Most outdoor kitchen brands sell you a fixed layout: this barbecue, this worktop, this size, take it or leave it. GRLLR Connect works differently. Because the range is built as separate units, stove, sink, cooling, corner and expansion, that connect to each other, the layout is genuinely custom. You choose which units you need, in what order, and change your mind later without starting again.
Before choosing units, look at the shape of the space you actually have. A narrow side return or a patio against a single wall suits a straight run: units placed in a line, plumbing and gas kept simple, and everything accessible from one side.
An L-shaped patio, or a garden where you want the kitchen to wrap around a seating area rather than block it off, calls for a different approach. This is where the Connect Corner Unit earns its place. It lets a run of units change direction without a gap or an awkward joint, so cabinetry can turn to follow a corner of the garden instead of forcing the layout into a straight line the space was never built for.
The core Connect range covers most of what an outdoor kitchen needs:
None of these need to be bought together. A common starting point is a Stove Unit and a Corner Unit, giving you cooking and a turn in the layout, with a Sink or Cooling Unit added the following season once you know how you actually use the space.
Custom does not have to mean bespoke joinery and a long lead time. With a modular system, custom means choosing the combination and order of standard units to fit a specific space, rather than commissioning something built from scratch. It is a more practical route to a kitchen that fits your garden exactly, without the cost or wait of true bespoke cabinetry.
That said, the finish still needs to feel considered rather than assembled. Keep worktop heights consistent across units, and think about handle and door styling as one visual set rather than choosing each unit in isolation. A back bar wall (£259) behind the Corner Unit is a small addition that ties a corner layout together and gives you somewhere to mount lighting or a shelf above worktop height.
Take a patio roughly 3 metres by 2 metres against two walls. A straight run along the longer wall would leave the shorter wall unused. Instead: a Stove Unit and Cooling Unit along the long wall, a Corner Unit at the junction, and a Sink Unit continuing along the short wall. The result uses both walls, keeps the cook, the fridge and the sink within a few steps of each other, and leaves the centre of the patio clear for a table rather than cabinetry.
The same logic scales down. Even a compact patio benefits from a single Corner Unit if it means the kitchen can wrap around a step, a drain cover or a boundary you cannot build over, rather than being pushed further from the house to avoid it.
Whatever combination of units you choose, the same material rules that apply to any outdoor kitchen cabinet apply here: stainless steel worktops for anything near heat, water or food prep, and weather rated cabinet doors rather than anything adapted from an indoor kitchen. A custom layout is only worth the planning if the units in it still look right after two or three British winters, not just in the first summer.
Because the units are designed to connect, measure the space with the connections in mind, not just the total run length. Check where gas and water need to reach, and confirm door swing and drawer clearance on neighbouring units before finalising the order. The GRLLR outdoor kitchen configurator is built for exactly this: testing combinations and dimensions against your actual space before anything is ordered.
For the full modular range and how the units connect to each other, see our modular outdoor kitchen units overview, or browse the complete Connect range to see current pricing and availability.
