I know this ain’t directly fishin’, but what the heck, this board has not been too lively until the Great White showed up again.
I just finished my outdoor kitchen…after screening our porch this summer. I designed as I went…and used all treated lumber. It all weighs a ton, so no one should steal it!
1st step was to build a storage box/window seat to see if my design fit with house…and had to cut the 5/4 decking lid in half because it was too heavy!
Next, I built the unit for inside the porch. Got the 5 burner Dacor top off Craigslist for $200 bucks.
Next came the outside grill and two burner cooker…here I’m fitting the two…
Then came painting and staining…
Then poly coat on the top…
Voila…she’s cookin’
View from inside the porch…
Detail of where I took two cheap cutting boards from K-Mart and made hinged tops for the dual burners, doubling as extra counter space open or closed. I also bought the cheaper $299 egg grill from Lowes…I was not too keen on spending over a grand on a Big Green Egg. The cheap egg is awesome…can’t believe how good it cooks and how easy to control heat.
Larry, just build yours out of 3/4" Starboard lol. We’ve done it and it works great. Just, you’re limited in colors.
WildlifeSC’s kitchen looks awesome with the two-tone paint job, nice choice in colors
“Sire, it belongs in truth to the Church of God, in whose name I speak, to endure blows and not to inflict them. But it will also please your Majesty to remember that she is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.”…Theodore Beza
I’m taking notes. I am considering buying a house that has a screened in back porch, and if we buy it, I may surprise my wife with something like this. I may still use Starboard to build it just because I’m Dr. Overkill (and we have a spare sheet of it at the shop lol). But your design would match our potential house’s trim style quite nicely.
“Sire, it belongs in truth to the Church of God, in whose name I speak, to endure blows and not to inflict them. But it will also please your Majesty to remember that she is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.”…Theodore Beza
Nice looking set up. I recently bought one of the Akorn cookers and have been impressed with it. Dont know if youve done it or not but there are some cheap and simple modifications you can make to it to make it much better. Buy the charcoal grate made for the Weber grill, it fits perfectly midway up from the bottom. You can then use a 12X12 ceramic tile or a pizza stone as a deflector for smoking instead of buying their stone. Also, you can cut ( cold chisel ) a piece of expanded metal in a half circle, bend up the straight end and have a charcoal basket that sits on the rack. Less charcoal and can sear at 700 degrees and then move over for final cooking. All can be bought from Lowes. Found this info on a Akorn owners website.
I found the mods on kamadoguru.com and bought the Weber 18" also. I bought a smaller Weber charcoal grate at Grayco that fits atop the standard charcoal grate & rotated it 90 degrees so small pieces of chunk charcoal don’t fall through. I also got a cheap pizza stone for an indirect deflector.
I think the Akorn is great…easy to control temps and makes a great slow smoker/cooker too. I’m going to sell my Trager pellet grill…anyone???
That’s awesome! Any more pics of the build? I’d like to be inspired by seeing more detail on the structure or joints if you have any of them.
I assume the sink is plumbed all the way back into the house’s plumbing? My ideal spot for building one is a little low relative to my house, I worry about the drainage and haven’t done it yet. I need to measure a thing or two and make a decision…
No more photos of the build Brian, but you’re welcome to come by anytime you’re down. It’s all treated wood. Legs are 2x4s screwed together at right angles. Bottom, near-mid inside & top frames are 2x4s butted in a rectangle, then screwed onto the legs (& vice versa). 1x6s are then cut to length for the vertical boards, and each edge is routed 1/4" round forming the grooves. On top of those are 1x4s routed on exposed edges for the trip. Top is made of 5/4 decking, hand selected for clear pieces. All resulting visible grooves and joints are caulked before painting. I primed all before painting, and tried to use dry treated. I bought some #1 grade, but the rest was #2 hand-picked and left in garage to dry with a fan circulating air. I learned the hard way, all 2x4s are not created equal, especially #1 being narrower than #2 lumber.
