Joe Gorga’s Surprising Take on an Outdoor Kitchen Contractor vs RTA

When you’re pursuing a grill island project… Most likely, you’ll be thinking about working with an outdoor kitchen contractor. But if you’re also interested in RTA Outdoor Living… Your decision can become a lot more difficult. So it’s our hope that Joe Gorga can clear the air on the topic. Why Joe Gorga? Well, he’s far more than just someone who makes appearances on the Real Housewives of New Jersey. He’s also a genuine general contractor that has built many outdoor kitchens over the years. So while it may come as a surprise… He’s uniquely equipped to make the comparison between outdoor kitchen contractors and RTA.

Toward the beginning of this video… Joe Gorga explains how he used to build outdoor kitchens for his customers. Everything was done by hand with a cinder block frame. So he was laying down cinder blocks, piece by piece… Applying a mortar to the exterior… And setting a stone finish onto that mortar. Might not sound like a lot, but that’s actually some grueling labor! All of the materials involved in this process are extremely heavy. And keep in mind, Joe Gorga installed his RTA island on a deck. If he wanted to do this with a cinder block outdoor kitchen… It actually would have been impossible. (These islands are far too heavy to install on a deck.)

So just right there, he would have to make a huge compromise on his project. But that’s not the only reason why Joe Gorga actually prefers RTA over an outdoor kitchen contractor. For the rest of the answers, you’ll just have to watch the rest of this video!

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Video Transcription

00:00
let’s be straight up honest cuz when she says to me I want to get something done I’m calling a contractor don’t you dare call a contractor I’m a builder I’m a developer and when she showed up um company and I looked online I’m like these guys are amazing great let’s check

00:15
them out when you guys came out unbelievable I am so impressed so happy you actually make me look bad cuz I would have built this stuff out of cinder block we’ have been cutting dust these guys showed up on a crate and it was installed within an hour I started

00:29
out as a l Caper so I used to build all these kitchens all the time I had to send the block and whatever I used to sell them all the time I love them putting these outdoor kitchens together you normally you build them out a cinder block or you build them out of these

00:41
Keystone block these walls and it takes forever and the process is insane if I would make it out of cinder block and cement think about guys carrying up buckets of cement up on this deck cement buckets are 100 lb each and all the dirt and the cement and the cinder block and

00:57
the mess you’re going to create if I would build it at a block cinder block you would have to put a footing in you need a footing so you got to dig down three feet be super heavy on this deck also especially in New Jersey you know you have to go below the frost

01:11
line so that’s three feet down you’re digging a footing you’re putting Concrete in then you’re building out of cinder block you’re pouring a cinder block and then you would glue your your stone to it so think about that process dig a footing 3 fet D pour your concrete Still

01:29
Still frame put your cement board on then put your stone or your stuckle on we talking about a week a week to build this and it’s really not it’s the right thing to do cuz the elements of the weather pop the stone in the winter it looks terrible I mean it’s just the process is

01:47
literally four or five days compared to an hour hour and a half yeah I mean can’t beat it it really was easy breezy like I couldn’t believe how fast it went in putting the kitchen together I mean it I really have to say it was was one of the easiest things I’ve ever put

02:02
together and the way it came in it just comes on a crate and there’s instructions and you put it together within an hour the crate came so assembled you knew exactly where every piece was so easy I picked up one of the panels they were light no big deal so I started

02:21
assembling myself where I had two other guys just bring you to panels I mean I mean you you can’t beat that you’re done within an hour and it is impressive and it’s a money maker quick for a it’s quick and for a contractor like just taking a taking a product and reselling

02:39
it if I had to I’m being honest it it’s just it’ll be a money maker it’s great it really is knowing what I know now into this system I I want to be in business installing these kitchens I really mean that as a contractor installing these kitchens and and how quick and how many

02:58
I could do I could probably do two three jobs a day yeah really I mean that

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