Designing your Outdoor Kitchen
Tips when designing your Outdoor Kitchen
Outdoor kitchen ideas transport your entire prep, cooking and serving system al fresco, so you don't miss out on a single moment with family and friends, while being surrounded by everything you need to get grilling.
A well-designed outdoor space will make your garden far more enjoyable all year round. A BBQ area with a bit of prep space could be considered an outdoor kitchen, ideally it needs to be a space that puts cooking and entertaining at the heart of the garden.
The objective of any outdoor kitchen first and foremost needs to be to make it as easy to cook outdoors as possible.
When designing your outdoor kitchen firstly consider where you are going to locate your Outdoor Kitchen. The outdoor kitchen should not be fully exposed to sunlight, and if possible, find the least windy area. There is no one ideal spot, although close to your house makes it easy for amenities such as electrics and plumbing.
Whatever your space, start with a BBQ with an integrated work surface or countertop beside it. Choose between a gas or charcoal BBQ and if you have the space incorporate a tabletop Pizza Oven such as the Cozze gas powered Pizza Oven. Beefeater Grills offer a large selection of built-in gas BBQ heads or you could opt for the Whistler Cirencester modular built in outdoor kitchen which requires minimal installation.
When cooking outside it is great to have the option of both gas and charcoal BBQs. Cooking on a Kamado charcoal grill offers that authentic smokey flavour to your food with brands such as Kamado Joe and Grill Dome offering standalone units that can be incorporated into your Outdoor Kitchen design.
Storage cabinets are always a handy extra for stashing utensils and cookware, while other optional add-ons can include outdoor fridges such as the robust Blastcool range and outdoor sinks with taps as seen in the Cabinex Outdoor Kitchen.
To help extend your alfresco dining factor in some sort of outdoor heating. There is a great choice of outdoor heaters to choose from whether it is the Sahara Electric or Patio heaters or the Ozpig pot belly outdoor stoves, they will add warmth to your outside space.