0 39.84 w 39.939754833 n 83.0110667 w 39.939754833 ; 83.0110667 thurn s specialty meats inc. type private industry meat packing founded 1886 1 2 3 founder alois thurn headquarters german village columbus ohio usa products food service owner albert thurn website thurnsmeats.com thurn s specialty meats or thurn s is a smokehouse found in the german village district of columbus ohio . it was founded in 1886 and has continues to operate using the same methods and recipes for 130 years . contents 1 history 1.1 founding 1.2 location 1.3 ownership 1.4 other 2 products 3 smoker & equipment 4 references 5 external links history edit founding edit alois grospop thurn an immigrant from southern germany started thurn s in 1886 after seeing that there were no such smoke houses in the area an area where there with many german immigrants at the time . he began by selling his product door to door in columbus s brewery district . 3 4 5 location edit on april 24 1886 alois thurn opened a stall at the old central market in columbus after successfully selling his meats out of his south front street home . some time in the 1890s alois thurn purchased property on greenlawn avenue and closed his stall at the old central market . the construction on i 71 through columbus forced thurn s to relocate to its current location in 1958 . 1 3 in 1965 the thurn family closed their stall at the old central market two years before the market closed . 3 ownership edit robert thurn and his two brothers sold the store to albert thurn in 1988 . 2 6 albert s ownership marks the 4th generation of thurn to own the store . 1 albert his brother anton his son alec and sister teresa all work at the store . 2 his father robert thurn died in february 2014 . 7 other edit on november 2 1992 thurn s made the front page of the columbus dispatch when presidential candidate bill clinton visited thurn s while on the campaign trail . 8 new york magazine and time magazine food columnist josh ozersky hosted a sampling of his favorite meats from thurn s. the sampling was held on september 10 2011 at thurn s. 9 products edit thurn s uses the same recipes and methods used by the store approximately 100 years ago and all of their meats come from suppliers in ohio . 1 4 10 thurn s carries over 70 products . 10 11 12 13 capicola double smoked bacon schinken smoked tongue blood sausage and smoked pork chops are some of their best selling products . 1 12 14 15 thurn s was the first supplier of cottage ham in columbus . 4 currently thurn s is open to the public three days a week . they usually sell until they run out of product . 10 15 smoker & equipment edit the smoke house uses a pit fired smoker with steam radiators that reach temperature of approximately 210 degrees fahrenheit . 4 thurn s uses red oak and mulberry in their smoker . 4 much of the process equipment used at thurn s dates back as far as the 1930s . 10 references edit a b c d e bethia 2012 02 16 . thurn s specialty meats . columus food adventures . retrieved 4 march 2012 . a b c seman jr. gary 2012 01 18 . thurn s a throwback to a simpler time . thisweek . retrieved 4 march 2012 . a b c d about us . thurn s specialty meats . retrieved 3 may 2012 . a b c d e wolmark magdiale 2012 03 03 . 03 03 12 interview with albert thurn . wcbe foodcast . retrieved 4 march 2012 . arter bill 1968 12 01 . wurstmacher . columbus vignette . retrieved 3 may 2012 . hopppens claire 2012 02 09 . thurn s meat class . edible columbus . retrieved 3 may 2012 . http www.egan ryan.com obits obituary.php id 447519 stephens mary 1992 11 03 . bill clinton wins cookie poll at german village s thurn s bakery and deli . columbus dispatch . p. a1 . access date requires url help time magazine food writer burger authority at best of fall home show . pr urgent . retrieved 3 may 2012 . a b c d willow molly 2012 04 01 . the meatmen of greenlawn avenue . 614 magazine . retrieved 3 may 2012 . thurn s menu . thurn s. a b mckibben nancy 2010 12 02 . the wurstmachers . edible columbus . retrieved 3 may 2012 . products . thurn s specialty meats . retrieved 3 may 2012 . beans laura 2012 01 01 . best of ohio . ohio magazine . retrieved 3 may 2012 . a b westfall james 2012 07 19 . the top cut . 614 magazine . retrieved 3 may 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thurn % 27s & oldid 633552184 categories companies based in the columbus ohio metropolitan areacompanies established in 1886meat processing in the united stateshidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlcoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated 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