Wood-fired outdoor kitchens built from cob, stone, and earthen materials — functional, beautiful, and built to last.
An outdoor kitchen built from natural materials is a different thing entirely from a manufactured outdoor grill station. It is a structure — often incorporating a cob oven, a rocket stove or wood-fired grill, stone countertops, earthen plaster surfaces, and built-in storage. It is designed for the site, built from local materials where possible, and finished to match the garden and the people who use it. These are projects that take a season to build and a lifetime to use.
Outdoor kitchens extend the living space of a home into the garden. A wood-fired outdoor kitchen does something more — it makes cooking a communal, outdoor experience that connects people to fire, food, and each other in a way that indoor cooking rarely does. Cob and stone outdoor kitchens are also extraordinarily durable — they improve with age, develop a beautiful patina, and require only minimal maintenance. They are an investment in the quality of everyday life.
Outdoor kitchen projects start with a site assessment and a conversation about how you cook and what you want the space to feel like. We design the layout together — where the oven sits, how the counter flows, where people gather. The foundation goes in first, then the structural work, then the cob and plaster. A full outdoor kitchen with a cob oven, rocket stove, and stone counter is typically a one to two week project. You can be as involved as you want — many clients help build their kitchen from start to finish.
A note on timelines: any time frames mentioned here are for the active hands-on work only. Natural building happens in stages, and each stage needs time before the next one can begin — drying time, curing time, weather windows. A project that takes a few days of work can take several weeks or months from start to finish. The timeline follows the material, not the calendar. We talk through realistic expectations as part of every first conversation.