Custom Outdoor Kitchens | Greater Tampa Bay, FL

A good outdoor kitchen starts with a few decisions about your space, your layout, and how you like to cook. From our base in Safety Harbor, we design and build outdoor kitchens for homeowners throughout the Tampa Bay area, including Tampa, Westchase, Lutz, and Odessa, and we work closely with you so the finished kitchen is the one you pictured.

Custom Outdoor Kitchen Design & Installation

Some homeowners prefer open-air outdoor kitchens, while others choose semi-enclosed layouts with half-height walls and comfortable seating. Both options allow you to cook, entertain, and enjoy the outdoors while keeping everything close and convenient.

We have built both semi-enclosed and open-air patio kitchens for Florida homes. When we plan one, we work through:

The size of the available space
Your preferences
The type of equipment you want installed
Type of flooring
BBQ, grill, and kitchen island installation
Plumbing
Fuel source

From there we draw up a layout that fits all of it.

What Makes Outdoor Kitchens Unique?

Homeowners are often surprised by how much they use an outdoor kitchen once it is built. The usual reasons for adding one:

Hosting: You can host pool parties and summer cookouts without running back to the indoor kitchen. Cooking, serving, and talking all happen in one place.
More time outside: Cooking outdoors pulls the family out of the house for everyday dinners, not just weekend gatherings.
More room: A kitchen turns a bare patio into a working part of the house, which adds usable space you can enjoy most of the year.

Outdoor Kitchen Layouts and Plans

Layouts range from a single compact counter to an L-shaped counter with an island that adds workspace and storage. The right one depends on the size of your yard, what you plan to cook, how many people you usually feed, and your budget. Talk it through with one of our designers and we will work out a plan that fits.

Location matters as much as layout. Most people want the cooking area close enough to the back door that carrying food is easy, but far enough from open windows and screened lanais that smoke does not drift inside. In many Tampa Bay yards that comes down to a choice between a spot near the house, where utilities are close, and a spot out by the pool, where the cook is still part of the party.

It also pays to think about utilities early. Gas, water, and electric lines are far easier to run before the patio pavers or slab go in than after, and a counter planned around outlets and lighting is much nicer to use after dark. If you want a sink or a refrigerator, tell us at the start so the plan has room and hookups for them.

Shade deserves a place in the plan, too. A grill station in full afternoon sun in July is not much fun, so we look at where the house, a nearby tree, or a covered area will give the cook some relief.

Built for Florida Weather

Heat, humidity, and daily summer rain are hard on any outdoor kitchen. We choose materials that resist moisture, fading, and corrosion, and we plan ventilation and drainage into the build so the kitchen stays in good shape with little upkeep.

Planning an outdoor kitchen? Call JI Masonry Solutions LLC at 727-337-3638, or send us your space and your wish list through the Online Form, and one of our designers will take it from there.