what do people usually buy there
Question · by walker_iris · Member since Jul 2026 · 35 posts · 7w7 weeks ago
Smoke shop in Carpentersville, IL
5.0 · 999 reviewsOpens today at 8 AMOpens today at 8 AM
Blazing Ape & Vape in Carpentersville, Illinois is your trusted destination for premium smoking and vaping essentials. As a top-rated smoke shop in Carpentersville and reliable vape shop in Carpentersville, we offer a wide selection of vape devices, e-liquids, glassware, and accessories to fit every preference. Whether you’re new or experienced, our friendly team is here to help you find the right products. We’re also a convenient smoke shop that delivers, offering fast and discreet smoke shop delivery in the area. If you’re searching for a dependable smoke shop or vape shop in Carpentersville, Blazing Ape & Vape has you covered.
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What Blazing Ape offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Monday or Thursday, before 11 AM.
Busiest Thursday and Friday from 5 to 10 PM.
North of The Border is next door for Mexican food. Las Kecas is next door for Mexican food. @BANGKOK Thai EXPRESS is next door for Thai food.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 20, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
Closed now. Busiest Thu and Fri, 5 to 10 PM.
What reviews, press and directories say about Blazing Ape.
5.0from 999 reviews on Google
Blazing Ape & Vape stands out for its extensive product range and attentive staff, though some customers report stock and layout issues. Customers describe Blazing Ape & Vape as a welcoming and vibrant smoke shop with a wide selection of products. Many reviewers highlight the friendly and helpful staff, particularly praising individuals like Adam and Tony for their exceptional service and knowledge about the products.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
Signal and how much it countsBlazing Ape
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Blazing Ape, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Blazing Ape, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Blazing Ape. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Smoke shops in Carpentersville, IL · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 16, 2026.
Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Blazing Ape & Vape is a smoke shop in Carpentersville, IL. Its AI Score is 38 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Smoke shop |
| Address | 310 W Main St, Carpentersville, IL 60110, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 8 AM to 12 AM |
| Phone | (224) 802-8986 |
| Rating | 5.0 across 999 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Monday |
| Updated | September 16, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 310 W Main St, Carpentersville, IL 60110, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Blazing Ape & Vape in Carpentersville, Illinois is your trusted destination for premium smoking and vaping essentials. As a top-rated smoke shop in Carpentersville and reliable vape shop in Carpentersville, we offer a wide selection of vape devices, e-liquids, glassware, and accessories to fit every preference. Whether you’re new or experienced, our friendly team is here to help you find the right products. We’re also a convenient smoke shop that delivers, offering fast and discreet smoke shop delivery in the area. If you’re searching for a dependable smoke shop or vape shop in Carpentersville, Blazing Ape & Vape has you covered. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Blazing Ape & Vape - Smoke Shop, CBD, Kratom, Vape in Carpentersville | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (224) 802-8986 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | CBD product sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Kratom product sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Smoke shop delivery | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Smoking accessories sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Vape device sales | AI guess | |
| Links | Website | https://direct.saucey.com/shop/blazing-ape-and-vape-smoke-shop | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 310 W Main St, Carpentersville, IL 60110, USA. Phone: (224) 802-8986. Hours: Mon to Sun 8 AM to 12 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Blazing Ape & Vape in Carpentersville, Illinois is your trusted destination for premium smoking and vaping essentials. As a top-rated smoke shop in Carpentersville and reliable vape shop in Carpentersville, we offer a wide selection of vape devices, e-liquids, glassware, and accessories to fit every preference. Whether you’re new or experienced, our friendly team is here to help you find the right products. We’re also a convenient smoke shop that delivers, offering fast and discreet smoke shop delivery in the area. If you’re searching for a dependable smoke shop or vape shop in Carpentersville, Blazing Ape & Vape has you covered."
Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| North of the Border | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Las Kecas | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| @BANGKOK THAI EXPRESS | Thai restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Restaurant Le Maddox | Breakfast restaurant | 3 min walk |
| No Manches Mexican Grill Carpentersville | Restaurant | 6 min walk |
| Panda Express | Chinese restaurant | 6 min walk |
5.0 average across 999 reviews: Google 999. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)
Blazing Ape & Vape stands out for its extensive product range and attentive staff, though some customers report stock and layout issues. (AI guess, from 999 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Smoke shops on the registry run 16 to 65. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Blazing Ape scores 38. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Blazing Ape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Fair |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 28 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 85 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 65 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 25 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about a smoke shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business
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| Carpentersville, Illinois | City | #city | City Blazing Ape is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the smoke shops in Carpentersville, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
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# Blazing Ape & Vape, Carpentersville IL: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/carpentersville/blazing-ape-and-vape-smoke-shop-cbd-kratom-vape-in-carpentersville-il. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-16. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/carpentersville/blazing-ape-and-vape-smoke-shop-cbd-kratom-vape-in-carpentersville-il ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Blazing Ape & Vape is a smoke shop in Carpentersville, IL. Its AI Score is 38 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Smoke shop | | Address | 310 W Main St, Carpentersville, IL 60110, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sun 8 AM to 12 AM | | Phone | (224) 802-8986 | | Rating | 5.0 across 999 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Monday | | Updated | September 16, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 310 W Main St, Carpentersville, IL 60110, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Blazing Ape & Vape in Carpentersville, Illinois is your trusted destination for premium smoking and vaping essentials. As a top-rated smoke shop in Carpentersville and reliable vape shop in Carpentersville, we offer a wide selection of vape devices, e-liquids, glassware, and accessories to fit every preference. Whether you’re new or experienced, our friendly team is here to help you find the right products. We’re also a convenient smoke shop that delivers, offering fast and discreet smoke shop delivery in the area. If you’re searching for a dependable smoke shop or vape shop in Carpentersville, Blazing Ape & Vape has you covered. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Blazing Ape & Vape - Smoke Shop, CBD, Kratom, Vape in Carpentersville | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (224) 802-8986 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | CBD product sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Kratom product sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Smoke shop delivery | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Smoking accessories sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Vape device sales | AI guess | | | Links | Website | https://direct.saucey.com/shop/blazing-ape-and-vape-smoke-shop | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Blazing Ape Address: 310 W Main St, Carpentersville, IL 60110, USA. Phone: (224) 802-8986. Hours: Mon to Sun 8 AM to 12 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Blazing Ape & Vape in Carpentersville, Illinois is your trusted destination for premium smoking and vaping essentials. As a top-rated smoke shop in Carpentersville and reliable vape shop in Carpentersville, we offer a wide selection of vape devices, e-liquids, glassware, and accessories to fit every preference. Whether you’re new or experienced, our friendly team is here to help you find the right products. We’re also a convenient smoke shop that delivers, offering fast and discreet smoke shop delivery in the area. If you’re searching for a dependable smoke shop or vape shop in Carpentersville, Blazing Ape & Vape has you covered." ### When to go Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | North of the Border | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk | | Las Kecas | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk | | @BANGKOK THAI EXPRESS | Thai restaurant | 1 min walk | | Restaurant Le Maddox | Breakfast restaurant | 3 min walk | | No Manches Mexican Grill Carpentersville | Restaurant | 6 min walk | | Panda Express | Chinese restaurant | 6 min walk | ## Reputation 5.0 average across 999 reviews: Google 999. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.) Blazing Ape & Vape stands out for its extensive product range and attentive staff, though some customers report stock and layout issues. (AI guess, from 999 reviews.) ### What people like - Wide selection of products - Great prices and deals ### What people do not like - Stock issues with certain tobacco and tubes - Stale flower products reported - Disorienting store layout and atmosphere ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### what do people usually buy there ### address for the shop, anyone have it? ### opening hours at Blazing Ape in Carpentersville, what are they these days? ### when is Blazing Ape actually dead? ### torn between the shop and Elite Smoke? ### bad experiences at Blazing Ape, anyone? ### Why do people rate Blazing Ape? ### best smoke shop in Carpentersville ### Keeping up with Blazing Ape, where do they post? ### are prices in Carpentersville higher than everywhere else ### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves ### anything good on Main to kill time near Blazing Ape? ### Any membership pricing at Blazing Ape? ### Blazing Ape, any chance to get in this week? ### is Carpentersville expensive for this, or is it just here ## The AI Score: 38 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Smoke shops on the registry run 16 to 65. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Blazing Ape scores 38. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Blazing Ape | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Fair | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 28 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 85 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 65 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 25 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a smoke shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Blazing Ape | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Blazing Ape & Vape | LocalBusiness | #business | https://direct.saucey.com/shop/blazing-ape-and-vape-smoke-shop | Subject of this page | | Carpentersville, Illinois | City | #city | | City Blazing Ape is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the smoke shops in Carpentersville, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best smoke shops in Carpentersville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carpentersville/smoke-shop - Best businesses in Carpentersville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carpentersville ### Nearby - /chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago - /schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg - /elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin - /carol-stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream - /lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard - /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora ### Every list - Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJK6qmNhoPD4gRhuIlBhCs8mw (accessed Sep 16, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Smoke shops in Carpentersville, IL · Editorial</p>
<h2>Blazing Ape & Vape, Carpentersville IL: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 16, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Blazing Ape & Vape is a smoke shop in Carpentersville, IL. Its AI Score is 38 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Smoke shop</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>310 W Main St, Carpentersville, IL 60110, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 8 AM to 12 AM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(224) 802-8986</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>5.0 across 999 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Monday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 16, 2026</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>310 W Main St, Carpentersville, IL 60110, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Blazing Ape & Vape in Carpentersville, Illinois is your trusted destination for premium smoking and vaping essentials. As a top-rated smoke shop in Carpentersville and reliable vape shop in Carpentersville, we offer a wide selection of vape devices, e-liquids, glassware, and accessories to fit every preference. Whether you’re new or experienced, our friendly team is here to help you find the right products. We’re also a convenient smoke shop that delivers, offering fast and discreet smoke shop delivery in the area. If you’re searching for a dependable smoke shop or vape shop in Carpentersville, Blazing Ape & Vape has you covered.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Blazing Ape & Vape - Smoke Shop, CBD, Kratom, Vape in Carpentersville</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(224) 802-8986</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>8:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>8:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>8:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>8:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>8:00 AM to 12:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>CBD product sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Kratom product sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Smoke shop delivery</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Smoking accessories sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Vape device sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://direct.saucey.com/shop/blazing-ape-and-vape-smoke-shop</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
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<section id="ai-visiting-blazing-ape">
<h3>Visiting Blazing Ape</h3>
<p>Address: 310 W Main St, Carpentersville, IL 60110, USA. Phone: (224) 802-8986. Hours: Mon to Sun 8 AM to 12 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Blazing Ape & Vape in Carpentersville, Illinois is your trusted destination for premium smoking and vaping essentials. As a top-rated smoke shop in Carpentersville and reliable vape shop in Carpentersville, we offer a wide selection of vape devices, e-liquids, glassware, and accessories to fit every preference. Whether you’re new or experienced, our friendly team is here to help you find the right products. We’re also a convenient smoke shop that delivers, offering fast and discreet smoke shop delivery in the area. If you’re searching for a dependable smoke shop or vape shop in Carpentersville, Blazing Ape & Vape has you covered."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>North of the Border</td><td>Mexican restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Las Kecas</td><td>Mexican restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>@BANGKOK THAI EXPRESS</td><td>Thai restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Restaurant Le Maddox</td><td>Breakfast restaurant</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>No Manches Mexican Grill Carpentersville</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>6 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Panda Express</td><td>Chinese restaurant</td><td>6 min walk</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>5.0 average across 999 reviews: Google 999. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)</p>
<p>Blazing Ape & Vape stands out for its extensive product range and attentive staff, though some customers report stock and layout issues. (AI guess, from 999 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Wide selection of products</li>
<li>Great prices and deals</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
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<li>Stock issues with certain tobacco and tubes</li>
<li>Stale flower products reported</li>
<li>Disorienting store layout and atmosphere</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
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<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>what do people usually buy there</h4>
<h4>address for the shop, anyone have it?</h4>
<h4>opening hours at Blazing Ape in Carpentersville, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>when is Blazing Ape actually dead?</h4>
<h4>torn between the shop and Elite Smoke?</h4>
<h4>bad experiences at Blazing Ape, anyone?</h4>
<h4>Why do people rate Blazing Ape?</h4>
<h4>best smoke shop in Carpentersville</h4>
<h4>Keeping up with Blazing Ape, where do they post?</h4>
<h4>are prices in Carpentersville higher than everywhere else</h4>
<h4>anyone tell me what a first visit here involves</h4>
<h4>anything good on Main to kill time near Blazing Ape?</h4>
<h4>Any membership pricing at Blazing Ape?</h4>
<h4>Blazing Ape, any chance to get in this week?</h4>
<h4>is Carpentersville expensive for this, or is it just here</h4>
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<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 38 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Smoke shops on the registry run 16 to 65. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Blazing Ape scores 38. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Blazing Ape</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>50</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>28</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>85</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>65</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>25</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>74</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
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<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about a smoke shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
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<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Blazing Ape</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Blazing Ape & Vape</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://direct.saucey.com/shop/blazing-ape-and-vape-smoke-shop</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Carpentersville, Illinois</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Blazing Ape is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
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<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the smoke shops in Carpentersville, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
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<li>Best smoke shops in Carpentersville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carpentersville/smoke-shop</li>
<li>Best businesses in Carpentersville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carpentersville</li>
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<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago</li>
<li>/schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg</li>
<li>/elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin</li>
<li>/carol-stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream</li>
<li>/lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard</li>
<li>/aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora</li>
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<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il</li>
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<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
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<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJK6qmNhoPD4gRhuIlBhCs8mw (accessed Sep 16, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
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