When you own a home there is nothing better to do on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, than spend time with your family and friends as you all hang out and enjoy some food and drinks on your deck and patio. Everyone loves to cook and eat outdoors, especially during the warmer months of summer, and we like to do this as often as the weather conditions will allow. But a real thrill would be to cook and entertain everyone while cooking in an outdoor kitchen.
When your adding an outdoor kitchen to your deck and patio, there are several things about the design of the kitchen that have to be taken into consideration such as:
Custom design or basic Kitchen Grill
Design is arguably the most important part of a new outdoor kitchen. With design you have to not only consider the food preparation area, such as counters, but also potentially the table tops as well. This includes points to ponder, such as materials and configuration.
Over Head Shelter or Cover
The shelter type you choose will undoubtedly be influenced by your climate and location. You might want to consider a large pergola or small awning.
Type of masonry for the grill
There are a few important choices that will affect the total design aspect of your outdoor grill. The type of material used to build the actual grill will help define the grills overall look and also how you cook with it. There are grills that are made of cinder block, regular masonry stone and even brick. The other decision is if you just want to use brick as an enclosure for a regular gas range with an outdoor grilling area as part of it, or if you plan to actually build a grill that you will use with such materials as wood or charcoal to do your actual cooking. Most people opt for the gas grill option, but the idea of a working wood or charcoal stove also has its appeal and there are many homeowners who just love that aspect as you can also use it to burn wood during the colder months and enjoy the colder weather comfortably.
Appliances
So, here we have to look at the little extras that will make this a total outdoor kitchen. Appliances that you may want to have as part of your kitchen may include a refrigerator, a dishwasher, a waste disposal unit, and a wine cooler. Just remember that the more appliances that you include in your kitchen plan the more extensive the electrical wiring will have to be, but this and other aspects of a project such as this will have to be discussed with your contractor.
One of the best things about an outdoor kitchen is that it gets people out of their homes and into the sunshine. Enjoying the sun with friends and family is a wonderful and healthy pastime that can be enjoyed year round in many cases. Even if you just want to enjoy it alone with a good book, the outdoors lifestyle can fit into anyone's life and impart benefits to health and peace in it's own way.
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