Help with outdoor kitchen and deck layout

4 years ago

Hi all! Finishing up construction of my house and I want to start designing the outdoor kitchen. I have a decent size deck that has very good view. I could use your help figuring out an ideal layout. I made two possible options below.

Railings haven't been installed yet, but they're going to be all glass, in order to not obstruct the view. I'd like room for a grill, refrigerator and sink. I stubbed out gas and water already. On the deck I also want to have a couch and possibly lounge chairs, but I can be flexible. Modern style.

Thanks!

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
4 years ago
How will you get from the kitchen inside to the kitchen outside ? You seem to have more space for dining that seating , why do you have loungers at all?IMO you do not want a grill in front of windows so keep that in mind . You do have afab view so IMO have all the seating as close to facing that as possible
Jeremy Seger
Original Author
4 years ago
The plan would be to use either the smaller slider or large slider (d19 or d01) to get outside. In either of the layouts I don’t have the grill against the window.

Loungers would be to enjoy the view while enjoying coffee, sun tanning etc.
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WestCoast Hopeful
4 years ago
What did you end up doing? We are considering an outdoor kitchen set up ourselves.
nycbluedevil_gw
4 years ago
FWIW, here are my thoughts. I am on eastern Long Island. I installed an outdoor kitchen in 2017. Some things I would do the same and some I would do differently. I have an L-shaped kitchen with a 36” Lynx grill, an Avanti fridge, a large Blanco sink and a few storage drawers and access doors. Grill is on short side. Sink and fridge are on long side. Counter seating for six on the long side and end.

If you have significant sun/wind exposure, pay attention to which side the grill and fridge face. Even though I have an outdoor-rated fridge, the sun hits it dead-on for several hours each day. Sometimes I feel like I have tomdrape a beach towel over the counter and let it hang in front of the fridge on very hot days to reduce the amount of time that the sun is hitting the front of the fridge. The wind most frequently comes at a 90 degree angle to the grill and sometimes causes the grill flame to blow out when it is set very low. So in my setup, I probably would switch placement of the grill and the fridge.

Get as big a sink as you have room for. The outdoor sink is the best place to clean the grill grates, among other things.

The Lynx grill was very expensive. It cooks great and is very powerful, but I think the build quality could be better.

The Avanti fridge was very inexpensive and is great. I didn't want to spend a lot because I was convinced that the elements would make it fail, but it has worked like a champ.