I used to be set up on the side of the garage with the smoker and a deep fryer and a nice little stainless table, but it was too far to walk to check on things while smoking. So I moved the smoker to the back porch (tiny, about 4 x 6) but right there at the kitchen door and just enough room to move it out from under the eve. My house is like 2 to 6 feet above grade for the main floor and maybe 4 or better at the kitchen door. Doing a deck would be tricky because I don't want to loose the Fig trees (Except about one week or so a year when they smell like cat piss) As much as I would like my own smoking/picnic pavillion/shelter I think that I would be better served building a processing room with coolers and water and such down in the basement. Food storage and prep are bigger issues than the cooking IMO. I can trash up the whole kitchen making one batch of ABTs. That is, my kitchen just ain't set up for heavy duty.
But for now I have all of my smoking stuff on a rolling bakers rack right there at the back door for easy access. I have done some ciphering, and am thinking about adding longer leveling feet to the stainless table and putting it on the back porch (Two legs would have to reach down one step) But if I put my smoker atop the table I would need to be 9' tall to use it (Bullet type Brinkman)
Right now, stepping out the kitchen door to the smoker ain't all that bad. The deep fryer is definately not staying on the back porch because of the risk and the mess and the lack of room, it is going back to the side of the garage. I would like to have some kind of little table or shelf smaller than the stainless table that I have now.
I am having camera issues, hopefully pics to follow.
