Born in Pawleys Island, South Carolina

Bring the gathering with you.

HitchOut is developing hitch-mounted setups for tailgates, outdoor meals, and the moments that bring people together.

Concept — product in development

The space behind the vehicle, reconsidered

The best spot might be right behind you.

Some of the best days begin at the back of a vehicle—with food coming out, friends arriving, and everybody finding a place to land. HitchOut is exploring a family of setups designed around that moment.

The lineup

Three ways to gather.

Every product shown here is a concept in development. Configuration and specifications are not final.

Concept

HitchBar

A tailgating setup in development for serving, organizing, and gathering around the back of the vehicle.

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Concept

Hitchen

A cooking-focused setup in development for outdoor meals and the people who make them together.

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Exploration area

Custom Setups

Ideas for occasions and routines that do not fit neatly in one box—not a current ordering program.

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Concept — not engineering-validated

Tailgating setup

HitchBar

A new gathering place, in development.

HitchBar is being shaped around the rhythm of a tailgate: arrive, unpack, settle in, and welcome the next person who walks up.

Serving and organization themes
Rear-vehicle access as a development objective
A considered closed form between uses

These are development themes, not finalized features or performance claims.

Concept — not engineering-validated

Cooking setup

Hitchen

The outdoor kitchen idea, hitched to the occasion.

Hitchen explores the flow of outdoor cooking: bringing ingredients, organizing tools, preparing food, and serving the people nearby.

Cooking-tool and supply organization
Preparation and serving layout concepts
Clear separation from unresolved heat-producing equipment

No cooking appliance, heat rating, sanitation performance, or food-contact claim has been established.

Custom Setups

Some gatherings call for a different arrangement.

HitchOut is exploring configurations centered on gathering, cooking, occasions, and personal expression. Custom Setups are concepts only; no orders, commissions, deposits, or design requests are being accepted.

GatheringCookingOccasionsPersonal expression

No team, school, league, beverage, or event affiliation is implied.

Our story

Made from a shared idea.

Years ago in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, Doug and his father built a prototype together. It was a hands-on project: an idea made real through time, work, and the satisfaction of figuring something out side by side.

People who encountered the prototype repeatedly asked about getting one of their own. Those conversations were encouraging signals—not proof of a market, but a reason to keep exploring.

Today, that original project is the starting point for HitchOut. The heart of it remains unchanged: make the space behind the vehicle feel like a place people want to gather.

Thoughtfully in development

Listen first. Test carefully. Keep the details open.

HitchOut is working through how each setup should function, fit, and feel. Vehicle compatibility, complete empty mass, load capacity, road-use status, materials, pricing, availability, and production timing are not established.

The current feasibility baseline studies a third-party swing frame with a lightweight flush marine-style box. That is a direction for engineering work—not a selected production configuration.

Brand study

Three original marks for review.

Working concepts only. HitchOut has not completed name or trademark clearance.

PivotMovement and utility

Tailgate HorizonGathering and place

PlainspokenCompact wordmark

The idea is simple

Make more room for the moment.

HitchOut products are in development. More details will be shared when they are ready.

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