Planning an outdoor kitchen/bbq

Sanders · 09-08-2019, 02:30 PM

I've been wanting to put together an outdoor kitchen for quite a while, but never really figured how I wanted to build it.

I have some cinder blocks, which I think I will use for a base. Then I ran across this video on Youtube last night on how to make a concrete countertop.

Now, I just need to draw up some plans on how I want to put this thing together. Perhaps incorporate a sink as well.

baboon · 09-08-2019, 04:18 PM

I'm thinking it might work great for a shooting bench top.

Sanders · 09-08-2019, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by baboon

I'm thinking it might work great for a shooting bench top.

I think it was the Sierra Vista Gun club range (in Arizona) I shot at that had concrete shooting benches. They were the T shaped tables.

Come to think of it, maybe the Albuquerque range has them, too. I don't remember, because I only went to that range once. Too many vatos and such at it.

aviator · 09-09-2019, 10:01 AM

My best version of it. A charcoal grill that doubles as a smoker, gas tanks and charcoal bags are stored there too. It was already in the house when I bought it , I just covered in Travertine stone and put doors on it, where the grill sits was hollow for the ashes to fall, so I build it up and filled it with concrete then tiled it. It was a Jewish version of a grill before, very cheaply made and the wife wanted to get rid of it, so I modernized it and now she's happy.

Sanders · 09-09-2019, 01:42 PM

Looks good, Aviator.

But isn't that too small for your huge paella pan or your whole hog bbqs?

I definitely have to make mine wind proof. It is mostly the wind that messes up my smoking by reducing the temperature inside it.

4thIDvet · 09-09-2019, 01:52 PM

Sanders holy sheeeet you have like 2 dozen BBQ ranges are you opening a BBQ place I am hungry and heading your way. Mesquite Texas BBQ the best.

Fred holy mother of God Pres. Trump does not have an outdoor station for cooking like that. My God that is like the Pit Masters dream good for you.

aviator · 09-09-2019, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Sanders

Looks good, Aviator.

But isn't that too small for your huge paella pan or your whole hog bbqs?

I definitely have to make mine wind proof. It is mostly the wind that messes up my smoking by reducing the temperature inside it.

The Paella pan goes on it's own stand with the gas burner and I don't do a whole pig, I don't even cook it, if we have a lot of people we just cater the food in, costs about the same and let someone else do the work. I will be cookiing a seafood paella this Saturday, family is gathering for my birthday, kids and their kids, brother and his kid and her husband an all together about 30 people to pay respect to old age a few days in advance so the wife came up with the idea and she bought 10 lbs shrimp, fish, mussels, crab, squid, scallops...I mean, if it moves under the sea we'll eat it. My bro says he's helping out and bringing beer. So I'll say a good Spanish Ole' on Sat.

Actually I made the cavity so a grill under 26" would fit there, I was restricted by the work that was done before. I do have a pretty good size gas grill where I do most of the cooking anyhow, but sometimes I want wood or charcoal flavor so I light this one up.

Sanders · 09-09-2019, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by 4thIDvet

Sanders holy sheeeet you have like 2 dozen BBQ ranges are you opening a BBQ place I am hungry and heading your way. Mesquite Texas BBQ the best.

Fred holy mother of God Pres. Trump does not have an outdoor station for cooking like that. My God that is like the Pit Masters dream good for you.

Nah, I only have 3 smokers. One of them does double duty as a charcoal grill as the second half of a gas/charcoal/smoker combo unit.

One is a little smoke box the kids gave me for Christmas a few years ago, and the other is an Ugly Drum Smoker that I made from a 55-gal. steel drum. By the time I was done building it, I could have bought a decent one for what I spent on materials.

I kind of got burned out on mesquite smoked meat (no pun intended). Right now my favorite go-to smoker wood is oak that I cut myself in the forest.

If you want to watch some BBQ videos, I recommend BBQPitBoys.com and Malcolm Reed's How to Barbecue Right

There are quite a few others, but those two will keep a hungry man busy for a while.

4thIDvet · 09-10-2019, 03:48 AM

Stainless Steel Drums check the prices on these. Holy sheet. They sell stands they can be placed in plus they will cut the sides out and hinge them for you. That puts it close to the $1,000 range with shipping.
My drug head junkie neighbor got one as a gift from his uncle and it was sitting in his back yard. He needed $40 for a fix and I got the cooker. I gave my buddy Lee $50 and he made me two nice grates for cooking on.

https://www.thecarycompany.com/conta...tainless-steel

09-08-2019, 02:30 PM	#1
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,497	Planning an outdoor kitchen/bbq I've been wanting to put together an outdoor kitchen for quite a while, but never really figured how I wanted to build it. I have some cinder blocks, which I think I will use for a base. Then I ran across this video on Youtube last night on how to make a concrete countertop. Now, I just need to draw up some plans on how I want to put this thing together. Perhaps incorporate a sink as well. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

09-09-2019, 10:01 AM	#4
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,438	My best version of it. A charcoal grill that doubles as a smoker, gas tanks and charcoal bags are stored there too. It was already in the house when I bought it , I just covered in Travertine stone and put doors on it, where the grill sits was hollow for the ashes to fall, so I build it up and filled it with concrete then tiled it. It was a Jewish version of a grill before, very cheaply made and the wife wanted to get rid of it, so I modernized it and now she's happy. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

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4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,445	Sanders holy sheeeet you have like 2 dozen BBQ ranges are you opening a BBQ place I am hungry and heading your way. Mesquite Texas BBQ the best. Fred holy mother of God Pres. Trump does not have an outdoor station for cooking like that. My God that is like the Pit Masters dream good for you. __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

09-08-2019, 04:18 PM	#2
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,318	I'm thinking it might work great for a shooting bench top.

09-09-2019, 01:42 PM	#5
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,497	Looks good, Aviator. But isn't that too small for your huge paella pan or your whole hog bbqs? I definitely have to make mine wind proof. It is mostly the wind that messes up my smoking by reducing the temperature inside it.

09-10-2019, 03:48 AM	#9
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,445	Stainless Steel Drums check the prices on these. Holy sheet. They sell stands they can be placed in plus they will cut the sides out and hinge them for you. That puts it close to the $1,000 range with shipping. My drug head junkie neighbor got one as a gift from his uncle and it was sitting in his back yard. He needed $40 for a fix and I got the cooker. I gave my buddy Lee $50 and he made me two nice grates for cooking on. https://www.thecarycompany.com/conta...tainless-steel