Ready for next season - one of the last outdoor kitchen installs of 2013

When you hear people say "I love to grill year round, if I could I would grill out every day of the year!"

Do you think those hard core grillers really mean it?  Well these folks sure do!  We installed this outdoor kitchen December 17th and I believe they plan on using it this weekend despite it being below 0 outside.  As you can see from the pictures there is quite a bit of ice on the lake, but can you imagine the view when it thaws this spring? 

I sure can!

What we did here was a clay powder stucco, weather tight Fire Magic doors and drawers with rain guards due to the proximity of the kitchen to the lake, and a Baltic Brown solid surface granite top.  Not trying to conflict with the beautiful red brick masonry that was already in place we decided simple was better the granite offered a great accent to an already beautiful backyard.

We completed the outdoor kitchen with a 38" Delta Heat grill with rotisserie!

One of the benefits of purchasing a true "premium grill" is that the customer is getting a 304 stainless, dual lined grill head that can get to AND maintain the high heat necessary for grilling in colder weather.  Often times a lot of the grills that come at a lower price point are advertised as stainless steel, but a much thinner stainless and often times even a stainless steel that can still be corrosive under harsher elements.  Not this grill that was redesigned this year by Twin Eagles.

That being said - enjoy the view and get ready for warmer weather!  It will be here sooner than you know it!

Full Rendering - Delta/Fire Magic

Pre-draw concept

Completion 1 Angle View

Completion Side View

Concept to Reality Fire Magic Kitchen, Viking Side Burner, Honed and Chiseled Granite, and even a Palapa

We made several revisions on this design, but final came up with a great concept that fit the space, fit the components, and gave this kitchen a very very unique look! Great addition to the outdoor space for truly a one of a kind piece!

First we will start with the design

Dimensional rendering for framing and space

Rendering for palapa size!!!

Outdoor Kitchen and Bar full view

Outdoor Kitchen and Bar Top View

Now let's take a look at the final project.

What we have here is primarily Fire Magic components in the grill, cut and clean combo, trash can, ice maker, and doors and drawers, we also have featured a Saffire Charcoal Smoker as well as a Viking Outdoor Power Burner.

We also did some custom tile work around the Viking burner to match the flooring.  Enjoy the pictures!!!

Backview

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Palapa Side View

Custom Tile around the Viking Burner

Alternate Side View, great view of the honed and chiseled granite

Custom Outdoor Room - Freshly Sealed Concrete

Check out one of our most recent projects that takes you through the whole process from the tear out to the final pictures.  These folks had an unused space off to the side of their pool, they loved to entertain and grill out, and they liked our business model and how we were able to deliver exactly what they wanted.

I include here the steps from the beginning to the end because sometimes its hard to visualize where this is going until you get right to the very bottom!

This Outdoor Kitchen features Bull Outdoor as well as Fire Magic components, a radial foot rest and bar, a sink, ice maker, accent lights in the base boards as well as in the back splash, a two color texture concrete - and even a pull out trash can. Family Leisure Custom Outdoor Room!

What's cooking in your back yard?

Check out more of our work at www.familyleisure.com

Old Concrete Tear Out/ Framing

Marking Electrical, Water Drain Insert

Framing/ Materials/ Angle 2

Concrete Pour and Electric Stubs - Now we wait 30 days!!!!

Finishing Touches on the Design

Arial View

Interior View

Exterior View

Complete Full View - Concrete Seal

Fire Magic: Grill Review

When people ask me, "What kind of a grill would you recommend?

I often respond with, "What kind of grill do you have in your indoor kitchen?"

Let's face it, you can find ovens that are 500.00 dollars and you can find ovens for 5,000.00 dollars and as most of us know due to customer education through visiting the various appliance stores throughout the years when you start to look at the higher end ovens they just do a lot more right?

Well, outdoor cooking has also expanded in terms of culinary capabilities and there in lies the next series of questions:

"How often do you use your grill now?" 
"If you had a better grill would you use it more?"
"If you had a grill that allowed you to do exactly what your doing in your indoor kitchen would that change your lifestyle in outdoor living?"

Well, enter Fire Magic......

Fire Magic Diamond Echelon

I looked at a variety of grills in this price category before settling on this one.  If you look around the internet this grill ranks at least in the top 5 of most grill reviews and in a lot of cases number 1 based on its price category.

Here are some of the well documented features of the Fire Magic grill line:

Heat
FireMagic grills just get hotter than other grills.

Most talk about btu's per burner - but that has no relation to the size of the cooking surface. FireMagic grills are perfectly balanced to ensure proper cooking, so you will either get more burners or the btu's will grow with larger grills - or both.

While you get a lot of heat - you also get control. Control knobs allow for precise heat control. On low you can slow cook, on high it's infra-red. Heat and control.

Even Heat Distribution
Cast Stainless Steel E Burners are part of a whole system to ensure even heat distribution so the are no hot spots or cold spots. This gives you greater use of the space relative to others.

Flavor grids, Depth of firebox, and our cooking grids also contribute

Shallow Depth Backburner
Ours is made of Stainless Steel - unlike the ceramic of others. This allow us to both be shallow depth allowing more room for your food and is more durable - ours wont crack.

Combined with our 12" deep firebox and tall hood, this allows the greatest flexibility to cook on your rotisserie, up to 20" in diameter.

Lights Every Time
State of the art ignition ensure that your grill is ready when you are.

Echelon Diamond series use Hot Surface Ignition (shown) which will even light in the pouring rain. Aurora uses battery operated electronic ignition.

Echelon and Aurora both feature push to light technology.

Cast Stainless Burners
Our Cast Stainless Steel E Burners are 4-5 times thicker than others and are warranted for life!

 

Oh yeah...and the knobs light up with blue LED lights.....that just really cool.

You can find great deals on Fire Magic here:  

http://www.familyleisure.com/Grills/Fire-Magic-Grills 

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