Steve M

Careful, that's a gateway crustacean.

Shrimp are a nice garnish on a Bloody Mary. Maybe you could start there

Thanks Paul

Funny you mention it-the round grill that looks like a speaker is an echo dot for that purpose. It is connected directly to the whole house audio. It can play amazon music as well as SiriusXM.

Margaritas make everything better

That's the round griddle.

I don't have a very good current pic of the location but here is from a couple of weeks ago and it is going just left of the EVO (between the column and the evo). We have been utilizing an interior designer for some other renovations and I asked her about some of the ODK choices. After seeing the kk, she told me that it needed to be the focal point for the kitchen. We selected some large 12"x25" dark copper colored tiles that will surround the kk with stone veneer everywhere else. They match up very well with the terra blue tiles.

Thanks Bruce. I cooked last night on the EVO - it was 37 degrees, raining hard, and blowing about 30+knots. so the answer I guess is not likely

Thanks tekobo. It has been fun, especially seeing things take shape. Thanks Jon. I've been watching quite a few blackstone videos. A lot of real estate on those blackstones.

Good looking wings!

Thanks Tony

I have the stone already and just need to have it put on. I know I will love it. Just getting the cement board on seemed like a major milestone.

I'm really enjoying cooking on it and I think it will really complement cooking on the kk. I can see a lot of cooks that I will use both of them, especially anything that needs searing.

Thanks Pequod!

That looks absolutely delicious.

On this side, I put a tilt out trash can with a trash chute above it as well as an access door for storage. This side has a warming drawer and some double drawers below. At this point, nearly all of the cement board is up with most of the components installed. The plumber still needs to install the sink/faucet and the electrician will finish up after that. I have a guy coming next week to talk about installing the stonework. I had planned on doing it myself but at this point, I just want to get it done. I will say I am finally able to start enjoying it. This morning was a good test. Temps in the mid 30's, rainy, and heaters on high. EVO fired up

So now I have the entire footprint of the project. The back porch is up, the new porch for the outdoor kitchen is going up and the deck for the bar area has been put down. The bar is going to be in the foreground. The contractors are nearly finished. There original target date was August 11th; the actual finish was the end of September. A couple of posts still needed to be wrapped but I already started working on the outdoor kitchen. I planned on doing most of it myself but called in pros for plumbing, electric, and the granite. The kitchen has a steel frame and I found it much easier to work with than I anticipated. I used bbqcoach for a lot of the parts including all framing, most of the doors and drawers. One of the best things I did was add a couple of IR heaters to the kitchen. I have tested them down to 37 degrees and so far so good. The other best thing I did was add whole house audio. I have 3 outdoor zones; one in the ODK, one on the back porch, and speakers on the other side of the pool. The granite went in week before last and the cement board started going on. The picture below shows the whole house audio controls for the ODK and pool. I chose a sink big enough to fit the occasional grill grate. This is the bar. In the foreground, I put a drop in cooler and the round thing is my new EVO griddle.

As I near completion of the outdoor kitchen, I thought I would start this thread and post some pics. We decided to do this last winter and started speaking to a few contractors about what we wanted. I sketched out the design in sketchup to show them exactly what I wanted. We needed to renovate the back porch and part of the concrete deck. I also wanted to add a new porch that would house the outdoor kitchen and provide a comfortable place to cook year round. It was April before we settled on a contractor and he couldn't start until June 11th. He anticipated 2 months of work. There goes the summer. Before pictures don't get much better than this. Ok, so it wasn't always like this. This is after the spring monsoon when I had all of the concrete demolition. I quickly realized I needed to think about drainage because most of this would be concrete and the rest would be mud under the new deck. $4k later, I had a new French drain system. The original plan was to leave the roof on the back porch and demo everything else. Once the contractor got into it, he thought it would be better to take it all out and start from scratch. it didn't affect our cost at all, win for us. The deck also came down and the new one started to go up. I could see the light at the end of the tunnel at this point and even felt like cooking again (although it could be a bit hazardous getting across the deck joists).

Looks good Alimac!

Another awesome meal Aussie!

Looks awesome. Are you asking about the long tongs because of the heat? A good pair of heat resistant gloves will fix that.

sfdrew, I'd say you hit that one out of the park.

Awesome, never even thought about making my own.

Alimac, the bread looks wonderful.

That's pretty cool, hats off to both of you