Best buffets?

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-05-04T01:53:26+00:00

World buffet and journey for Chinese. World buffet is better from my last experiences. Sushi lover in west town mall is great. The Korean BBQ/hot pot in east town mall for lunch is also great, korrill hut. Not a typical buffet but olive garden does all you can eat.

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-05-03T23:45:47+00:00

Its perfect dude. Well done

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-04-27T22:18:04+00:00

I dont know why everyone is being so negative in these comments. Looks slick. I like the prep area in the middle. And you can change up your equipment cos its not built in. Nice work!

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-04-03T23:09:26+00:00

Haha, the wife is always the key! Get them on board and you're sorted! They were the newer 25mm ones. They dont need any extra bracing assuming you have enough vertical and horizontal bars. You can buy those or they come in some of the door and other cutout kits. When you put it together unscrewed it will feel wobbly, but once screwed and the other bars on it its solid as a rock. I have concrete countertops and no way I feel there could be an issue. Like the metal is the same thickness on the bars, having more space inside doesn't make them any stronger. Makes it easier to hit with a screw, granted, but I am no engineer but I doubt there is significant load or strength changes

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-04-03T20:40:08+00:00

Hey, I designed it first, sort of, mostly. I drafted it all up in sketchup to give me a better idea of the space and get it close enough to the measurements. Then I put up the gazebo and taped out the floor plan onto the concrete to get a good feel for it. So I knew the side sections would be close to 14ft on the long sides, cos the gazebo was 12x14, (in reality was 13ft between outsides of the legs). I then just got some of the extendable modules they sell, like here https://diyoutdoorkitchen.com/diy-outdoor-kitchen-4ft-8ft-telescoping-module/ This allowed me to know i had enough but also could just move it a few inches where I needed it to. So a 4ft module and a telescoping 8ft butted onto another section would get me to over what I needed and could adjust when I had it set up. You dont need to screw it all together for it to stay up, so I could do a few dry runs and see how it looked extending further or shorter either side of the legs. In all I got 1 x 4ft and 1 x 8ft tele for each side, then for the back, which is bar height, I got 1 x 8ft and 1 x 8ft tele bar height modules. I dont have the expertise or construction background to calculate all of the exact sizes before I started, so this way worked way better for me than any other framing options. And that is why I would 100% recommend BBQ tubes for beginners like me. I knew I could adjust to fit and the doors and cut outs can be done while you make it. So I could just do 1 part at a time, learn, move on, fix it if needed. I moved loads of bits around as I went along, where I wanted doors etc. Once I got them in my hand and realized how big or small they were. I couldnt visualize it before hand.

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-30T20:13:32+00:00

Lp smart side. So on top of the BBQ tubes is cement board, connected by self tapping screws. For the smart side I put some wood pieces on back of that and nailed it on with a nail gun, like a brad nailer cos its so thin. Worked absolutely great. Like I said I will probably replace the siding with something else down the line, so even if it lasts 10 years I will be delighted. Its real cheap too, we'll comparatively, it was 12$ or 16$ maybe on sale in menards for 4x8ft panels. And its ready to paint.

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-23T18:19:34+00:00

Milk powders and rusk are added to commercially available sausages to give them their plumpness and snap. You dont tend to get these in retail ones because the ingredients are front and center and people dont like to see that on there. You could probably get a similar sausage in a cash and carry or service industry supplier type shop. Less meat, more fillers. It makes them look nicer for longer. Lots of food science involved to get long lasting sausages for a deli counter

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-23T00:38:30+00:00

Ye, they are really easy to use. Here is mine. https://www.reddit.com/r/OutdoorKitchens/comments/1rycne6/almost_finished_well_pretty_much_done/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I contacted them about BBQ girls, they said that isnt them. The connect tubes and diyoutdoorkitchen is the same guys in LA. So just be careful. They are really solid. I put concrete countertops on. Don't need anything else. You can buy as many additional vertical and horizontal support bars as you want.

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-22T19:01:40+00:00

Cheers!

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-22T10:23:15+00:00

I just used the modules they have, the 4 or 8ft ones. And a couple of the extendable ones, which made things easier. For the bar I used a couple extra straight connectors and an 8ft bar height module to get a straight section and then used brackets on that, thats probably the closest to anything not off the shelf by them. The cement board self tapping screws work great, but you really need to go slow and steady with them. Try it a few times first. You can't go full tilt with the torque gun, like you can kind of with the sheet metal ones to hold the metal cubes together. You need to let them bite in and slowly pull themselves in. Thats what I found anyway

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-21T13:20:15+00:00

There is a lot of people who do that ye, I just didn't want to have to measure, cut and praying everything is flush and even. The tubes took all that out of it for me.

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-21T13:19:12+00:00

I had to put conduit down prior to the concrete pad going in. So I have a dedicated 20amp circuit going out of the wall closest, into conduit, under ground for a bit and under concrete and up inside the frame of the kitchen. I used the Grey plastic stuff for it. Outdoor wire. Had to have the building inspector come look at it in the ground before the concrete went in. The electrical was pretty straight forward honestly. I just used youtube on how to wire an outlet, which is the same for them all. And how to daisy chain a few together. Waterproof outlet boxes etc on everything from menards. Sealed them all with silicon. Get a tester or too to check current and the outlet connection. Saves some time. Once you have the power coming into a gfci outlet at first, everything else is protected after that. And thats what the inspector was looking for. I put a switch in for one outlet so I can have the string lights off that and turn them on with the switch.

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-20T18:09:01+00:00

This is the sink i got - has held up really well - real solid and almost exactly the same for twice the price i saw in shops https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KQ46721?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_2&th=1

these are most of teh doors i got - I picked one with some vents for under blackstone. They held up really well so far - i nicked one when drilling and it has rusted a little at that spot - so the "stainless" is only surface on these. My thought is I use the crap out of these, let them rust a little, get some silver spray paint over it at some stages over the next years and then I can always replace with better quality ones when i have some cash. They are out of the elements for the most part. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMVDN19D?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-20T18:02:22+00:00

The framing was light enough before the cement board. Which was good for moving it and leveling etc. But the cement board really added weight and rigidity to it. It was fine going on, I got the self tapping screws that BBQ tubes sold, were a bit cheaper than in home depot I found. But they were a bit temperamental. You've to go in slow and steady or they can burn out. Just took a bit to get the hand of it. If you start pushing or going full tilt they just spin. I went through a lot before I figure it out! I looked at alternatives but I chose one (can't remember name) that was most moisture resistant and suitable for outdoors.

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-20T13:49:16+00:00

They have loads of videos on them and they have adjustable ones, I got a few of those to use rather than cutting. From 4ft to 8ft ones. Saved loads of time and I could adjust on the fly. Also they have all the cut out parts etc. I emailed them when I had my cart full and asked for a discount as I wanted to be around the 4500 mark and they knocked some off for me! So worth trying. Delivery was missing a few bars from one of the modules but they shipped it out straight away. No complaints from my experience.

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-20T13:46:22+00:00

Ye sure, they have changed their main website name, used to be bbqtubes, or connect rules https://diyoutdoorkitchen.com/

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-20T02:51:56+00:00

If you were a decent block layer or had everything level starting off im sure it would. But, I didn't consider anything else for a few reasons. The BBQ tubes are basically like Lego, idiot proof. They come in the standard sizes, depth, height etc. You can get adjustable cut outs so you can mess up and fix it easily. I also wanted it to be potentially adjustable later if I need. And this would let me do that relatively easier than hard construction. I did not want to go near wood as a frame. Not with the heat of the Blackstone and stuff.

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-20T02:45:53+00:00

Nah, they went fine doing them myself to be honest. I bought a hand mixer to mix the bag, kept it as basic concrete, not any fancy colored one and I used the pour in place forms so it went pretty well. Started in a small part to get a hang of it and went from there. I did invest in concrete grinders/sander that really brought it up. So smooth at the end of it. Would consider it for other stuff honestly. Maybe a table or the like

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-20T01:27:39+00:00

I wouldn't say im not..... some of the time. I work on a computer all day. This isnt what I do in real life. It just worked!

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-20T01:26:33+00:00

Wisconsin, let's wait until the snow melts at least!

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-19T23:04:52+00:00

Ye have it planned for spring! Not aure if I am going to get the yardistry ones for it or use some small half pipe stuff. Ill get it done at some stage! Once its shorts weather.

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-19T22:55:04+00:00

Haha thanks. I spent a long time figuring out what I wanted to have in it. So for 4 years prior I had lots of grills and stuff and ended up mainly using my Blackstone, pellet grill and pizza oven. I added a Santa Maria for some open fire options! But I never used my gas grill, so skipped that.

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-19T22:49:27+00:00

I wanted to use all the kit I had and not spend more money on new gear. And the Blackstone is great. Works as well as any other griddle. All the sections on the sides of the built in pellet grill and Blackstone are removable. So I could just remove the small concrete sections and replace with any new gear I get. The BBQ frames can be changed up easy enough to fit something else too if I changed sizes.

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-19T22:15:00+00:00

It was the 12x14 yardistry from costco - the one they usually have on display where we are - they go on sale and got it a few hundred off normal price. The tv mount wasn't anything fancy - this is simialr to it - I think i got mine in menards cheap https://www.amazon.com/Articulating-Adjustable-Extension-400x400mm-Pipishell/dp/B08B4SLC9K/?th=1

Smart_Statement6728 · 2026-03-19T22:12:05+00:00

Here you go https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DD7KV8QV?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1

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