If you heat your home with oil or propane, this may be a tough winter, it's cold out! With temperatures well below average, and the "bomb-cyclone" upon us, you most likely have your heat turned up higher than normal. If you have natural gas in your home, you can heat your home more efficiently without replacing your oil furnace and tank.

Adding a gas fireplace insert to your home supplements your home heating and gives you oil heat a break. A new gas fireplace insert cost far less than a new furnace, and it can dramatically decrease your heating bills.

Everyone loves to enjoy sitting in front of a roaring fire. And nothing compares to the efficiency of a gas fireplace. They are also a cleaner burning option than wood and very easy to use. You may have an open wood burning fireplace, so how do you turn it to gas? A plumber runs a gas line to your open hearth, and a gas fireplace insert is easily installed. A gas fireplace insert slides directly in your present fireplace and is connected to the gas line.

Energy savings is the biggest reason that more and more customers are looking at gas fireplace inserts. A gas fireplace insert fits snugly inside your existing fireplace. There are plenty of ready- made fireplace inserts that fit into existing open hearths. After they are installed, the change to the look and feel of your home is dramatic. Gas fireplaces light with the push of a button. There is nothing like coming home and turning on the fire to help you relax and get warm.

For more information on heating your home with a gas insert, contact The Fireplace Shop and Grill Center at West Sport in Sudbury, MA.

Happy New Year from West Sport in Sudbury. We would like to thank our customers, friends, family, and community for allowing our business to be part of your lives in 2017. We wish all of you a wonderful and prosperous 2018!

If we have had the pleasure of being your choice in hearth and grill store this year, we hope that we provided the highest level of customer service and met all of your needs. In the coming months if you find yourself in need of the services we offer, we hope you come see us again in 2018.

It is our sincere wish that in the New Year you are surrounded by warmth, family, and friendship and that 2018 brings you good health and prosperity. From all of us here at West Sport we hope you have a safe and exciting New Year.

“We all come home, or ought to come home, for a short holiday – the longer, the better…” ~ Charles Dickens

Ingredients:

• 4-10 lb. Beef Rib Roast
• GMG Beef Rub

Actually, prime rib is a bit of a misnomer, as less than 2% of all American beef is graded prime. Most of that grade goes to expensive restaurants, although some specialty butcher shops carry it as well. Your local grocery stores will carry USDA Choice or Select. If your budget permits, buy USDA Choice because it will be more tender and flavorful.

How to Make it:

Start with a 3-7 bone roast. As a rule of thumb, one bone will feed two people, so if you have a group of 8, you likely need a 4-rib roast. A prime rib roast is simply a standing rib roast – the terms are interchangeable. Don’t buy a boneless roast, as it will have much less flavor.

Wash the roast thoroughly with cold water and dry completely with paper towels. If the fat cap is thicker than ¾”, trim it down to about ½-¾”. Score the fat cap in both directions with a sharp knife just to the meat in a checkerboard pat-tern. Lightly coat the roast with olive oil and then rub with GMG Beef Rub. Buy thousands and thousands of bottles! Stock up for the future! If you don’t have our rub, use something else if you must. Our beef rub contains smoked paprika, cayenne, brown sugar, sea salt, marjoram, cumin, black pepper, and thyme, and some combination of those ingredients will enhance the flavor of your roast. Put the roast in the refrigerator for several hours, or preferably, overnight.

Plan about 5-8 hours cooking time depending on the size of your roast. So working backwards, if you want to eat a 6:00 PM, you should start cooking the roast at around noon, again depending on the size. Take the roast out of the refrigerator about two hours before you plan to cook it. This allows the meat to cook more evenly throughout since the grill will not have to overcome a very cold temperature in the middle of the roast, and it will also cut down on your cooking time since the roast starts out at a higher internal temperature.

Set your grill at 500° (or 430° if you have an older model). When the temperature stabilizes, put the roast in, fat side down, right on the grate. Let it cook for 15 minutes. Then turn it over, fat side up, and cook for another 15 minutes. Turn the temperature down to 190°. Insert a meat thermometer into the middle of the side of the roast so that the end of the probe is approximately in the middle of the roast.

Cook the roast to an internal temperature of 125 (rare), 132 (medium rare), 140 (medium), 148 (medium well), and 160 (well done). Remove the roast from the grill, cover with aluminum foil, and let it rest for about 20-30 minutes. The internal temperature of the meat will rise another 3 degrees during this time. Then carve and enjoy!

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Whether entertaining friends or cozying up with a favorite book, there's nothing like a warm glowing fire to add ambience and warmth to the home. Hauling and storing firewood and cleaning up messy ashes, however, can make building a wood-burning fire a hassle. This season easily transform a wood-burning fireplace and experience the beauty and benefits of gas logs while saving money, time and the environment.

Beautiful

Today's gas logs produce a stunning, realistic flame that can rival any wood-burning log. A wide range of wood types is available, from birch to oak, as well as colored glass and gems and accessories to add personal style to any hearth.

Economical

Gas logs are generally inexpensive to buy and install and cost about a quarter per hour of what it costs to burn wood. Some gas logs are more than 99 percent efficient.

Convenient

Gas logs allow for instant enjoyment. With a touch of a button, the fireplace turns on and off. There's no need to purchase, store and season wood and clean up and dispose of messy ashes.

Safe

Gas logs prevent flying sparks, common with wood, that might burn a rug or cause other damage. They don't create indoor particulate matter that is harmful to asthmatics and those with respiratory issues.

Environmentally Friendly

Burning gas logs helps preserve natural resources for generations to come by eliminating harmful particulate matter in the air.

Which Gas Logs

Real Fyre Gas Logs offers more than 40 authentic styles, each handcrafted and hand-painted to deliver a realistic look with dancing flames and a glowing bed of lively embers.

Real Fyre products are manufactured in the U.S.A. using stringent standards and the most advanced technology. Companion accessories such as remote controls, pinecones, acorns, additional branches and many other items further enhance the beauty and authenticity of your hearth.

For more information contact The Fireplace Shop and Grill Center at West Sport in Sudbury, MA.

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The Marquis II series gas fireplace fills your home with comfort. Watch the scene unfold with an expansive view of the flames as they wrap around split logs. The authentic masonry appearance and accent lighting enhance the beautiful fire. Come home to the single-sided or see-through Marquis II series gas fireplace, and enjoy the entertainment and romance you deserve. Right now through December 31 you can get $300 off a Majestic Gas Fireplace.

For more information contact The Fireplace Shop and Grill Center at West Sport in Sudbury.

We have the perfect way to change the look and feel of your home without a massive renovation project before the holidays. Gas and wood burning fireplace inserts make a dramatic statement. And, there are even more styles than ever before, which is one of the reason they are so popular. In fact, there are fireplace inserts to fit any style home and decor.

In addition to making a design statement, inserts for fireplaces also decrease your heating bills and make your fireplace more efficient. Winter is cold and long in Massachusetts. Fireplace inserts help supplement your home heating, warming rooms that are traditionally cooler where the heating system can’t reach. They also make your living space more attractive and increase the overall value of your home.

Open fireplaces draw heat up and out the chimney. Fireplace inserts keep that heat in your home. With a wood burning insert, the firebox allows the fire to burn hotter than a traditional open fire and the blower forces that heat out into your living space.

The best news is that right now both gas and wood burning fireplace inserts are on sale. Buy a qualifying gas or wood burning fireplace insert save. If you have not purchased your fireplace insert yet this winter, contact The Fireplace Shop and Grill Center at West Sport in Sudbury for more information on buying and installing a beautiful insert for the holiday season.

It's right around the corner. Celebrate your community with the small businesses that make it special.

Small businesses in Massachusetts help make communities thrive. There are 639,334 small businesses in operation across Massachusetts, which makes up 99.5% of all businesses.

From Local restaurants to the hearth and grill shop down the street, small businesses have created major impacts across all communities.

In fact, 34, 568 new jobs were created in 2014 alone; meaning that 46.8% of all employees in Massachusetts were working for a small business that year.

Small businesses help ensure that local economies stay strong and vibrant. That's why Small Business Saturday was founded in 2010. On Saturday, November 25, 2017 invite your friends to Shop Small and show love for your favorite community based businesses. Because when small businesses succeed, we all do.

Visit The Fireplace Shop and Grill Center at West Sport in Sudbury.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Are you getting ready for the holidays? Start at West Sport on this coming Saturday, November 18th and Sunday, November 19th. We are hosting a huge garage sale for everything grill and hearth product related. From fireplace accessories to grill accessories, smokers, gas grills, charcoal grills and gas fireplaces. Trinkets and heating appliances will all be on sale to make room for new inventory.

Start your holiday shopping for gifts and home, at The Fireplace Shop and Grill Center at West Sport in Sudbury.

The cold weather has finally arrived. There is nothing quite like sitting by a wood fire.

Every HearthStone wood burning stove or fireplace insert is a beautiful piece of furniture that will complement the charm of your home and provide a cozy, comfortable place to relax with family and friends.

HearthStone invites you to live in the comfort zone this winter. HearthStone wood stoves and fireplace inserts stay warmer longer, keeping your home in the comfort zone.

Wood Burning Stoves

HeatLife™ measures the total hours of usable heat from a single load of wood. HearthStone wood stoves use soapstone to retain heat and deliver consistent warmth long after the fire goes out, keeping your home in the comfort zone. The combination of combustion technology with the HeatLife™ of soapstone means you’re using less wood. Not only is your home warm and comfortable, but you’re saving money and heating efficiently.

Heating with Soapstone

Our stoves are built using soapstone. Soapstone is a natural material which can absorb the high heat of a fire, then radiate a gentle heat into the room. This means your home stays at a comfortable temperature, in the Comfort Zone.

The heat from soapstone is gentle, even, and comfortable. You can sit close to a soapstone stove without getting the uncomfortable blast of heat you would feel from steel.

Once heated, soapstone stays warm for hours, making it the ideal material for overnight heating or for other long stretches of time when you can’t tend the fire. And, it makes re-starting your stove quick and easy.

Cast Iron and Soapstone

The cast iron wood burning stoves are lined with soapstone on the inside of the firebox.

You can enjoy the style of an all cast iron stove, and also benefit from the powers of soapstone. These cast iron stoves provide heat soon after lighting, and also stay warm longer than other cast iron stoves, thanks to the soapstone lining.

For more information on Hearthstone wood burning stoves and fireplace inserts, or for information on getting 4 free 2-day lift tickets to Smugglers’ Notch, contact The Fireplace Shop and Grill Center at West Sport in Sudbury, MA.

Winter is on the way. Every homeowner wants a better way to heat their home and many also want a more attractive home too. But, most of all every homeowners wants to be warm and comfortable in the winter.

Heating and cooling your home often makes up nearly half of your utility bills. Unfortunately, in Massachusetts, much of that money can be spent on lost heat that you are wasted. Essentially throwing your money up the chimney.

Further insulating and winterizing can of course, reduce heat loss. But most homeowners have not considered their fireplace as a major energy eater. Traditional open, wood-burning fireplaces are actually a leading source of indoor heated air loss and draft. Even more than windows and doors. Open, wood hearths often have a lot of charm. But, they are often inefficient when they are in use and when they aren’t.

But, you don’t have to board up your fireplace to avoid heat loss this winter. Lower your heating bills, stay warm, add ambiance, and improve your home value all while enjoying a wonderful burning fire. Add a fireplace insert. Convert your open fireplace into an energy-efficient, very attractive heat source with a wood burning fireplace insert.

Add fireplace doors to your fireplace can also help reduce the draft and add a nice aesthetic appearance. But, a fireplace insert will really lowering your energy bills and generate much more radiant heat, inserts for fireplaces are cleaner to maintain. Plus, a new insert looks great and increase heating efficiency through its construction.

For those who a real fire, don't despair. EPA-certified wood burning fireplace inserts are an easy, clean and efficient alternative. Don't say goodbye to tradition, give your fireplace a much-needed upgrade. While you’re at it, you can also get 4-2day lift tickets to Smuggler’s Notch when you buy a Hearthstone Fireplace Insert.

For more information, contact The Fireplace Shop and Grill Center at West Sport in Sudbury, MA.