Outdoor island/kitchen

midwestsmoker

Chubby said:

ob said:

That is beautiful, awesome job Midwestsmoker!!!!!  I want to do something similar.  I have a 14 x14 concrete pad with electric, water and septic under the concrete to eventully do an outdoor kitchen.  But first I need a cover and the one you have is exactly the size, shape and materials I am wanting.  Would you happen to have the plans for your cedar pavilion. Thanks for your time.

I can't say for sure ....but I spent a lot of time looking at the prefab pergolas and outdoor patio covers at Home Depot.
These appear to be them... or something just like them, He'll have to jump in here and say one way or the other as I could be wrong?
They look to be well made and you can install them yourself or have them installed by the manufacturer.
I thought they were a good value for the money... and come in many sizes and configurations...  but in the end I chose to go another route.

As far as the rest of it... it certainly isn't prefab and its not Home Depot!!

Correct, the Pergola and Pavilion were purchased through Home Depot but I did the installation myself. 

midwestsmoker

Ladeback69 said:

AWESOME!  SWEET! WOW!  Man that is what I would love to build some day.  Yes, Outstanding workmanship!  The slid out shelves are interesting.  

They are Rev-A-Shelf with the door mounting kit, I made the door faces myself

midwestsmoker

ChrisgrillsSTLMO said:

I am standing up at work and slow clapping it. That is brilliant work!

Thanks, that cracks me up

midwestsmoker

caliking said:

Wow... and wow some more! You have a beautiful eggdom. Those countertops look amazing. 

I thought of building an outdoor kitchen using metal stud like you did, and so have some questions:

1. What brand/kind of stud did you use? G90?

2. Where did you source the studs from? Were they available at Lowes/HD or did you have to go to a supply house?

3. What kind of screws did you use to build the frame?

4. What did you use to attach the stone to the hardibacker?


Thanks  

1 & 2. Thanks, studs and track came from lowes, didn't pay attention to the gauge but it was acceptable to me.

3. I tried several different ones until I decided on a combination of self piercing and self drilling metal lath screws. The trick was to clamp it together to level & plumb it before I screwed it together. 

4. Once again I used a combination, loctite 3x & 8x

hope that helps

midwestsmoker

I want to thank everyone for the compliments and questions. There is actually a story that goes along with this build which I posted on Big Green Egg Facebook with other photos which I should have original posted here but here is the story. 

After a 3 year process, with the exception of a few small details, I am finally done with the outdoor kitchen/island. It all started one cold and lonely day in December with a single egg I purchased 8 years ago for a family of 4. After convincing my buddy of almost 40 years Bill Kluth that the Big Green Egg was the be all you can be of the backyard BBQ world he finally purchased his first large egg. He soon decided the large wasn't big enough for a bachelor so he purchased the XL Egg and offered his large to me at a friendship price. Now, for those of you that don't know Mr. Kluth, he is the most impatient man of earth. As soon as the Mini Max eggs were released he purchased the first 2 in the Chicagoland area and surprised me with one, thank you very much. So as you can see the island was not only necessary it needed to accommodate all 3. Therefore I am thankful for the end project in many ways. 

Thatgrimguy

What's your friends name and phone number? I need a new pal.

EagleIII

That is wicked-nice!

midwestsmoker

Thatgrimguy said:

What's your friends name and phone number? I need a new pal.

I would be breaking the egghead friendship confidentiality rule as noted in book 14; page 96; paragraph 37

Sonny3

I agree with the others, all that anyone can say is WOW!  And I think that covers it.

toothologist

Looks awesome. I'd stand a start a slow-clap. 

grege345

Brilliant work. Makes me wanna take a wrecking ball to my space

theyolksonyou

grege345 said:

Brilliant work. Makes me wanna take a wrecking ball to my space

Nooooooooooooooo!

Roadpuke0

I'm thinking old Scotty owes you a SGH double seal of approval for that nice looking work. I wish I had the time to devote to such a worthy project. Hope you enjoy it for a long time.  

midwestsmoker

grege345 said:

Brilliant work. Makes me wanna take a wrecking ball to my space

Haven't seen yours but no egg dome should ever see a wrecking ball

NPHuskerFL

Yo! You've got skills my friend!!! That's a space anybody that has a love for outdoor cooking (egging) wood be proud and quite comfortable using. Fantastic.

tcampbell

Wonderful

midwestsmoker

Thanks again to everyone for the comments. It's a love we all share and any eggsperience is a lifetime of memories. I'm just glad to see it growing the way it has been. 

stemc33

Unbelievable   awesomeness x10. Well done. 

U_tarded

Awesome.  That is exactly what I wanted to do.  Now I have some plans that I can adjust to my area.  Thanks for sharing and I hope you enjoy it.

dboram

So cool...so very, very cool. Love the lighting and attention to detail!

GeorgiaGirl

That is Incredible!  We didn't buy a table when we bought our egg because I had ideas about what I really wanted - an outside kitchen/patio.  Yours is now bookmarked so I can show my husband.  Thanks for the inspiration!

caliking

midwestsmoker said:  

1 & 2. Thanks, studs and track came from lowes, didn't pay attention to the gauge but it was acceptable to me.

3. I tried several different ones until I decided on a combination of self piercing and self drilling metal lath screws. The trick was to clamp it together to level & plumb it before I screwed it together. 

4. Once again I used a combination, loctite 3x & 8x

hope that helps

Thanks for the info. I get more envious each time I look at your pics.  

Hawg Fan

That's absolutely beautiful!  I've poured the concrete countertops before, so I know how much work is involved in just the countertops.  Love the sculpted edges as well.

jeffsun21

Very nice job, I saw older post of your setup before the counter build out. Couldn't find Facebook pictures ? It looks like you used possibly Z-countertop forms and mix,is that correct?  What about stone, I see the boxes have there name on them, is it applied with thinset?. The Cedar Pavilion thru Home Depot and Lawn Masters?  I could ask more but it looks like your getting lots of attention (well deserved) .

A5firearms

Very nice!

Wanasmoke

Absolutely Amazing!!!  Any properties around you for sale?  Their value just went up with you as their neighbor!

texaswig

Super nice. Like everyone else I love the tops. I'm jealous. 

midwestsmoker

jeffsun21 said:

Very nice job, I saw older post of your setup before the counter build out. Couldn't find Facebook pictures ? It looks like you used possibly Z-countertop forms and mix,is that correct?  What about stone, I see the boxes have there name on them, is it applied with thinset?. The Cedar Pavilion thru Home Depot and Lawn Masters?  I could ask more but it looks like your getting lots of attention (well deserved) .

Hey Jeff, thanks. Yes, you are correct on all accounts. I didn't go into details, maybe I should have. Z forms and mix worked great, very pleased. The stone is Centurion, Rustic Brown and I used Loctite 8x for the adhesive and also bought the corners. Very pleased with the stone, many sizes colors and textures in the mix. Since I never personally poured concrete tops or laid stone it really came out nice. I will need to strip the top and re stain and seal as I may have rushed at the end. When it rained bubbles showed up and pulled the stain up with it. The pergola & Pavilion were from Depot (lawn masters) however I had to haul it from TN to Indy since they didnt sell it north of TN. They didn't supply any directions or drawings since they weren't installing it,,I had to rely on Internet pictures.

midwestsmoker

Wanasmoke said:

Absolutely Amazing!!!  Any properties around you for sale?  Their value just went up with you as their neighbor!

Thanks, there are several families sprucing up there properties, no egghead neighbors yet

midwestsmoker

texaswig said:

Super nice. Like everyone else I love the tops. I'm jealous. 

Thanks, I'll be honest, my first choice was cherry wood tops but I couldn't get comfortable with how they would weather up here. Since then I've learned more and if I had it to do all over again I would have used wood tops.