I think it's time I do something about making it easier to enjoy my BBQ year round, rain or shine. Rainy days, I have to find alternate ways to cook as I don't have anything to properly protect my Grill. Up here in Canada we get a lot of snow, so whatever I decide to do, it has to be able to withstand the weight - which will rule out the canvas covered canopy type of BBQ Gazebos. The hard top ones cost in excess of $1000.00. I really don't think that an expense like that will make it to the top of my priorities.
Can I ask for you to share some pics or ideas for four season shelters that others have come up with? Self-builds etc.
After years of cooking under cheapo canopies on my deck, I built a 12x12 shed and cooked under a 10x10 fabric top gazebo.
(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/BoneShack/IMG_4857.jpg)
Last November a 100' Douglas Fir tree came down on the shed during a windstorm.
(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/BoneShack/IMG_2042.jpg)
(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/BoneShack/IMG_2040.jpg)
Insurance covered the damage and I had a covered overhang added that covers a 12x12 deck space.
(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/BoneShack/IMG_1411.jpg)
(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/BoneShack/IMG_1415.jpg)
It's the Bone Shack! I do my smoking, grilling and coffee roasting under cover.
(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/BoneShack/IMG_2738.jpg)
https://www.facebook.com/Left-Hand-Smoke-116187658462391/videos
I've got one kettle that sits on my driveway. 24/7 I open the garage door a grill away.
That is brilliant. In our neck of the woods you need to pull a permit for any sheds that are larger that 120 sq ft. I wonder if the overhand counts toward that or not, because that's awesome space. In the winter you could stack firewood under there.
Quote from: Darko on September 19, 2016, 06:05:02 PM
I've got one kettle that sits on my driveway. 24/7 I open the garage door a grill away.
I have a SS Performer my wife got me in 2000 that I do pretty much the same thing with on my patio. It's outside year round, no cover, and I walk outside & grill. In the winter, I have to shovel a path to it.
Quote from: Darko on September 19, 2016, 06:05:02 PM
I've got one kettle that sits on my driveway. 24/7 I open the garage door a grill away.
Haven't gone through a winter at our new space yet, but all things considered the simplest solution is probably the best one. I'll likely keep the kettle inside right by the door though.
Thanks for some feedback. I love the bone shack.
I got an aluminum screened in gazebo from Costco in the Toronto area for $500. End of season sell off.