set is ¥33,000 (about $207) for two handcrafted ceramic grill tiles plus dedicated acacia and brass handles, a 40% drop from the ¥55,000 MSRP. The Singlet add-on tier comes in at $147 if you want extras. For artisan-made Japanese ceramic that will outlast a stack of grill grates, the math holds up nicely.
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