By Stephani L. Miller. Outdoor kitchens have become increasingly popular with homeowners, and manufacturers are responding by creating a wide variety of appliances especially for the outdoor kitchen. Incorporating more than the old standard of backyard barbecues, today's outdoor kitchens feature indoor-quality appliances such as refrigerators, convection ovens, rotisseries, chilled wine racks, and gas, charcoal, and electric grills. Special features range from wood-chip trays for smoking to wok attachments for stir-frying to convenient grill-side burners for cooking side dishes to accompany grilled main courses.
Today's outdoor kitchen appliances allow everything from roasting to baking, boiling to broiling, smoking to chilling, and the old favorite--grilling. The majority of outdoor appliances are designed in stainless steel, giving a sleek, professional appearance to open-air kitchens. Homeowners can choose portable systems or built-ins with customized or standard features.
Several appliance manufacturers have made it possible to accommodate the demand for professional-grade kitchen appliances for outdoor living.
KitchenAid's stainless steel outdoor refrigerator provides ample chilling space.Courtesy KitchenAid
TEC has added the convenience of electric power to its line of infrared cooking systems with the Cherokee Electric Infra-red Grill. This system incorporates TEC's glass-top infrared emitter, which allows food to be cooked with radiant energy instead of he
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