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Outdoor kitchen dimensions
The numbers that decide whether your island works: counter height, island depth, framing between cutouts, and the real published cutout for every component we carry.
The four numbers that matter
Counter height
Finished top. The fridge sets it — 34.5" of clear opening underneath, plus a 3" poured slab.
Island depth
Our standard, and it takes every cutout we carry. 24" is a back bar — no BBQ fits it.
Raised bar
Height for a seating counter, typically 12 inches deep with a knee overhang.
Framing gap
Structure between adjacent cutouts. Why a 30.6" opening occupies about 33" of island.
How long should the island be?
Height and depth are fixed by the equipment. Length is the number you actually choose, and it is the one that moves the price — the island is quoted by the linear foot, so every extra foot adds block, countertop and finish.
Start from the grill, not the patio
A built-in grill needs landing space on both sides — somewhere to put a hot tray down. Allow 18 to 24 inches each side. That alone sets the minimum run before you have added a single other component.
Typical lengths
A grill-only island usually lands at 6 to 8 feet. Add a sink, a fridge or a side burner and 10 to 12 feet is normal. Under about ten feet the build is quoted at the minimum anyway, so the extra counter is often close to free.
Seating
Allow about 24 inches of bar length per seat. The raised bar carries a 12-inch cantilever for knee room, so a stool actually fits under it rather than parking against a wall of block.
How we pour the overhang
No brackets and no corbels. Rebar is extended out of the CMU and bent into the 12-inch cantilever, shored, then poured in place with the counter as one piece and stripped at 48 hours. It is monolithic with the wall. A granite cantilever is a different detail and may need steel.
Quick check before anything is built: mark the island outline on the patio with chalk or painter’s tape and stand in it. Walk grill to fridge to sink. Ten minutes of that catches most layout mistakes, and it costs nothing to move a chalk line. Then check the space around it: clearances — walkways, fridge door swing and how close to the house you can build.
31 of 124 components will not fit a 24-inch island
Depth is where first designs fail. A 24-inch island looks like a reasonable saving on the drawing, and then a quarter of the catalog is off the table — including nearly every professional-series grill.
| Brand | Component | Cutout depth | Minimum island |
|---|---|---|---|
| RCS | 24" Refrigerator, 5.6 cu ft | 27" | 30" |
| Fire Magic | Flush 30" Door + Drawers | 26" | 30" |
| Lynx | Professional grills, 30" – 54" | 24.5" | 30" |
| Lynx | Professional double burner | 24.5" | 30" |
| Blaze | Professional LUX 34" and 44" | 23.625" | 30" |
| Blaze | 26" Gas Pizza Oven | 24.3125" | 30" |
| Blaze | LTE+ 30" and 40" Griddles | 24.25" | 30" |
| Blaze | Refrigeration and ice makers | 24.25" – 24.5" | 30" |
Depth is not the only trap. A full-height refrigerator needs more clear opening than a 36-inch counter always gives, and a tall triple drawer under a grill fights the grill for the same space. The designer checks all three — depth, opening height and head-room underneath — while you are still drawing.
Cutout dimensions by brand
124 components across ten manufacturers, each carrying its published cutout width, height and depth. Full reference tables are rolling out brand by brand.
Blaze — 32 components
Grills, griddles, burners, a pizza oven, refrigeration, doors, drawers and trash pullouts.
Coyote, RCS, Summerset
32 components between them. RCS Cutlass Pro grills need unusually wide openings — 33" and 45" — which catches people out.
Reference tables in progress
Fire Magic, DCS, Alfresco
30 components. Fire Magic Echelon runs to a 50" cutout; the flush door and drawer sets are the deepest doors in the catalog at 26".
Reference tables in progress
Lynx, Twin Eagles, Hestan
30 components. Almost the entire Lynx professional line needs 24.5" of depth, so a 30" island is effectively mandatory.
Reference tables in progress
Skip the tables
The designer already holds every one of these dimensions and checks them against your island as you build. It is faster than reading a spec sheet.
Common dimension questions
How deep should the island be?
32 inches is our standard. 31 of the 124 components we carry need a cutout deeper than 23.5 inches, which rules them out of a 24-inch island entirely. The saving on block is small; the loss of options is not.
How wide should a BBQ island be?
Width follows what goes in it. A 32-inch grill needs a 30 to 31 inch opening plus framing either side, so that bay alone is about 33 inches. A grill plus one storage bay is roughly six feet; add a refrigerator and a sink and you are at 10 to 12 feet.
Why does the finished island measure more than the cutouts add up to?
Two inches of structure sits between adjacent cutouts, plus the end walls. Four bays carry three internal gaps — six inches of block that has to go somewhere. The designer adds this allowance for you and shows the finished length as you build.
How accurate are these dimensions?
Every cutout comes from the manufacturer's published specification. Always confirm against the installation manual that ships with your appliance before cutting masonry — manufacturers revise dimensions between product generations, and some dealer listings disagree with the manufacturer.
Let the tool do the measuring
Every dimension on this page is already built in. Drop components into an island and it tells you the moment something does not fit.
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