Patios / Outdoor Kitchens

Outdoor Kitchen Contractor in Dallas-Fort Worth

Stone facades, countertops, and full outdoor kitchen builds. We source the materials and handle the stone and tile work. You get a finished space.

Finding an outdoor kitchen contractor who actually finishes the job right is harder than it should be. Most homeowners we meet have a quote from a builder who hands the stone and tile to whatever sub is free that week, and it shows in the result. We are the crew that does the stone and tile ourselves, so the facade, the countertop, and the backsplash are all set by the same hands. An outdoor kitchen is one of the highest-value additions you can make to a DFW backyard. It extends your living space, adds real property value, and gives you a place you actually use across our long warm season. It is also one of the projects that goes wrong the most when it is not built right: stone that cracks, countertops that stain, facades that shift because the footings were skipped.

A good outdoor kitchen starts with the layout. We plan it around how you cook and host, in zones: a cook zone at the grill, a prep zone with counter space and usually a sink, and a serve or gather zone, often a raised bar where people sit while you work. The shape follows the space. A straight run fits a tight patio, an L-shape gives you prep on one leg and the grill on the other, and a U-shape or an island with a bar is the full setup for a larger yard. We keep enough landing counter on both sides of the grill so the kitchen actually works, not just looks good in a photo.

On appliances, we source and build in whatever you cook on. A built-in gas grill is the anchor, and from there a side burner for pots, an under-counter fridge, a Big Green Egg or a smoker set into the masonry, a sink, and storage doors and drawers. You tell us what you want and we lay the kitchen out around it and frame the openings so each unit drops in clean. We handle the appliance sourcing and the structural stone they sit in; you get a finished kitchen, not a pile of parts and a set of holes.

Materials are where Texas heat decides what lasts. For the facade we work in natural stone like limestone and travertine, or a stone veneer over a block core, matched to your patio, coping, or home so the kitchen reads as part of the yard. For countertops we use granite or other natural stone that take direct sun, summer heat, and rain without fading, staining, or breaking down. We steer you away from surfaces that look fine indoors but cannot handle a DFW summer, and we seal the stone that needs it. We bring samples to the estimate so you see the facade and the counter against your own space.

Most kitchens we build are built-in masonry: a permanent structure on a proper footing, clad in stone, with the appliances set into it. That is the look that anchors a backyard and adds the most value. A modular kitchen, prefab cabinet units you set in place, goes in faster and can move later, but it does not read as part of the hardscape and the units wear differently than masonry. If you want a feature that lasts and looks original to the home, build it in. We tell you straight which fits your space and budget.

An outdoor kitchen needs gas, water, and power run to it, and that is the part we coordinate rather than self-perform. We build all the stone, tile, countertop, and structural masonry, and we work with a licensed plumber and electrician for the gas line to the grill and burner, the water and drain to the sink, and the circuits for the fridge and lighting. We frame the chases and openings into the masonry so the trades run clean lines and you get one finished, coordinated kitchen instead of three separate jobs to manage.

Because the whole thing lives outside, weatherproofing is built in, not added on. The structure sits on a footing that holds in our shifting clay, the stone and grout are set to take freeze and thaw, the counters are sealed against stains, and we slope and detail the surfaces so rain runs off instead of sitting in the joints. That detailing is the difference between a kitchen that still looks new in ten years and one that spalls and stains in three.

On cost, a simple built-in grill island runs around $8,000 to $15,000, and a full outdoor kitchen with an island, a bar, multiple appliances, and premium stone runs $20,000 to $50,000 and up. The drivers are the size and number of zones, the appliances you build in, the stone you pick, the utility runs, and site access. A lot of these tie into the rest of the yard: a new patio under the kitchen, a pool retile or coping replacement nearby, or a fire feature off the same patio. Doing it together keeps the stone matched and the crew on one timeline. We build outdoor kitchens across Dallas, Fort Worth, Southlake, Frisco, and Plano, starting with a free on-site estimate with samples brought to the property.