Outdoor cooking has become a popular trend in the US, with many homeowners opting to build an outdoor kitchen for meals al fresco. Since there are so many ways to outfit an outdoor kitchen, you might want to add these ideas to your holiday wish list for a springtime Arlington and Brookline, MA, area backyard. No matter what features you choose, be sure to tailor your cooking area to your own personal tastes.
Multi-Grill Station
Everyone loves to cook on a gas grill but when you have a Kamado grill, a smoker, and a charcoal grill, too, you can cook anything you want all at the same time for a delicious fresh meal. Anything you can cook on the stovetop or oven can be cooked on a gas grill, making it the perfect versatile cooking feature for your outdoor kitchen.
The Kamado grill boasts the highest grade of ceramic for cooking steaks, chicken, burgers, and even perfectly grilled pizza. A smoker is ideal for low and slow cooking with that distinctive smoky taste while the charcoal grill produces a classic steak like no other. When you host a large group for the big game or a holiday, no one will have to wait for the food to be ready!
Outdoor Bar
An outdoor bar does not just mix up great drinks but it can double as a coffee station for after dinner, too. A hand-selected stone bar can be roomy enough for as many guests to sit and chat with you as you wish while you mix drinks combined with a wide countertop for you as you slice oranges and lemons.
An ice machine can provide unlimited crushed ice for cold drinks and double as a wine cooler, too. Nestle sodas, water bottles, and juices in the crushed ice for easy access. Outfit the bar with a high powered blender, task lights for bartending at night, and ambient lights for when you are just relaxing with your guests.
Be sure to designate one countertop for a multi-purpose coffee maker, the add-ins to customize the coffee, and a sink where your guests can wash their hands.
Pizza Oven
After getting accustomed to cooking pizza, baking cookies, and baking bread outside, the pizza oven might become the outdoor kitchen feature you never knew you needed. A brick or stone pizza oven yields higher temperatures for a crispy crust on pizza and bread with a unique slightly smoky flavor that only a pizza oven can produce.
Because more than one food can be cooked at a time in a pizza oven, it is economical and can also help to keep your power bill down.
There is every reason to think that a custom outdoor kitchen will become your favorite gathering place. Imagine once the cooking is complete sitting down with family and friends as the sun sets to relax and chat.
A talented masonry and landscape design specialist has so many ideas for outdoor kitchen features to add to your Arlington and Brookline, MA, area backyard that you can pick and choose exactly what is right for your space. Add these ideas to your Christmas list this year so when springtime comes, you are ready to get building.
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