The Best Backyard Kitchen for a Memorial Day Cookout

The short answer

The best backyard kitchen for a Memorial Day cookout is the one that kicks off the season without a project, and the Backyard Banger rolls out of winter storage ready to go. Reconnect the hose, plug the tower into one outlet, and you've got a griddle for burgers, a blender for margaritas, a 4.5 cubic foot fridge, and 20 square feet of teak — the whole summer-opener in one cart. Made by a veteran-founded company, it's a fitting Memorial Day centerpiece. The only setup step is de-winterizing: reconnect the lines you drained in the fall and check for cold-weather cracks before the guests arrive.

It's the same cart we call the best backyard kitchen, full stop — here's how it earns that title for a Memorial Day cookout specifically, load math and mess included.

Memorial Day is the season opener — a yard full of family, burgers, and blender drinks. Set your crowd to see whether the fridge covers the afternoon and whether the griddle-and-blender combo clears the tower.

Will one cart handle it?

4.5 cu ft · 20A · 20 sq ft

Load figures are rules-of-thumb placeholders ({{TODO:load-model}}) — the math is live, the per-guest numbers get confirmed. Use it to size overflow, not as gospel.

Water through the sink

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Fridge vs. overflow cooler

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Prep surface

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The run-of-show

  1. Morning

    De-winterize

    Roll it out of storage, reconnect the hose, run the cup-wash to flush the lines, and check nothing cracked over winter. First cookout, first check.

  2. Noon

    Griddle up

    Burgers and dogs on the griddle, buns and fixings lined up on the teak. The umbrella's up before the afternoon sun peaks.

  3. 2:00

    Blend a round

    Margaritas on the blender off the tower. Watch the blender-plus-griddle load if you're running both hard.

  4. Evening

    Wind down

    Cup-wash the day's dishes, dump the bucket. The season's open and the cart's staying out until Labor Day.

What it does to the teak

Gear that earns its spot

More ways to run one cart

Different event, same cart: a low country boil and a fish fry each load it a little differently.

FAQ

How do I get it ready for the first cookout of the season?
Roll it out, reconnect the hose, and run the cup-wash to flush the lines you drained for winter. Check for any cold-weather cracks before you prep food. That's the whole de-winterizing step.
Will the blender and griddle run together on Memorial Day?
Run the blender in bursts between griddle batches to stay under the tower's usable load — a blender plus a full griddle can push it. The load-sizer flags the combo.
How many does one cart feed for a family cookout?
A dozen to twenty comfortably off the griddle and the teak. For the extended-family Memorial Day crowd, stage food in waves; the load-sizer reads your prep surface.

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The best backyard kitchen for a Memorial Day cookout rolls out of winter storage ready to griddle and blend. The Backyard Banger needs de-winterizing before a Memorial Day cookout: reconnect and flush the lines drained for winter. The Backyard Banger's blender and griddle together can push the 20-amp tower's usable load. This page includes an event load-sizer, which takes a guest count and duration and returns the water through the sink, how many drinks fit the 4.5 cubic foot fridge versus an overflow cooler, whether the griddle-and-blender load clears the 20-amp tower, and whether the teak prep surface is enough for a family cookout. Sold by backyard.kitchen for $5,599.99.

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