SERVICES / OUTDOOR KITCHENS
FSI builds custom aluminum outdoor kitchens for Puget Sound homeowners who want a real cooking and entertaining setup that matches the home and holds up in this climate.

the difference
Most outdoor kitchen kits sit against the fence and match nothing. FSI builds custom aluminum kitchens designed around your space, matched to your home's finishes, and built to hold up in Pacific Northwest weather.

We do not spec products because they are available. We spec them because they solve the specific problems outdoor kitchens face in the Pacific Northwest.

Your kitchen should still look right in ten years.
Most outdoor kitchen frames are wood. Wood rots in this climate. FSI builds with Challenger Designs aluminum-welded cabinetry because aluminum does not rust, swell, or degrade through Pacific Northwest winters. The result is a kitchen that looks and functions the same in year ten as it did on install day.

Your grill should perform in October the same way it does in July.
Not every grill is built for the Pacific Northwest, and not every grill is built for the same cook. FSI carries options across every style and tier. Fire Magic and Twin Eagles for high-performance stainless burner cooking. AOG and Delta Heat for premium performance at a more accessible price point. Weber for the homeowner who wants a reliable everyday grill. Big Green Egg for the cook who wants a ceramic kamado that holds heat exceptionally well in cold weather.
FSI matches the right grill to how you actually cook and what your kitchen calls for. Every option on our list is specified because it performs in cold, wet Pacific Northwest conditions.

Your countertop should outlast everything around it.
Standard countertop materials crack under temperature swings and stain under moisture exposure. FSI builds with Challenger Designs and Tru Innovative Outdoor, both of which use premium granite countertops as their standard specification. Granite handles the weight, moisture, and temperature variance of outdoor use without cracking, shifting, or staining. You get a surface that looks as good in year five as on day one.

Your outdoor kitchen should work like an indoor kitchen.
FSI specs and installs every appliance for outdoor use in this climate. Sink, refrigerator, warming drawer, side burner, kegerator. Every connection handled by one team. You get a kitchen that works the way a kitchen should, without coordinating a single contractor yourself.
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY GET
Every outdoor kitchen FSI builds is custom. Here is what that covers.
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Layout, cabinet configuration, appliance placement, and finish facing all designed around your property and your home. Not a kit. Not a template.
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Stone, tile, stucco, or board and batten. FSI sources facing material to match your home's exterior. The kitchen looks like it belongs because it was designed to.
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Material selected by you. Installed flush with the structure. Built to handle Pacific Northwest weather without cracking, staining, or shifting.
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Every kitchen starts with a gas grill. Add a sink, refrigerator, warming drawer, side burner, or kegerator. FSI specifies appliances based on how you actually cook and entertain.
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Electrical rough-in handled by FSI. Gas line coordination through FSI's vetted sub network. You do not manage a separate contractor for either.
From the first site visit to the final walkthrough, FSI manages every trade and every detail of your outdoor space.
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Most contractors build one piece of the space. FSI can design and build the entire outdoor room — pergola, kitchen, screens, heaters, lighting, and AV — as one cohesive system, coordinating with vetted contractors if needed.
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No contractor coordination. No missed handoffs. No blame-shifting when something does not fit. FSI manages every trade, employs the people doing the work, or subs out to vetted partners.
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FSI has been operating in this market since 2005. This climate, these jurisdictions, these materials. Not a new dealer figuring it out. A team with over 340 completed projects.
From First Call to Finished Space

One call. Describe your cooking setup, your appliance wishlist, and how the kitchen will be used. FSI asks the right questions before any site visit.

FSI assesses your existing or planned structure, your home's architecture, and the surrounding hardscape. The kitchen is designed to fit, not placed where it is convenient.

Full design with layout, facing material, countertop, and appliance list. You approve before anything is fabricated or ordered.

Aluminum frame fabricated. Countertop ordered. Appliances and materials procured. Your install date confirmed.

Frame, cabinets, facing, countertop, and appliances. Electrical and gas coordinated. One team from start to finish.

Every appliance tested and confirmed before FSI leaves. The kitchen is ready. Use it.
QUESTIONS?
Yes — and it is the right way to build an outdoor kitchen in this climate. An exposed outdoor kitchen without covered overhead protection is a rain-damaged appliance within a few years. FSI designs the kitchen as part of the covered space rather than as a standalone unit dropped into an existing footprint. The kitchen wraps the pergola post. The countertop aligns with the structure height. The stone facing on the kitchen matches the material on the fire pit or the hardscape below. This level of integration is only possible when the kitchen and the structure are designed and built by the same team.
Yes — FSI can scope a phased project and has completed multi-phase engagements where the pergola and deck are built in one year and the kitchen, technology, and lighting are added in a subsequent phase. Phasing works best when it is planned from the beginning rather than decided after the first phase is complete. Planned phasing means the first phase is designed with the future phases in mind — the deck is engineered for the kitchen weight, the pergola framing includes the cable channels for future technology, and the structural footprint accommodates the kitchen dimensions. Unplanned phasing — where the homeowner decides to add a kitchen to an existing pergola that was not designed for it — often requires modifications to the existing work that would have been unnecessary if phasing had been planned at the start. Contact FSI during the initial consultation to discuss how phasing can work for your project and timeline.
Yes — outdoor kitchen projects require permits for electrical rough-in, gas connections, and in some jurisdictions, the structure itself. FSI coordinates all permit applications as part of every outdoor kitchen project. Electrical and gas connections require licensed tradespeople and inspection sign-off — FSI's team holds the required licenses and coordinates all inspections in-house. Customers who ask about skipping permits to save time or cost are advised that unpermitted electrical and gas work creates real liability exposure and problems at resale. FSI does not perform unpermitted work. The permit process is managed by FSI and closed out with all required inspection sign-offs before the project is complete.
Yes — FSI selects finish materials for every outdoor kitchen with the goal of matching the home's existing exterior architecture rather than producing a generic modular kitchen look. If your home has river rock, stacked ledger stone, stucco, brick, board and batten, or another exterior facing material, FSI selects kitchen facing materials that coordinate with or match it. The countertop material is selected to complement both the kitchen facing and the pergola or hardscape elements around it. The result is a kitchen that looks like it was designed for the specific house and space it occupies. This design approach is particularly important when the kitchen is integrated with a pergola post or positioned adjacent to an existing fire pit — material continuity across those elements produces a finished space that reads as intentional rather than assembled from parts.
Yes — FSI holds a general contractor license, which means FSI is legally authorized to manage permit applications for every trade in the project scope — structural, electrical, gas connections, and mechanical. FSI pulls the permits, coordinates with inspectors, and ensures all work passes inspection and is closed out properly before the project is complete. This is one of the practical differences between working with a licensed GC and working with a pergola dealer or outdoor kitchen company that coordinates multiple subs. A GC license means one entity is accountable for the full scope, one entity pulls permits for all trades, and one entity manages the inspection and sign-off process. Customers are not managing permit applications, chasing inspector callbacks, or coordinating between separate contractor permits. FSI handles it all.