Grill Masters BBQ was started by owner Jesse Cortez in 2010. Jesse was driven to start his own barbecue restaurant when the business he had been working for made plans to relocate to another city. Prior to starting Grill Masters BBQ, Jesse worked in the barbecue industry for more than 15 years. Having a passion for food and a mission to make people happy, he decided to venture out on his own. Jesse started out barbecuing in his garage, fulfilling one order a day and running a snack bar at a local baseball park serving his tasty barbecue and worked his way to opening and running what’s now known as Grill Masters BBQ located in Clovis, California.