Sandman I've had as many as 6 cookers in my backyard, and right now have 4 - an offset, a Weber Performer Deluxe (22" kettle), a 4 burner Weber Genesis II gas grill, and a 6 burner Camp Chef flat top. If I could only have two cookers, and were designing an outdoor kitchen, right now I think I would go for a built-in flat top, and build a kettle or kamodo into the other end of my outdoor setup. Probably the kettle, due to the huge number of accessories. I smoke/grill/bake/fry/rotisserie on my kettle. On the flat top, I griddle/stir-fry/do smashburgers/tacos/fajitas/tepinaki/etc. Since getting the griddle, my gas grill has not been used nearly as much, and the cooking is split between the charcoal kettle and the flat top.
I know your wife and designer are insisting on a built in grill, but maybe you can talk them into a built in flat top. To me, the flat top is just so much more convenient for many types of cooking that you COULD do indoors, but doing it outdoors leads to less mess, and much less cleanup. I find myself cooking on the griddle more than any of the other cookers right now, and doing most of my smoking on the kettle.
I know your wife and designer are insisting on a built in grill, but maybe you can talk them into a built in flat top. To me, the flat top is just so much more convenient for many types of cooking that you COULD do indoors, but doing it outdoors leads to less mess, and much less cleanup. I find myself cooking on the griddle more than any of the other cookers right now, and doing most of my smoking on the kettle.
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