When the weather outside is nice and balmy, you shouldn’t spend the day cooped up indoors.
It’s important to spend time outdoors and get some natural light. You’ll get your daily dose of vitamin D, sleep better at night, boost your immunity, achieve a better state of mind, lower your blood pressure, and more. So, you can experience health benefits from being outdoors.
One way to spend more time outdoors is to invest in an outdoor living space — particularly an outdoor kitchen. While outdoor kitchens were popular in years past, their desirability skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, many homeowners made their properties as functional and useful as possible.
While the pandemic is over, homeowners’ love affair with outdoor kitchens is far from over. According to Grand View Research, the U.S. outdoor furniture and kitchen market was estimated to be worth $8.75 billion in 2022. It’s on pace to expand at a 6.6% compound annual growth rate from 2023 to 2030. With plenty of runway ahead, it’s worth considering an outdoor kitchen.
If you haven’t already gotten one, here are four benefits of buying an outdoor kitchen.
1. Keep the Aromas Outside
One benefit of buying an outdoor kitchen is you can keep the cooking aromas outside. While cooking a tasty meal indoors can smell great, you might not want the aromas to linger. If they do linger, anyone who visits your home will know what you had for supper the evening before.
When you cook outdoors, the aromas will dissipate. That can be beneficial if you would prefer an aroma-neutral home. You can imagine that people sensitive to certain aromas will appreciate an environment where their sense of smell isn’t bombarded every time someone cooks a meal.
2. Make Family Time More Special
Pew Research Center reveals that around three in four U.S. adults say spending time with family is among the most essential things to them. It adds that most survey respondents place a high priority on physical activity and spending time outside.
You’ll have an outdoor living space with an outdoor kitchen that the entire family can enjoy. Instead of being cooped up in the indoor kitchen, you can spend quality time with loved ones on the back deck or wherever you install the outdoor kitchen on your property.
Your outdoor kitchen can be whatever you want. It’s possible to go all out and equip your outdoor kitchen with all the modern conveniences of your indoor kitchen. Or, you can pursue a more scaled-down version of your indoor kitchen that fits your needs and budget.
3. Have More Room to Entertain
Do you have a large family? If you have loved ones living with you or within a reasonable distance from your home, you may want to entertain them from time to time. But it can be hard trying to cram a bunch of people indoors. That’s especially true if you have a smaller home.
With an outdoor kitchen, you’ll have more space to entertain more people than would otherwise be possible. Whether you bring the entire dinner party outdoors or allow some people to eat inside and some to eat outside, you’ll have more space to accommodate more people.
4. You Can Increase Your Home Value
According to one source, the project recovery cost for an outdoor kitchen is 100%. So, if you spend $15,000 on an outdoor kitchen, you can add $15,000 in additional value to your residence.
The potential to realize extra value in the form of a higher home valuation is a vital selling point. It’s not just about increasing the usable square footage of your home. You can, in addition to enjoying your property even more, boost the value of your residence with an outdoor kitchen.
Consider these four reasons to invest in an outdoor kitchen. Whether to get one or not is entirely up to you, but it could be the perfect addition to your property for these and other reasons.
