Bad idea... Grill belongs outside.

This will have to vented just like your range inside and maybe more CFM. I have an outdoor kitchen which I use all winter in BC Canada we have a cover over it and the smoke is far enough away tonot enter the house.

it can work, but you need 1) an appropriately sized vent hood and b) proper clearance between the grill and combustible surfaces. I'm not seeing either called out on those plans.

Additionally, is the plan to be staring into an alcove in the wall the whole time you're cooking, while everyone else has fun somewhere else? That sounds like fun.

My built in grill is on the screened in porch. It faces a wall which has a screened opening in the upper part of the wall. The ceilings are probably 12 ft. Contractor who installed the grill advised to wait before installing vent/hood considering the screened opening and high ceilings. We've gone 3 years without a vent. There is no smoke issue, however a light black residue has appeared on the painted area above the grill. I'm not sure if my husband painted over it or washed it. We use the grill perhaps once a week year round. The walls and island on which the grill sits is concrete, stucco and granite. Hope that helps somehow.

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sonni1 I'm amazed that the screened window behind the grill is sufficient to get rid of the smoke! In my case, I won't that option because the porch shares a wall with the garage. So I either have to place a vent or remove the grill from that porch... I think.

Felix, it was a wait and see. Ceilings are so high we never have smoke. We have been talking about installing the hood so it's not perfect. You can see though the black soot -which I thought had been cleaned off- might get to that today!

Sophie, please don't worry. House is solid concrete block (concrete poured inside blocks). Unusual in construction, but we had reviews by architect and 2 contractors, only 1 of whom (once) I questioned their IQ.

Felix, I would work with a local landscape designer (who has outdoor kitchens in his/her portfolio) sooner rather than later. In addition to the functional and safety issues of the grill station, I see there's going to be a pool. You'd benefit greatly from a conversation with a designer about what's going to happen in all of those outdoor spaces. We've done several outdoor kitchens for people with pools, and a big part of why they wanted them is to be part of what's happening around the pool while the kids are playing or people are over.

If you have a grill head picked out, download the manual and installation instructions from the manufacturer's website to see the required clearances to combustible materials and ventilation requirements. Even if the back wall behind the grill has a stone veneer, if it's over wood framing you still need to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-14" away (I think, no time to look it up because I'm not supposed to be in my office this week). With a standard 24-27" deep grill head, that's not going to fit in that alcove,

I had a natural gas grill on my covered front porch and one on my back deck at my last house. The ceilings were high, but not screened and never had problems. I don't think the screen will make much of a difference. If it does just sit a fan facings out. I loved the grills undercover. I could grill in any weather. If you can spend the money put in the piping for a natural gas grill. I really miss mine, but I have an all electric home now.

Is this a custom home or a builder/subdivision home?

It kind of feels like right now, the driver is "hey it'll fit in this alcove, so that's the size of the grill station". 8 ft isn't a lot of real estate for outdoor cooking, storage, and refrigeration.