Building An Outdoor Kitchen With a Wood Fired Oven and BBQ / Part 15 / Granite Countertop Install

This is part 15 of my outdoor kitchen series. In this segment of my outdoor kitchen build, I will show you all of the steps that I took to prepare for the installation of the granite countertops. I will also finish all of the remaining stone work. If you are new here and would like to see the other parts of this project, see the links below.

Link to my cooking channel: On The Flame

Links to the other parts of this build:

[AlexSwaney]

I’m a mason and just want to say good job for being a diy guy I have done over 100 outdoor kitchens and usually the countertop are installed with just shims and some caulk then we veneer right up tight underneath

[ca]

That is AWESOME!!! I appreciate people that focus on all the fine details.

[juannicolini]

My family is in the stone countertops bussines since 1947, and you did right sealing the below, like a building or everything else, more basing is better, my father invented a small plastic chock so you can level and fix more quickly this kind of jobs, good work

[knightmareking]

I recently purchased a manufactured home and it has one of these fireplaces/grill its huge and i had no idea what to use it for but your video helped picture it

[zachpennington]

I enjoy the variety of ways you show to cut notches. Not just always using one tool.

[Mrsuchoj]

congratulations to acomplished the project...like it very much

[janetcook]

Beautiful! My husband used your channel as his Go-To channel for your pizza oven project to build his own: he is very pleased with the result and pretty much culinary married to it! :)

[JorgePetraglia]

Sorry to hear about your bad experience with the granite company. Unfortunately there are too many so called contractors, as this one, in any trade one can imagine.
On the bright side : YOU GOT YOUR DREAM KITCHEN!!!
Judging by the details you put in there I can tell that you are an amazing mason, which I'm not.
I'm just a retired plumber who had the privilege to have witnessed this art performed by really well qualified folks.
Enjoy your kitchen amigo, you deserve it.
Greetings from Toronto.

[russellwood]

Absolutely love your outdoor kitchen. What a wonderful idea great thing to have. As a bricklayer with more than 30 years experience, you are correct your brickwork is rough as a bears arse. However, hats off to you, you gave it a go got stuck in and built it. Not a fan of that licking stick artificial stone. How it will discolour over time for sure. What can I say? I’m a brick and stone mason I like the real thing. You are perfectly correct about your granite top. It should not have been just shimmed up. It should’ve been bedded. Granite like most stone is strong in compression, but not intention. It had the potential to snap and crack as a result of the way they installed it.. this is what happens when you find someone who’s not qualified to do the job correctly. I seriously doubt they were actually stonecutters. But I have to admit I have seen a lack of pride in a lot of tradesmen‘s work over the years. It’s not like it used to be. People buy fake and artificial now they want it done quickly and cheaply. Unfortunately, this brings a on qualified workforce and cheaper crapper material. But I’m sure you will get many great years of use out of your outdoor kitchen. Fantastic thing to have.

[suziehartwright]

It looks beautiful. Would love to see a video where you demonstrate what you can do with it and how it works. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[andycouto]

I really loved watching this series it was informative and entertaining. Thank you!

[IntoTheWildernessWeGo]

Absolutely amazing build! The kitchen turned out spectacular! Well done!

[martyrose]

That's absolutely gorgeous! Watched the last video first. Now I have to back up and watch you work your magic. Thanks!😊

[johnlogan]

It looks amazing. Very good job.nice layout and design.

[abelreynoso]

I really enjoyed watching this video. Thank you for making this video its going to help a lot next spring when I built mine 😊

[YourChoiceHomeSupplies]

it's so great how it turned out great job I just love it

[VinnyGjokaj]

As someone who also built a backyard kitchen with a pizza oven too, as well as a 15 year granite fabricator installer.

Yes I’ve had plenty of customers say the same thing that 2-4 weeks turned into 10-12 weeks.

And shims are used to level the granite, you must place shims every 12 inches where it’s not supported. Then you also add RTV silicon as both securing it and providing some of that support as it should get pushed into the gap.

[christinawyckoff]

That's beautiful you did a beautiful job 👍💙💜💗

[jimelmore]

In the design stage now. Great video.

[vlonjat.d]

Looks amazing mate, my dream to build this in Italy 🤞🏻