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Get Tips for Planning an Outdoor Kitchen 

 Large outdoor kitchen

If you want to create a fully functional outdoor kitchen for all of your al fresco entertaining and dining needs, you'll need much more than a simple outdoor grill. Get these tips for planning the perfect space:

  

Configurations and sizing 

 

Heights for concrete countertops 

 

Outdoor kitchen flooring options 

 

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Concrete Countertops for Big Backyard Bashes 

Bi-level countertop
Dear Jim,

 

Concrete countertops are a great amenity in any outdoor kitchen, especially if you love to entertain. While a simple grill-side countertop might suffice for small gatherings, big backyard bashes call for more elaborate setups, with multiple countertop surfaces for various functions, from food preparation to bartop service. These four projects showcase examples of outdoor countertops tailor-made for entertaining large groups. Let the fun begin!

 

Jim Peterson,
The Concrete Network
Ultimate outdoor kitchen

Concrete Countertops for the Ultimate
Outdoor Living Space

The owners of this lakeside home in Odessa, Fla., wanted the ultimate outdoor kitchen for entertaining friends and family. Their new custom-colored concrete countertops incorporate a built-in antique copper sink, stainless steel appliances, and ample surface area for food prep, creating a fully functional outdoor cooking center.  


L-shaped concrete countertops

Outdoor Kitchen Turns Backyard into a
Great Place to Entertain

This fully loaded outdoor kitchen features stamped and stained vertical concrete and two L-shaped cast-in-place concrete countertops reversed to make an enclosed cooking zone, complete with a full-sized sink, garbage disposal, ice maker and two barbecue grills. A raised bartop allows guests to hang out and watch all the action.


Fiber-optic bartop

Fiber-Optic Wine Bottles Light Up
Concrete Bartop

Scott Cohen of The Green Scene calls some of his unique outdoor kitchen creations "libation sensations." One of his most spectacular projects is an outdoor kitchen that incorporates a concrete bartop with wine bottles backlit by fiber-optic lighting. Learn how the countertop was made. 

 


Pool-side countertops

Outdoor Kitchen Brings Ambience to
Backyard Pool and Spa

This poolside outdoor kitchen features two curved concrete countertops with a pergola overhead to provide shade. The countertops were colored to match the edging along the pool, and the kitchen's circular shape ties in with the decorative concrete patterns on the pool deck.

 


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