Your outdoor kitchen
• Built-in backyard barbecue
• Perfect patio addition
• Dream kitchen in the country

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Your outdoor kitchen

Three designs, three budgets: from elaborate stone pavilion to simple counter barbecue

The outdoor kitchen means so much more than a barbecue with a prep sink. Here are designs with a range of options, all created to bring people together for good times.

Family DIY project
Backyard BBQ

Great gathering place
Patio addition

Ultimate outdoor kitchen:
Luxurious country retreat

3 design strategies
What's the right one for you?

Online bonus:
Download free detailed how-tos (PDF files) from Sunset 's Barbecues and Outdoor Kitchens book:

Tuscan-style kitchen with pizza oven
Family barbecue counter

Published: August 2004