Matt Blashaw’s Flawless Single-Day Outdoor Kitchen Build

Trying to figure out if the RTA outdoor kitchen assembly is a grueling, tedious process? This simple video from Matt Blashaw will more than answer that question for you! And if you haven’t heard of Matt before, he’s an HGTV host of the show Build it Forward. So as a high-profile contractor with years of experience under his belt…There’s no better person to help you decide if an RTA outdoor kitchen project is right for you. So let’s get into it.

Matt Blashaw starts off this RTA outdoor kitchen assembly with a quick explanation of his typical experience with BBQ islands. He’s built a ton of them from scratch before… And he describes the process as being a highly tedious project that takes forever to put together. That’s not so with RTA! Next, you’ll see Matt start unpacking the crates. We know how confusing things can get at times… So we meticulously label the panels, and package them in the order they need to be installed. That way, there’s no guesswork on your part… And you can feel confident that everything is being installed in the correct order.

So how complicated is the actual RTA outdoor kitchen assembly? Believe it or not… It couldn’t be simpler. As you’re removing your panels, you simply bolt them in place with the provided L-brackets. After your structure is settled… You’ll slide in the appliances and gingerly place the countertop. Once your utilities are hooked up, you’re ready to grill! Matt Blashaw’s island was fully installed and ready to entertain in a single afternoon… So are you ready for your own RTA outdoor kitchen? If so, give us a call! There’s nothing we love more than bringing your outdoor living dreams to life.

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Video Transcription

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As a contractor I spent hours and it’s so time consuming putting together these barbecues making a cinder block veneer here with RTA outdoor living you get it everything that you want the style the design the functionality all

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in a box and to be able to put it together very very simple I mean I could not be happier okay today is the day I put in my RTA

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Outdoor Living barbecue island I cannot wait I’ve already got the coyote appliances barbecue refrigerators in my garage but now that crate now as a contractor I put barbecue Islands

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together all of the time it’s tedious cinder block so I’m excited to see this and how it works Andreas is already getting the crate open so first things first what I love is that they package

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it exactly how I need to install it so from panel to panel I know which one I’m bringing back first one that’s going to stand up and then the next one and then the next one so really by the way they

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package it is how you are supposed to put it together so um we’re prepped in the back let’s start taking these in and putting it together see how long it takes all right let me show you exactly where this RTA outdoor barbecue island is

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going to go right in front of our dining table area this is a floating bench and here is the area right here the guys are bringing in the panels and then we have our gas line already in that I need to finish up pumped up for electrical as

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well as plumbing and we got refrigerator barbecue is going to go in this area over here but it’s going to be really close to the dining table which I really like so the dining table right

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next to the barbecue island let’s get it going [Music]

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okay so really almost done with building out the body of the unit and these panels went together so easy you see the brackets uh some metal brackets and they line up

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everything for you metal brackets on this side you need to make sure is that you have everything nice and square so that when you’re putting together the whole unit okay you know that it’s going to

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fit perfectly when the uh the countertop goes on we got the grill that’s going in front Okay and then double doors and then where Giovanni is a refrigerator

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we got our pull out trash and then some drawers so coming together and I’ll tell you what usually a barbecue item will take me two or three days to complete uh this one I think we’re on hour number two which is fantastic these guys get to

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go home early [Music] can’t wait to see when the coyote appliances barbecue going to be up

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[Music] as a homeowner RTA Outdoor Living are easy to put together the measurements are all done for you all the elements are there but as a contractor and as a

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landscape designer is a dream come true because no matter what my client’s style is RTA Outdoor Living can deliver I love to put the kitchen space right next to that dining space so having a design that’s that’s credible somebody that

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looks beautiful in terms of a kitchen island is really important so not only is it beautiful but the Coyote’s stainless steel components will last a lifetime [Music] I love barbecuing I love grabbing a

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drink from the refrigerator and just entertaining I think is one of the best parts about it so it not only brings the backyard together but it also brings family and friends into that backyard which that’s what it’s all about

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