Beehives, Barbecues, Fireplaces, and More: How to Build an Inviting Outdoor Entertainment Area : 15 Spectacular Plans, Complete Material Lists, Basic Instructions

Although this book is a just a little bit dated, it's a great guide for anyone looking to build an outdoor kitchen, barbeque, and or fireplace. It's packed with lots of ideas and plans that anyone with a bit of vision could use or adapt to their own needs. I already built my fireplace and pizza oven, but this book could be a huge inspiration and help for those who are planning a 'build' and want some 'know how'. I highly recommend it! We absolutely love having friends and family over for pizza while sitting around the fire!Rick M.

The book has several diagrams and specifics for a variety of outdoor fireplaces, all of which are designed for "gas". Wood burning fireplaces requirements are not included basically limiting this publication to a few useful ideas and perhaps a good start on a comprhensive materials list.

Its a nice book but, it a little shallow in the real gritty aspect of how to do, focused on the authors pretty western outdoor entertainment area. If your looking to make a simple oven and design you might pass on this one

Great blueprint plans

There is a very good reason this book is out of print. It does not even begin to come to current codes. I don't think it could have possibly came to code anywhere in this country when it was written. The illustrations are cartoonish at best. the instruction is cumbersome and a difficult read. The designs are the bare basic. Although there are many 'designs' they are all the same. The plans are all basically the same and by showing one or two of this type would have been enough for the reader to adapt to whatever positioning they needed. However it goes over and over and over the same plan with a tweek here and there rather than exploring different plans foundations, drainage and the like. There are much better books out there. Also the seller listed this book in good quality and it was riddled with underling and reader notations that were just...well. I would not recommend this book.

Very interesting designs.

super

the book had some good basic project information and project consideration in it but literally fell apart as I was reading it for the first time. Not nearly as helpful as it was made out to be.