So... my yard is very small to begin with, and the whole thing was on a slope when I bought the house, so a few years ago I flattened out a good portion of it and put in a paver stone patio.
That was cool for a while, but it still needed work and I decided it was finally time, so here's what I did. I flattened out more of the yard to within two feet of the back fence, put in a block retaining wall, and extended the paver stone patio all the way to the wall. Then i installed electrical outlets in several spots around the perimeter, and last, I put in a 10x12 pergola to put all my stuff under. I wanted the pergola super tall to give plenty of room for smoke to dissipate, so it's 12.5 ' tall in the back, with a roof that slopes to 11.5' in the front where there is a gutter with gutter guard and a rain chain which drains right into a French drain behind the wall.
It was just finished this week and and I just got all my cookers in place and set up so I'm super excited.
Here's the pics!
Here's a good view of the whole setup
The main area with my Blue Smoke offset by Big Phil's, 36" Blackstone 4 burner, and a 30x48 stainless prep table
The corner which houses my Ooni Karu 16 Pizza oven, two 4x4 wood racks for the offset, and my little electric log splitter in case I need to do any processing on my wood.
My other cookers, including my Pellet Pro 2300 Vertical pellet pooper for weeknight duty or when I need a lot of capacity, My PK100 Electric smoker for sausage, bacon, and jerky, and my Weber's, including a 22" Master Touch kettle, a 22" WSM, and a little Smokey Joe.
And a front shot of the main area.
That was cool for a while, but it still needed work and I decided it was finally time, so here's what I did. I flattened out more of the yard to within two feet of the back fence, put in a block retaining wall, and extended the paver stone patio all the way to the wall. Then i installed electrical outlets in several spots around the perimeter, and last, I put in a 10x12 pergola to put all my stuff under. I wanted the pergola super tall to give plenty of room for smoke to dissipate, so it's 12.5 ' tall in the back, with a roof that slopes to 11.5' in the front where there is a gutter with gutter guard and a rain chain which drains right into a French drain behind the wall.
It was just finished this week and and I just got all my cookers in place and set up so I'm super excited.
Here's the pics!
Here's a good view of the whole setup
The main area with my Blue Smoke offset by Big Phil's, 36" Blackstone 4 burner, and a 30x48 stainless prep table
The corner which houses my Ooni Karu 16 Pizza oven, two 4x4 wood racks for the offset, and my little electric log splitter in case I need to do any processing on my wood.
My other cookers, including my Pellet Pro 2300 Vertical pellet pooper for weeknight duty or when I need a lot of capacity, My PK100 Electric smoker for sausage, bacon, and jerky, and my Weber's, including a 22" Master Touch kettle, a 22" WSM, and a little Smokey Joe.
And a front shot of the main area.
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