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Building Your New Outdoor Barbecue Island
The scenario: your current portable grill is on its last leg. Instead of buying a new one, you come up with the idea of building an outdoor kitchen. You check your finances and decide building it yourself will keep installation and labor costs to an absolute minimum.
Ready and raring to go, you jump on the computer to do research on what building your new barbecue will take. After a couple of hours, you realize the task is a bit more daunting than you first imagined.
You’re not alone. Tho
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May 18, 2023
Get to Know Your Grill
Most people who purchase a barbecue have no idea how it works. Does it matter? Barbecues are relatively simple machines, after all—gas produces a flame that cooks your food. But it is a machine. It has many working parts that, if not cleaned and maintained properly, can degrade and fail faster than they should. If you don’t understand the mechanics of the grill, purchasing a brand-new grill every time one breaks may be your only option.However, knowing the basic mechanics of your grill and what
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Apr 24, 2023
Top 5 Mistakes Made When Building a Barbecue Island
One great enhancement to your backyard that can add value to your home and give your spouse an excuse to have plenty of parties is building an awesome outdoor kitchen. Doing so yourself is easy to do. It’s also easy to make mistakes that will eventually do more harm than good. The last thing you want is to invest thousands of dollars to build your barbecue and then find out it was set up all wrong.
Before you get started, consider the following mistakes many people make when building th
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Mar 27, 2023
Do-It-Yourself Doesn’t Always Mean Do It "Yourself"
With the advent of the internet, do-it-yourself projects have grown exponentially over the last two decades. After all, having a limitless amount of tutorials on almost every subject at your fingertips makes it really easy to do anything you want without spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a professional.However, choosing to do anything by yourself, without help or assistance from anyone else, can sometimes lead to problems that cost you more than if you had hired a professional fr
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Feb 15, 2023
The Advantages of Open Box Purchases
With inflation continuing to rise, purchasing new furniture, appliances, electronics, or an outdoor grill, can be overly taxing on the wallet. This is why the idea of buying open box items, also known as used, pre-owned, or refurbished items, has become more popular over the last few years.
Some may say that buying an open box product diminishes its value or doesn’t have the same emotional resonance as buying new. The feel of the pristine texture, the look of unblemished pieces of craftsman
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Jan 18, 2023