8 Must-Have Outdoor Kitchen Components
Your outdoor kitchen is the ideal space for creating memorable moments and opportunities to gather around a delicious outdoor meal. With your new summer kitchen, you can make the most of your garden or terrace.
Essential Outdoor Kitchen Components
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Outdoor kitchens with electric appliances
When looking for an electric cooking appliance for your outdoor kitchen, there are several things you need to consider before designing or installing your outdoor kitchen.
First, you need to choose the electric cooker that best suits your needs.
On the market, you’ll find electric barbecues and grills, electric Teppanyaki plancha, electric induction hobs and electric deep fryers. The best appliances are made from marine-grade AISI 304 or AISI 316 stainless steel.
Each of these appliances has a range of features such as power, cooking mode, cooking zones and more. Some have digital controls, others physical.
The Best Outdoor Planchas
Some of these appliances are directly recessed to blend in better with the worktop, while others are simply placed on the worktop.
These appliances tend to have a high power consumption, so you’ll need to plan for a sufficient electricity supply to power all of them. There’s no point in bothering with low-end appliances, as they’re bound to fail.
Benefits of FESFOC
At Fesfoc, we have a wide range of electric barbecues, electric Teppanyaki, deep fryers and outdoor induction hobs. These top-quality 316 stainless steel appliances provide maximum strength and durability, as well as spectacular design, so you can have fun cooking like a professional chef and enjoy the best of times with family and friends.
If you’d like some advice, drop us a line or give us a call, and our team of experts will help you find the appliances that best suit your needs.
Outdoor Refrigeration Appliances
To keep your food and beverages at the right temperature, a refrigeration system is essential. It’s best to choose refrigerators and wine cellars that are specially designed for outdoor use, with reinforced insulation and high-quality materials that are durable and resistant to different weather conditions.
It’s important to know that there are different types of outdoor refrigeration appliances on the market:
Beverage Center Refrigerators
Outdoor refrigerators and wine cellars: these appliances are often placed directly under the worktop. They generally measure between 60 and 90 cm in length and around 90 cm in height.
They can be fitted with a stainless steel or glass door. The best choice is AISI 316 stainless steel and IP67 resistance, which will give you the best quality.
Outdoor Ice Makers
There are different shapes and types of icemaker. Outdoor ice makers are usually placed under the counter. They are usually 38 cm wide and 87 cm high. In this case, they are made of AISI 304 stainless steel and are recommended to have IP67 resistance.
Their price can vary considerably according to design, production capacity and materials that can be fabricated with. For more professional advice, just get in contact with our dedicated team and they will guide to which are the best options for your needs.
Outdoor Freezers
These appliances can also be placed under the worktop. There are freezers where the entire space is dedicated to freezing, and others where the freezer simply occupies a space inside the refrigerator.
Depending on your needs, you can choose one or the other. The best ones are usually made of 304 or 316 stainless steel, and prices will vary according to model and capacity.
Tips from the PROs
If you don’t have a lot of space in your outdoor kitchen, you should be aware that there are combination refrigeration appliances. For example, you can combine a freezer with a refrigerator, or an ice maker with a fridge. It’s a good solution for having everything in a small space.
At Fesfoc, we offer a wide range of outdoor refrigerators, wine cellars, ice makers and freezers, so that your outdoor kitchen is fully equipped to suit all your outdoor kitchen needs.
Outdoor Kitchens with Pizza Ovens
For those who love pizzas, this is the ideal choice for enjoying delicious meals outdoors, with family and friends.
At FESFOC, we offer an outdoor oven with a large 60×40 cm cooking surface. Its inner dome features thick insulation, enabling it to reach higher temperatures in less time.
Outdoor Kitchen Faucets
The choice of faucets is essential, as it’s one of the finishes that people notice most at first glance. That’s why, at FESFOC, we offer a wide collection of premium outdoor mixers so you can find the one that suits you best!
We have 2 categories, classic and folding, for a total of 7: Curve, Designer, Kubik, Professional, Standard and Minimal Pro Edition.
If you want your faucets to stand up to the elements, they must be made of stainless steel. The best quality is AISI 304 stainless steel, or AISI 316 if your home is located near the sea.
Outdoor Kitchen Cabinetry
Outdoor furniture is an important choice, as it will enable your summer kitchen to be fully equipped. FESFOC offers two ranges of furniture, BCN and EMPIRE, so it’s up to you to decide which best suits your needs!
If you want your outdoor furniture to be of phytosanitary quality, weather-resistant, easy to clean and to retain its aesthetic appearance over time, your furniture must be made of stainless steel.
Aluminium Outdoor Kitchen Furniture
Furniture made of aluminum, plastic, HDPE, wood, iron, brick or concrete is not recommended. Outdoor kitchen furniture is subject to wear and tear from rubbing, impact and use.
In the case of aluminum furniture, bear in mind that aluminum is an oxidizing material. Bear in mind that aluminum oxide is not phytosanitary, so it’s not advisable to mix it with food or kitchen equipment.
This is why this type of furniture is usually painted. But as this is an area of use exposed to the wear and tear of time, over time the paint can eventually chip and begin to oxidize. The same applies to iron furniture.
Plastic Outdoor Furniture
For furniture made of plastic, HDPE or HPL, it’s very important to note that UV rays cause degradation that affects the aesthetics of the material, so that in the medium term, you’ll end up with a very aged kitchen. Also, the heat of the grills will cause eventual damaging.
Furniture and Worktops in Concrete
Brick or concrete furniture, on the other hand, is a highly porous material that can easily be stained by any type of food, oil, beverage, etc. Once stained, it’s easy to see why. Once stained, it’s extremely difficult to remove. What’s more, because they’re not phytosanitary, they’re not designed to be cleaned in the way a kitchen should.
This is why, in the kitchens of professional restaurants, all the furniture is stainless steel, or almost all of it. It’s the most comfortable, cleanest, most durable and most phytosanitary material.
Drawers for Outdoor Kitchens
Furniture is an important element that needs to be customized to suit your needs. The order, layout and ease of access to the elements will determine how you use your outdoor kitchen. Drawer units improve order and space utilization compared to shelf units.
Drawer units offer better access to all stored items. One of the most important elements of a drawer unit is the guide. There are many types of hinge on the market. You’ll find full-extension and soft-close models, visible and concealed, and so on. They are also classified according to the weight they can support.
Types of Guides
For outdoor furniture with drawers, we recommend full-extension drawers with a minimum capacity of 40 kg when open. We also do not recommend visible runners on the side of the drawer.
Visible runner guides are low-quality that indicate a cheap product. They are the least stylish on the market, and weathering will cause them to degrade rapidly and visibly, since they are not hidden.
So, it’s really preferable that your cabinet hinges are concealed. When you buy a kitchen cabinet with drawers, pay attention to these small, but very important details.
How to store items in an outdoor kitchen?
The drawers can hold cutlery, crockery, pots and pans thanks to its convenient height. There are an infinite number of storage and accessory options to help you organize all your kitchen utensils perfectly.
Stainless Steel Outdoor Kitchens
Stainless steel is the most comfortable, cleanest, durable and phytosanitary material. Bear in mind that if you buy an outdoor kitchen with unsuitable materials and have to change it because it has lost its aesthetic appeal, or because it’s rusty, scratched or dirty and can’t be cleaned or repaired, it will cost you time and money to get rid of it, as it’s usually very bulky and heavy.
We recommend that you buy a kitchen made from the right materials so that you can enjoy its design and features without worry. Fesfoc kitchens, on the other hand, meet all the highest quality standards to guarantee you the best cooking experience of your life.
Outdoor Kitchen and Bar
If you enjoy entertaining or simply sharing a friendly moment in the sunshine outdoors with your family or guests, then a bar counter is a must. You’ll be able to cook while enjoying a wonderful moment.
Outdoor Kitchen Accessories
If you want to personalize and add your own style to your outdoor kitchen, then accessories are essential. These small features can make a big difference to the conviviality and efficiency of your outdoor space with your family or guests.
Outdoor Kitchen and Bar
If you enjoy entertaining or simply sharing a friendly moment in the sunshine outdoors with your family or guests, then a bar counter is a must. You’ll be able to cook while enjoying a wonderful moment.
Outdoor Kitchen Equipment
An outdoor kitchen can therefore be equipped with many features, such as a refrigeration zone, where you’ll find outdoor fridges and wine cellars, a freezer and an outdoor ice maker.
On the other hand, the cooking zone can be equipped with gas appliances such as barbecues or plancha grills, teppanyaki, pizza ovens, outdoor stoves and woks.
There are also electric outdoor cooking appliances such as electric barbecues and hobs, deep fryers and induction hobs. Finally, there are charcoal barbecues and planchas.
Design your Outdoor Kitchen with Fesfoc
At Fesfoc, you can choose from a wide range of accessories to personalize your outdoor kitchen to the maximum.
Live the ultimate outdoor experience with our summer kitchens. Our Design Department is waiting to turn your dream into reality – and we’re here to help!
