Premium Outdoor Kitchens

Whilst our cabinets and drawers have a fixed height and depth, there are a selection of cabinet widths available to create a streamlined wall to wall installation that best fits your outdoor area.

Your Outdoor Kitchen’s mild steel cooktop is designed to be seasoned before use – Cooking on an unseasoned cooktop can cause food to stick and damage your hotplate.

Follow these steps to keep your cooktop in perfect, non-stick condition

This can be repeated as necessary to maintain the non-stick finish. Refer to user manual for detailed instructions.

1. Clean your hotplate with hot soapy water
   Ensure to remove all oils and dirt from packaging and transit.
2. Heat plate and wipe on a very small amount of any edible oil
   Maintain high heat for 2-3 minutes to burn off oil.
3. Repeat until hotplate is an even brown colour
   Wipe away any excess oil with a clean cloth or paper towel. Your cooktop is now ready to use.
4. Repeat prior to every cook for the perfect non stick finish
   The cooktop will become darker and seasoning properties will improve with each use.
   

Download “Outdoor Kitchens Cooktop Seasoning Guide”

Our Outdoor Kitchen Benchtops are 100% Silica Free

The two right-to-left burners run across the full length of the Hotplate, boasting a much more even heat distribution in comparison to their conventional front-to-back burner system counterparts. Placed horizontally along the hotplate, this ribbon burner system provides a simpler, minimal gas manifold set up, meaning less parts and far easier maintenance.

It also means the control panel can be installed to the right of the hotplate, rather than across the front, giving a sleek finish and allowing flexibility with regards to the placement of the hotplate along the bench.

The combination of these ribbon burners and the Mild Steel Plate ensure a highly efficient cooking system, requiring less gas consumption than a conventional burner system and cast-iron cooking surface.

To achieve an optimal cooking surface, we recommend a solid plate. Available in mild steel or stainless steel, our Australian made cooktops dispenses heat quickly and evenly for the perfect teppanyaki style cooking. Thanks to its uniform heat distribution, this means the entire cooking surface can be utilised, giving even and consistent results during every cook. Plus, with a solid plate, clean up after cooking is simple – easily scrape any remaining fat and grease into the fat trap for disposal. For a deep clean, the hotplate can easily be removed entirely from the brace and replaced once cleaning is completed.

Alternatively, we also offer a mild steel or stainless steel grill plate option, allowing you to cook a wide range of dishes in an efficient manner. Our grill plates provide the ideal surface for grilling vegetables and meats like steaks or sausages, creating a nice and crispy with that classic smoky flavour.

Whether you are seeking a teppanyaki or flamed-grill style cooking experience, we have the perfect option to suit your needs and preferences.

Before using your hotplate, ensure you wash it with hot soapy water to remove the protective layer of lanolin oil. You will know the oil has been removed once the water runs clear. Once this is done you can season your hotplate ready for its first use. 

We recommend protecting the surface of your benchtop from intense heat.

We recommend using warm soapy water and a microfibre cloth. Washing up liquid will remove grease and dirt built up. We don’t recommend cleaning your kitchen with bleach, harsh chemicals or abrasives.

Wipe over the hotplate with a clean damp cloth once the heat has subsided. If there is any excess build-up of fat and grease, this can simply be scraped into the fat catcher for easy disposal. Alternatively, you can remove the hotplate entirely from the brace and pressure wash it.

The fat trap is found under the hotplate at the front of the cooktop. You will notice a hole in the plate at the front; use your lifting hook, lift the plate up from this hole and then simply slide the container out from its brace.

As you heat up the mild steel hotplate it will change colour, darkening directly over the burners first as this is where it gets the hottest. This colouring process will eventually spread over most of your hotplate.

We don’t recommend cleaning your kitchen with bleach, harsh chemicals or abrasives.

Installation time for outdoor kitchens is usually between 4-6 weeks. Installation time for outdoor kitchens can vary depending on several factors but will usually take between 4 -6 weeks from the initial consultation for your project to be finished. Geographical location will play the biggest part in determining how long your installation will take.

Please contact your local branch for more information.

When you first contact us, we’ll organise a suitable time for one of our professional design consultants to visit you in your home.

We’ll discuss exactly what you’re after, then we’ll measure the area and prepare an accurate quote based on your personal preferences.

At Australian Outdoor Living we understand that your area and desires are unique, and for that reason we custom design your project based on your individual needs, lifestyle and budget.

As a result of this personalised service, we are unable to provide an accurate quote without first sitting down with you to discuss exactly what it is you want.

We do this to ensure complete honesty and transparency throughout the whole process.

While we provide a full warranty and service function for our Outdoor Kitchens, we don’t provide a general repair service for outdoor kitchens or cooktops that are not from Australian Outdoor Living.

We are unable to supply the cooktop on its own, as our cabinets are specially made to comply with ventilation requirements needed for the cooktop to sit inside the cabinetry.

We are only able to provide a complete Outdoor Kitchen package and are therefore unable to supply the kitchen cabinets on their own. 

The cooktop used in our Outdoor Kitchens is only 1 of 2 in Australia that is certified to be installed inside cabinetry.

We are unable to safely install other supplied cooktops and BBQs, due to ventilation requirements. 

Whilst our cabinets and drawers have a fixed height and depth, there are a selection of cabinet widths available to create a streamlined wall to wall installation that best fits your outdoor area.