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cabingal3
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# Posted: 15 Sep 2009 11:12am
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does anyone have any good ideas for a summer kitchen? i have a door resting on 2 half sawed off barrels.it is too low.u know it is the little things that make everything better.i need to raise the door up.but i also want a summer kitchen by our cabin door.Just out on the deck of porch.well-thats not gonna happen this summer.so i am still on the hunt for some ideas for when we get the real summer kitchen going.any ideas?thanks cabingal3
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bugs
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# Posted: 16 Sep 2009 10:22am
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We built a "pergola/arbour", then put a roof on it and placed a picnic table under for cooking and eating and a wash stand in the corner. Seems to work great so far and gives us plenty of shade as well and protects us from the rain when we are cooking. And we still get to enjoy the view.
Check pix out at Our new property ..... on the project forum.
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islandguy
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# Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:15pm
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My wife insisted on an outdoor kitchen, complete with bar-b-que and running water. I purchased a new, large stainless bar-b-que at an auction for $100. It was freight damaged, and both the side burner and the shelf on the other side were to badly dented to use so they were discarded. I priced out some restaurant grade stainless steel prep tables from a new and used building supply store, but they were asking $300 to $600 depending on the size.
At another auction I bought a prep table and a matching cupboard unit, both in stainless steel for $35 each. I now have a complete, eight foot long stainless steel outdoor kitchen for under $200.
Auctions really can be great places to get some real bargains.
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lamar5292
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2009 12:49am
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My summer kitchen (and many winter days kitchen) is my gas barbecue set on my front deck.
I have a table and all the condiments for cooking and the barbecue has a burner for cooking in a pot.
Keeps the heat out of the cabin in summer and I can barbecue anything that holds still long enough. My favorite is fresh caught trout.
Picnic table under a tree for good weather eating and inside the cabin in bad.
My raised garden beds are right in front of cabin for easy pickings to go with the meal. Barbecue rabbit and chicken is a staple in our diet and pheasants, venison, and grouse when in season.
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2009 08:57am
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I have a couple of heavy hatch covers from a fishing boat that I use as tables. I have one nect to the deck and one by the fire pit. I use the one by the deck for washing dishes in galvanized tubs. The table near the fire pit is for food prep.
In the fire pit I have a heavy welded steel grill from Cabelas. I use cast iron dutch ovens from harbor freight. My snob dutch oven friends look down on anything but Lodge but as far as I am concerned these cheapos work fine.
No out door cooking area is complete without tiki torches.
Jocko
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:15am
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thanks everyone for the good ideas.i am still working on what i need and the basics of a summer kitchen.well i have the basics in a non permanent kind of way.i need to think of things and your info helps alot.thanks alot.cabingal3
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 12 Oct 2009 12:58pm
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hello to everyone.not been on the puter alot.been busy.got a CAMP KITCHEN INSTEAD.We were going to attach the summer kitchen to the back deck incorperated on the deck floor and connected to our semi A-frame roof.Then we both got scared.our roof was so much work and what if we ripped off a piece of the shingle and blah blah blah.so we decided a deck and then a camp kitchen.here is what we came up with.mostly it is a perfect size for me and a bottom self and enough work space for camp cooking till we get me my own kitchen in the bigger house.thanks cabingal3
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 12 Oct 2009 01:03pm
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ok..here is a picture.thanks cabingal3
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swanugly
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# Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:16pm
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that looks good , im gonna build one except with 2 posts instead of trees . i always seem to be bbq and cooking in the rain . (trying not to have food in the cabin ) .
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 13 Oct 2009 10:03am
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Perhaps some (half-height) sidewalls could help, to protect from rain and wind. They can also be used to hold some shelving.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 13 Oct 2009 04:10pm
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yes.thank u...hmm.there is shelfs under the table cloth.we do need walls...but decided we would not be there in the winter too much.but whee.come summer...i will be out there cooking.
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