More and more homeowners are discovering the pleasures of outdoor living. Almost two- thirds of residential architects polled in the American Institute of Architecture’s 2007 Home Design Trend Survey reported an increase in client request for outdoor living space, including state-of-the-art outdoor kitchens.
Every task completed in a traditional indoor kitchen now can be executed outside, in the great outdoors. Companies such as Viking, Lynx and KitchenAid produce everything a home chef needs to build a kitchen in their own backyard—high-performance grills, beverage centers, refrigerators, even ovens. All grills available at KAM Appliances & Electronics, www.kamonline.com, 800-649-2221.
Grill/Cart and Oven Combo
Retailing around $4,700, Viking’s 53-inch wide Ultra-Premium T-Series Gas Grill with TruSear comes equipped with 25,000-BTU stainless steel grill burners, infrared rear burner, rotisserie, removable smoker box, and TruSear heating, which reduces cleanup by vaporizing food drippings. (Picture shown does not include TruSear infrared burner.) The outdoor range grill cart with oven is available in natural or LP gas and retails for around $2,900. The portable cart and oven can be paired with the 53-inch wide Ultra-Premium T-Series gas grill for an easy-to-move kitchen.
Beverage Center
Lynx offers a stainless steel freestanding Cocktail Pro, which includes a high shelf and speedrail for bottle storage, water filtration system, insulated ice bin, integrated towel holder and two removable, fold-down shelves that double as serving trays. The freestanding Cocktail Pro with high shelf retails for approximately $3,000.
Beverage Center
This beverage dispenser boasts four heavy-duty casters for effortless transport and an easy-to-clean, stainless steel dispensing tower that is threaded to fit any custom handle. From Viking, retails for around $3,600.
Refrigerator
To keep chilled food and beverages cold, KitchenAid produces a weather-resistant, stainless steel, outdoor refrigerator. With a capacity of 6-cubic-feet and a width of 24 inches, easy-to-access side-door bins and two removable shelves to accommodate taller items there is plenty of storage space. KitchenAids outdoor refrigerator, model number KORU06RSSS, is priced around $2,300.
and speedrail for bottle storage, water filtration system, insulated ice bin, integrated towel holder and two removable, fold-down shelves that double as serving trays. The freestanding Cocktail Pro with high shelf retails for approximately $3,000.