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With winter behind us, and spring finally here, we can all feel summer approaching fast! At last, we can enjoy the sunny outdoors!
With nice weather comes BBQ season, and who doesn’t love to barbeque on a nice hot summer day? I know that I certainly do! Instead of working in a hot sweaty kitchen, it’s nice to fire up the grill and get some char going. Hamburgers, steaks, and grilled corn are all classic summer foods that can be easily enjoyed! Even a grilled hot dog or smokie hits the spot for a quick summertime lunch! And that’s just a few summer foods; there’s a plethora of other summer favourites that we all crave.
But not everything happens on the grill during a summer cookout; a lot of it happens on a countertop. Homemade burgers and summer salads call for a lot of prep work, and you need a large surface to work on unless you’re okay with a giant mess! Sure, you could go inside the kitchen to do this prep work, but that just seems like a waste of a precious summer day, doesn’t it? Why spend the day inside when you can be outside? Why avoid the sunshine?
Pricing last updated on June 22, 2022 - 6:00 MDT / Pricing and images from Amazon Product Advertising API
Pricing last updated on June 22, 2022 - 6:00 MDT / Pricing and images from Amazon Product Advertising API
If you want an upgrade, consider the Everdure by Heston Blumenthal Mobile Prep Kitchen. It is considerably pricier but it appears to be engineered in clever ways to meet the needs of the outdoor cook. It isn’t quite as wide as the Keter (40” for the Everdure vs. 52.7” for the Keter), but where it lacks in size, it appears to make up in engineered convenience.
This mobile prep kitchen by Everdure includes seven dishwasher safe containers to keep your prepped food organized and separate. The containers slide right into slots on top of the counter top, making them easily accessible; perfect for your hamburger toppings or keeping your drinks chilled with ice. The prep kitchen even features slots on the countertop surface in order to store your knives. Everything appears to be within arms reach for both the cook and their guests!
On one side of the Everdure Mobile Prep Kitchen is a divided bin that pulls out in order to keep your recycling and compostables separate. There’s even a hole with a removable cover on top of the prep surface in order for you to easily dispose of your food scraps. Just use a knife to scrape them into the bin.
The storage area below the countertop surface of the Everdure pulls out making all your BBQ accessories easily accessible. There’s also hooks on the side to hang your favorite BBQ utensils.
The Everdure features an acacia wood top, which is perfect for an outdoor aesthetic. The doors are double-lined in order to protect the contents from harsh weather and dust.
Heston Blumenthal is a chef known for precision and perfection, and this mobile prep kitchen named after him is no different. Every part of it seems to be carefully engineered specifically for the outdoor chef!
As mentioned above, I’ve been extremely happy with my purchase of the Keter Unity XL BBQ and Storage Table with Stainless Steel Countertop. The unit is spacious, easy to wheel around, and it looks great! I don’t only use the mobile outdoor kitchen as a prep area, but also to bring my portable induction burners out onto the deck (see my review of the Breville PolyScience Control Freak if you are interested in precision cooking with a top-of-the-line induction burner; it’s pricey, but it revolutionized the way I cook). This is the perfect setup for deep frying as it’s safer outside and prevents your house from smelling like a greasy fast food joint! For me, the Keter outdoor BBQ station meets all my needs and definitely makes it easier and more enjoyable to cook outside!
If you have a tighter space, the Keter Unity BBQ Cart comes in a smaller size. While I haven’t used this particular model, I assume that it’s the same build quality as the XL, just smaller for condo and apartment balconies.
I’m not going to lie, the Everdure by Heston Blumenthal Mobile Prep Kitchen does intrigue me; I’m a sucker for carefully engineered products, especially when it comes to cooking! My overflowing kitchen cupboards of gadgets and tools is a testament to this! However, the price is a little intimidating and out of reach for the time being. I could see this mobile prep kitchen being useful for entertaining outdoors as all my guests would have easy access to hamburger toppings in order to customize their burger. However, I am a little worried about the lack of prep surface when compared to the Keter outdoor kitchen, especially at Everdure’s price point. I’m not entirely sure if all the engineering would make up for the smaller prep surface, but I would love to be proven wrong and try it out one day!
If you own the Everdure by Heston Blumenthal Mobile Prep Kitchen, let me know in the comments. I would love to hear your impressions of it! Is it worth it?
I am also looking at both of these however I am not sure I want to spend the additional money on the everdure
I’ve been humming and hawing over it too. I definitely like and recommend the Keter; but the engineering of the Everdure really intrigues me and I could see a use for it too. Maybe one day…
Hi you mentioned about the sealed storage of Keter Unity XL is dust proof. Just want to confirm that if you don’t mind? Thanks!
Hello Belle,
The sealed storage area is blocked from the exposed air from all sides; however, I’ve never left out my unit without a cover for long enough to see if it’s truly dust proof. I use a cover like this one: https://amzn.to/3P5rlyz
In addition to protecting the Keter from dust, a cover will protect it from rain, snow, and rusting.
I’ve now owned my Keter for two years and it’s still going strong. No rust at all.
Thank you so much for the prompt response! Very much appreciated!