akaCarioca's outdoor kitchen - looking for input

[akaCarioca]

Nice job!

I am looking to build a small (8 ft wide) cooking area and have never heard of "welded aluminum frame" outdoor kitchens.
One builder offers this:

- Welded Aluminum Frame, Dryvit "TerraNeo" on Cabinets
- 3cm granite countertop
- Fire Magic refrigerator model #3590A
- AOG Built in 30x18 grill model 30PB-00SP, with optional infrared burner
- AOG storage door model 17-24-SD(under grill)
- Fire Magic Legacy enting Panel model 5510-01
- 15 x 15 under mount bar sink and faucet

Any advice regarding traditional concrete vs welded aluminum frame? I have the concrete being poured on my pool tomorrow and need to make a decision on the kitchen this week.

Here is the draft:

 

[Riles_J]

Nothing at all wrong with welded aluminum. I have seen outdoor kitchen made with block, wood, metal studs and aluminum and they will all work if constructed properly. As a DIY'r I was more comfortable working with the metal studs, but that just a preference.

Riles

 

[Brentr]

Do you have an idea of the cost to built your outdoor kitchen including the appliances? The reason I asked is because you might want to look at a pre built one. I have one and love it. Look at this link http://www.paradise2u.com/about.html
These outdoor kitchens are made with Welded Steel frame. We have one and we love it

 

[Nightmare]

The Firemagic Frig is fairly expensive. From what I have read, it is just a Danby with the Firemagic logo.

I'm still undecided on my frig and all the rest of my stuff is Firemagic. I'm not going to pay an extra $300, just so the Frig says "Firemagic"

 

[blancawilliams]

It looks nice!

 

[MrTed]

You folks are very lucky to live in such warm weather in the US in the first place! No point in investing in those over here.

The welded aluminium would be good too.

 

[dmurphynj]

Nothing wrong with building the kitchen out of metal framing and board. Ours is built from aluminum studs and durock cement board (same stuff you'd use under a bathroom tile floor, for example.). After it was all framed out, they just applied a cultured stone veneer to it. Looks great and much lighter weight than a traditional stone build. That was a big deal, since we did this right on our deck. Here is ours - you'd never know it was metal studs and cement board!