Outdoor Kitchen areas are great for large family gatherings and keep your house cool during the summer by cooking outside. There are all sorts of features you can build into an outdoor kitchen. Examples include fire pits, pizza ovens, refrigerators, ice makers, granite countertops, deluxe gas barbecues, trash compacter's, wok burners, and gas or electric stoves. Basically, anything you can do indoors you can do outdoors these days.