BBQ COACH
Your Free Personal Coach to help you build the outdoor kitchen of your dreams. (non-profit)
BBQ Coach invented the #1 DIY Outdoor kitchen framing system in 1998. Willie was a professional builder in California and later invented cement board stucco for bbq islands. Now as a hobby in retirement he offers this non-profit online resource to help people build their own outdoor kitchens. Notice: No one should ever ask you for money from BBQ Coach. If they do it is a scam.
The BBQ Coach Framing System
This was my Outdoor Kitchen Framing System that I invented to help people build outdoor kitchen frames. My goal was to make a system that was easier than using track and studs to build BBQ Frames. My system became the #1 way to build an outdoor kitchen for diy home owners. I purchased my steel parts from a company named Connectubes.com located in Irvine, California
Now that I am out of business they sell my complete system. They are the actual importer from China of all the steel parts used in my kits. I have no affiliation with this company but if you want to use my system they have the parts.
Outdoor Kitchen Frame Kits
DIY Outdoor Kitchen frame kits are simply the best way to build a custom outdoor kitchen.
First the new steel square tube kits with steel couplers allow you to assemble a real steel frame without welding. This makes building a frame possible for the average homeowner that has no experience working with steel. These steel frames are much stronger than the ones built with track and studs. They are safer to work with and do not have all the sharp edges found on track and studs.
Second the frame kits are pre-cut and even have telescoping parts for no to little cutting. Kits are packaged and labeled for beginners.
Third you assemble your frame on the job site where you can create a perfect outdoor kitchen to match every inch and angle of your space.
The frame kits are shipped Fed Ex and Ups Nationwide in standard delivery truck. No big semi trucks are needed. Kits can be delivered very fast unlike pre fab islands taking weeks to ship on big trucks. Many people who do not want to build their own frame still buy these kits and have their contractor or handyman assemble them so that they can approve the frame before the rest of construction takes place.
Using Track & Studs From Home Depot
to build your Outdoor Kitchen
Other Ways To Build Outdoor Kitchens - Concrete panels
Concrete Panel Outdoor Kitchen Review
You may have seen advertisements on you tube for concrete panel outdoor kitchens from companies like RTA Outdoor Living. They make a lot of fancy advertisement and videos of how much better it is to build an outdoor kitchen with their product. But beware. There are a lot of undesirable points. Remember the old adage, if it sounds to easy to be true it probably is. In my experience with building outdoor kitchens every one of my clients had a different custom design. Every space is a different size. Every landscape is different. Buying a premade bbq island never fits the space well.
It is why I designed outdoor kitchen frame kits that could be customized in size on the job site.
If my client needed a few more inches to fit a side burner we just add onto the frame. If there was a special angle we
could just use our custom angle kit. Building on the job site your frame is the only real professional way of building an outdoor kitchen. I have made the above video to explain why I would not use concrete panels for my outdoor kitchen.
If you really want concrete do it the old fashioned way and hire a mason to build it with concrete block.
Best Places to Buy Outdoor Kitchen Grills and Components - Insider Secrets
I am often asked if I was planning to build an outdoor kitchen where would I buy my grill and components.
Of course I would say BBQ Coach if I was still in business lol)))
But now that I am completely neutral I can give good advice to where and how to buy.
There is 2 top retailers online for outdoor kitchen appliances that I would shop with depending upon where I live.
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If I lived on the East Coast
I would buy from BBQGUYS.COM if I needed my order as fast as possible since they are located in Louisiana. The only negative with BBQGUYS is that they do not sell the connectubes diy framing system. But if your not using diy frame kits and live on the east coast then they are a great choice!
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If I lived on the West Coast
or If I was on the East Coast and wanted to use DIY frame kits and have them all ship together I would buy from BBQGIRLS.COM located in Wyoming and has distribution warehouses in California, Arizona and Texas. Also another reason to shop with bbqgirls over the guys is that the girls help raise money for Cancer Research. Its not much like 1% but even a little helps. My best friend had breast cancer and I have had skin cancer so I would shop with BBQ Girls.
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BBQ ISLAND Refrigerators
If you are on a budget I don't recommend buying an expensive outdoor rated fridge for thousands of dollars. Buy a magic chef from home depot for $100 bucks or maybe one of the outdoor kitchen brand fridge's on the low end under a thousand dollars. I say this cuz I saw so many of the outdoor refrigerators not last even one year. For the price of one I could buy a new cheap one ever year for 5 - 10 years.
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Outdoor Kitchen Brands
If you want commercial quality with all the bells and whistles go with Fire Magic and you will not be disappointed. A great tip to save with Fire Magic is to buy their high end grills between $5,000 - $10,000 with 1 infrared burner if you like steaks and then to buy bbq girls components with rounded handles that look like the fire magic but cost one third the price.
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For families on a tight budget who can not afford a Fire Magic grill I recommend Summerset Grills and Blaze Grills.
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