New Mexico has a  unique history and its indigenous cuisine incorporates many influences. Combine this with the local terrain and climate, and the cuisine of New Mexico stands quite unique to its southwestern neighbors. Chile is New Mexico's largest agricultural crop. The New Mexico chile, when harvested as green chile, is the defining ingredient of New Mexican food. There is a mystique surrounding the chile from New Mexico.

Like the fine wine or coffee producing areas of the world, New Mexico has a unique combination of sun, rich river valley soil, and the Rio Grande which impart a singular flavor to the chile from southern New Mexico.  As enchanting and unique as the state itself, green chile is the sole defining ingredient in all products from Green Chile Grills.