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If you want to show off your taste in design style and culinary creativity, one of the best ways to do so is a luxury outdoor kitchen. Outdoor kitchen include each and everything that your indoor kitchen requires, in fact it is the way to show off even more if budget is not a problem to you.

Designing an outdoor kitchen takes a lot of creativity and a little organization. Make your designing plan according to the size of the area you want to use. Now make a list of the things or appliances that you want to include in your outdoor kitchen. It is also a great idea to use materials like stainless steel, granite and stacked stone. A well designed outdoor kitchen is as welcoming and entertaining as a living room and as important as indoor kitchen. Hiring a professional kitchen designer makes the process much simpler.

Cooking outdoors is a common trend in the Mediterranean. Today, this trend of outdoor kitchen has become a familiar trend in the United States, especially outdoor kitchens in Houston to enjoy with family and friends. In order to design an outdoor kitchen, you need to keep in mind some points. Some of them are discussed below.

1. Choose your location where the outdoor kitchen is to be placed:

There are a number factors depending on which you need to decide a location to place your outdoor kitchen.

• Firstly, you need to make sure that smoke from the grill will not waft back inside your home. So you need to orient the grill properly by understanding general wind pattern in your yard.
• Next, if you don’t want to go long distance for an outdoor kitchen, place your grill near the entrance to the indoor kitchen. Always remember, if your outdoor kitchen is far from your indoor kitchen, it will be a problem to file heavy platter from one place to another.
• Last but not the least, if you want to see the view of your outdoor kitchen from inside your home, you should place your outdoor kitchen to the side or at any angle, so that the view doesn’t get blocked.

2. Choose your appliance wisely; it will determine your kitchen size:
You can design your outdoor kitchen with several cooking appliances, but remember, the more your appliances are, the bigger your kitchen will be. In terms of designing an outdoor kitchen, kitchen designers often ask about the size of the appliances you want to install inside the kitchen and how many. Because, according to the size and number of appliances, the space of the outdoor kitchen is decided. Undercounter refrigerators, kegerators, wine coolers and ice markers are great options. A company has even introduced an outdoor dishwasher!

3. There should be a place to set and store items:
Like the indoor kitchen, the outdoor kitchen also requires places to put items and a plenty of storage. But in terms of outdoor kitchen, the appliances must be waterproof and long lasting. In order to keep away clutter and get some more space, you should use countertops and cabinets in your outdoor kitchen. If you want to give a custom look to your kitchen, you can co-ordinate your countertops, flooring and cabinets.

Before setting an outdoor kitchen, you should keep in mind how much storage you actually want from your kitchen. Do you want to use it throughout the year or only in the Fall, Spring and Summer months in Houston? Do you want to use the outdoor kitchen as a place where you can host dozens of people? By analyzing how want to use your kitchen, you can complete your decision making process.

Having an outdoor kitchen can be a special feature of your home, which increase the value of it as well as defines your class.