LarryR Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) Starting my outdoor kitchen design and thought I'd see what others are doing for something that comes-up when I'm grilling that I'd like to design into my area. For those of you who have an outdoor kitchen/grilling area did you build something in for temporary grate placement? What I mean is when I start a cook I take the lid off my Weber kettle, open KK and move the grate to my kettle, shake off ash, pour in more fuel, light, put grate back on, and wait for her to come to temp. Then I open her up, take hot grate off, put her on the kettle, stir coals, add wood, add deflector, put grate back on. I'd like to design something into my new unit to do this. I'm building in a Weber Summit which I suppose I could move the grates to the Summit grates but I'd prefer not. Any ideas, anyone else addressed this in a build? Sorry for the rambling process above, hope readers understand what I'm trying to accomplish. Edited June 26, 2017 by LarryR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Glad to see you posting again, Larry! Missed you, buddy. Not much help here. I have a wrought iron table next to my grill that's covered in ceramic tiles, so I just set my grates on it as my lay-down area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryR Posted June 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Hmmmm interesting, I could have them install ceramic tiles next to the KK space that would withstand the heat of the grill yet clean easily with a de-greaser . . . interesting idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stile88 Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 You could always order a custom teak table from dennis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tucker Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 I have two tables, each w/ granite. One I made years ago and one from Dennis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FotonDrv Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 I have a Dennis Cabinet coming in my direction now and it should hold anything I want to put in it for the function of the KK. An outside sink would be handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve M Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 I had thought about something similar myself both for doing the task you mentioned as well as storage for the others when I'm not using them. I was thinking a pullout shelf that is slightly recessed to hold the grate in place and some type of non-combustible surface like tile. I also thought about cutting a large hole so that it would only be touching the outer edges of the grate to cut down on the mess it would make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryR Posted July 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 I've decided to build the counters around my KK vs. building a feature to set the KK on. I'm thinking of leaving 6" on either side of the KK or from side of KK to counter. Any thoughts/experience on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5698k Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 If you have to do any spring adjustments, will you be able to access it?Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryR Posted July 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 1 hour ago, 5698k said: If you have to do any spring adjustments, will you be able to access it? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Great question, yes I'm going to leave the back open, think of a U with a break at the bottom of the U where my KK will sit. There's room behind the KK to work on it. Great observation, honestly one I hadn't thought of, just dumb luck I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
