New (to me) Outdoor Kitchen

HoustonEgger

The wife and I just moved into our new home and with good fortune, the house has an already established outdoor kitchen/bar entertaining area of fairly substantial size. (18ftx18ft) What I'm struggling with now are the placement of the eggs. So I figured I'd turn to the forum to get some thoughts/ideas. 

Here's the "new" outdoor entertaining area - the covered bar area measures 18ft wide (bar itself is 16ft) - and the fire pit area is about the same width.





(older image - but best shot of the bar/layout as it stands today).



The only restriction I really have is that the Eggs are going to remain in tables/mobile - I'm open to putting them back into nests if that works best but I do not want to "build" my eggs into a kitchen as we tend to move every few years.

So a few thoughts I have are

1. Move the bar forward to line the eggs up behind it 
2. Add a covered area to the right of the existing structure that will serve as the Egg cover
3. Take the bar out completely and rearrange the layout entirely (but reuse the bar in some form)

Any other thoughts/ideas/suggestions? It will be sometime before I get to make any major changes with all of the other projects happening with the move - but I'll be moving the remaining (3) eggs next weekend so it's time to start planning the layouts

SciAggie

The bar looks like there is a break in the middle with a hinged bar top. Rotate one piece 90 degrees for the bar/ seating. Use the remaining piece to put between the eggs in the space the bar was in before. I hope that makes sense. It also depends on the direction of your prevailing winds. 

WeberWho

All I can say is what an awesome problem to have! 

HoustonEgger

SciAggie said:

The bar looks like there is a break in the middle with a hinged bar top. Rotate one piece 90 degrees for the bar/ seating. Use the remaining piece to put between the eggs in the space the bar was in before. I hope that makes sense. It also depends on the direction of your prevailing winds. 

Yes it's hinged in the middle to flip up

pgprescott

I would place the eggs outside of the bar. My place would be adjacent to the shelter, between the fire pit area and the bar. Possibly on the other side of the shelter would be good too. 

da87

You have very high quality problems!  +1 to @pgprescott. As someone who also moves frequently and thinks about resale with each change we make, I would leave the bar undistribed as it fits the space pefrctly, gives great TV and Les, and likely fits the way non-Eggheads wiukd use the space. If you end up staying longer than expected, you can always rebuild then. Enjoy the beautiful set up!

HoustonEgger

pgprescott said:

I would place the eggs outside of the bar. My place would be adjacent to the shelter, between the fire pit area and the bar. Possibly on the other side of the shelter would be good too. 

Yes that's an option - but with the weather here in TX, I would prefer to be under some cover. It never fails during some entertaining event we get hit with a massive thunder storm

HoustonEgger

da87 said:

You have very high quality problems!  +1 to @pgprescott. As someone who also moves frequently and thinks about resale with each change we make, I would leave the bar undistribed as it fits the space pefrctly, gives great TV and Les, and likely fits the way non-Eggheads wiukd use the space. If you end up staying longer than expected, you can always rebuild then. Enjoy the beautiful set up!

I never said it was a problem!  Yes, I was thinking about that - and that's where the thought of just moving the bar forward but maintaining the layout came from.

SemolinaPilchard

Great setup. If you can stand to lose some bar space, maybe cut off some of the bar in the middle and place the eggs there. You can use the bar on the side of the eggs as an egg table. 

pgprescott

HoustonEgger said:

pgprescott said:

I would place the eggs outside of the bar. My place would be adjacent to the shelter, between the fire pit area and the bar. Possibly on the other side of the shelter would be good too. 

Yes that's an option - but with the weather here in TX, I would prefer to be under some cover. It never fails during some entertaining event we get hit with a massive thunder storm

You can always roll the tables up to the shelter if needed. I just don't like the idea of LS cooks  right next to my guests sipping their drinks etc. Smoke signals. I would rather ther be some distance between the cookin and the partying. 

As stated earlier, you are in a good spot either way. Looks awesome!

Focker

I'd park the eggs in nests, along the left side, by the corrugated and fridge, closer to the entertaining area.  Running to the opposite side and back serving would get old real quick.

You can move the eggs around as needed with nests.  I'd also invest in some handlers if I were moving eggs around to different cribs. 

My kinda chill spot.
Beautiful.

da87

pgprescott said:

HoustonEgger said:

pgprescott said:

I would place the eggs outside of the bar. My place would be adjacent to the shelter, between the fire pit area and the bar. Possibly on the other side of the shelter would be good too. 

Yes that's an option - but with the weather here in TX, I would prefer to be under some cover. It never fails during some entertaining event we get hit with a massive thunder storm

You can always roll the tables up to the shelter if needed. I just don't like the idea of LS cooks  right next to my guests sipping their drinks etc. Smoke signals. I would rather ther be some distance between the cookin and the partying. 

As stated earlier, you are in a good spot either way. Looks awesome!

Focker said:

I'd park the eggs in nests, along the left side, by the corrugated and fridge, closer to the entertaining area.  Running to the opposite side and back serving would get old real quick.

You can move the eggs around as needed with nests.  I'd also invest in some handlers if I were moving eggs around to different cribs. 

My kinda chill spot.
Beautiful.

+1 on both! @HoustonEgger without walking the space I'd think that may give you the best across all points - leave the beautiful bar undisturbed, still use your tables (and the wheels), with the ability to quickly get your cooking undercover if needed or just to protect them when the area isn't in use.  No matter what you do it is a wond3erful spot that I'm sure you'll love spending cooking, entertaining, drinking, and relaxing time in!

xfire_ATX

I would go on the Right side where the flagstone is.

Relocate the bar in front of the gas grill and put your eggs in that area.  You could wheel the eggs onto the stone when weather is good or roll them under when the afternoon storms roll in.

Ladeback69

Are the two larges you have in one table?  If so I would just leave them in the table, store it where the wagon is and wheel it up to the bar area when you want to grill or smoke something or put it on the other side and do the same.  As for your rain storms, is your table big enough to drill a hole in it and put an umbrella in it to use to keep the sun and rain off of you?

Something like this.  
Or use and umbrella like this.

Ladeback69

Sweet outdoor area by the way.

northGAcock

WeberWho said:

All I can say is what an awesome problem to have! 

No chit....what a problem to have to solve (sarcasm). 

Gwizrace

Wow what a awesome place for family gathering 

HoustonEgger

pgprescott said:

HoustonEgger said:

pgprescott said:

I would place the eggs outside of the bar. My place would be adjacent to the shelter, between the fire pit area and the bar. Possibly on the other side of the shelter would be good too. 

Yes that's an option - but with the weather here in TX, I would prefer to be under some cover. It never fails during some entertaining event we get hit with a massive thunder storm

You can always roll the tables up to the shelter if needed. I just don't like the idea of LS cooks  right next to my guests sipping their drinks etc. Smoke signals. I would rather ther be some distance between the cookin and the partying. 

As stated earlier, you are in a good spot either way. Looks awesome!

Good point - I previously had the eggs covered but it wasn't an entertaining space so it was just me under the cover. This space will certainly be dual function. 

@Ladeback69 - I've done umbrellas in the tables before - they work in theory but don't really stand up to the TX rain we get. No matter what I'd end up soaked.

YEMTrey

Beautiful.  Maybe extend the roof out on the side by the wagon.  Roll Eggs under there.  Can cook and/or be stored right there.

Ladeback69

What is the space to right for?  Could you make that into a covered cooking spot or you could make that are bigger to have for your cooking spot.