Advice on having outdoor kitchen built

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Can someone recommend a firm in Houston that specializes in building outdoor kitchens? In my backyard, I want to have an island built with a combination charcoal/NG grill, prep area w/sink, mini fridge, eating area w/ umbrella, and perhaps a built-in outdoor fireplace. I've seen the pre-fab crap out of in-flight magazines and such, and they look like cheap crap. I want something of high quality and I don't mind paying for such quality. Thanks for your advice!

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[hornimal]

do you know where you are living in houston? right off the top off my head I would suggest you contact barbeques gallore for this. I know they build really nice permanent outdoor grill set-ups. so maybe their contractor has a lot experience doing this. another option would be to go/call expo (that fancy branch of home depot) and see what they can do.

 

[ctrl+alt+del]

Clear Lake area. Barbecues Galore is a good idea. I might trust them a little more than Expo, but I don't know.

 

[LazyEngineer]

The better question would be: "What the crap are you doing cooking outside living in Houston?" Another similar one would be: "At what point will you ever use that fireplace in 95 degree heat with 80% humidity?"

This just coming from someone living in Austin.

 

[suttree]

I cook about 50% of my meals outside in the Houston summer, and would do even more if I had a gas grill. Keeping the oven and stove off is at a premium when your A/C is battling to keep it at 72.

As for the post, I have no earthly idea, but make sure you take some pics when its done.

 

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[Sangre Orange]

c-a-d,

just past that Crackerbarrel and the U-haul (before the bingo hall) off 45 in League City is a BBQ grill store. Can't remember the name off the top of my head, but we looked at their outdoor kitchens a while back. They had good stuff. Charge $100 for a consultation at your house which they credit towards your project if you do it. I think they were ballpark $150-250 per linear foot (width) of your kitchen, depending on your material. Good choice of equipment too. They also have a couple of books with pictures of their work.

 

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[horn4life]

Hell i would think you could design a custom one yourself pretty darn easily.

I would probably find pick some sort of granite top that was a "canned size' and work around that.

when you say charcaol/NG grill are you talking about two seperate units? One a charcaol grill/smoke and one a natural gas grill top?

I had a buddy of mine's dad who built a nice one (had his ranch foremen build it. But it was really simple. built a frame out of 2x4 and sided it with blue board, then came back and used tile on the sides and top. I think it would have looked even cooler with a granite top. He put dropped in a gas grill that I think he bought and simply took off the legs. It rested in a shallow (like 3/4-1/2 inch deep) frame just to keep the thing from sliding around.