MILWAUKEE, WI - With thoughts of spring and summertime on everyone’s mind, outdoor living retailers are gearing up for new products and merchandising schemes to engage their customers and spark sales. Consumers are starting to think about their outdoor living space and maximizing their summertime experience. Sunset Bay Outdoor is introducing a line of outdoor kitchen islands, fire pits and accessories that will deliver an enjoyable and easy experience for both.

It all starts with a pure consumer-driven product design unlike any other outdoor kitchen on the market. This design affords retailers a simpler and more efficient logistical shipping, warehousing, merchandising, delivery and installation program while allowing them to offer brand new, profitable, benefit-driven products to their customers.

“This is really a win-win product for dealers and consumers, alike,” states Sunset Bay Outdoor president and chief designer, Bob Ehmke. “We set out to design a line of outdoor kitchens that solve all of the challenges and problems that have plagued retailers and consumers, and do so with style and affordability.  The Heritage line of kitchens and fire pits really opens up the possibilities of outdoor living for our customers. A premium, user-friendly, food-safe product at an affordable price.” 

Some of the challenges overcome are shipping and installation logistics. Traditional outdoor kitchens either require expensive heavy equipment to transport and place a ready-made kitchen on a deck or patio, or a team of different contractors to deliver, assemble, and finish a kitchen with brick, cut countertops and install doors and drawers.

The Heritage line can be transported home in most consumer vehicles from the dealer and assembled in minutes utilizing the patent pending Slide-N-Loc® technology. This means consumers can literally design their own customized outdoor kitchen at their local retailer, drive the product home and install it in an afternoon.

Once assembled customers will enjoy design and construction elements that provide a real outdoor experience for a lifetime.  Rated for rust and corrosion resistant performance in South Florida climate conditions, every component of construction utilizes 304 stainless steel or heavy gauge extruded aluminum with a proprietary triple powder coated finish. Façade panels are produced from a commercial-grade polyurethane that is mildew resistant. Countertops are crafted from a solid surface material that can be buffed free of incidental scratches, be cleaned food-safe to FDA standards and stays cooler in hot climates.

Sunset Bay Outdoor Island accessories really make summertime living easy. Drawers come with vented Bug and Dust covers - weather stripped clear acrylic covers slide inside the drawers that keep mice, bugs and dust out of your food-clean storage space, but allows air to move freely in and out to prevent mildew. “This feature alone makes your outdoor living space a place you can really live in,” notes Sunset Bay Outdoor General Manager, Joe Ehmke. “What is the point of storing napkins, plates, spices and cooking utensils outside for convenience if they are dusty and have been used as a home by mice or insects? Our outdoor accessories truly make your outdoor space livable with the conveniences you enjoy inside your home.”

Island accessories include a full line of doors, drawers, finished cabinets and specialty pullout drawers for propane, trash, ice and charcoal. They are sold separately from the island for landscape designers and contractors, and can be made to custom sizes.  Powder coated and rust/corrosion-free, these island accessories give home owners a never-before-seen level of quality and aesthetically pleasing appearance that differentiates them from any other product on the market. 

Also available are fire pits that match the outdoor kitchens. Hand crafted from the same quality Made in the USA materials as the kitchens, the Heritage line of fire pits is the perfect accompaniment to a patio collection.       

Easy to warehouse, ship, deliver and install, with durable and stylish food-safe conveniences make the Heritage line of outdoor kitchens and fire pits by Sunset Bay Outdoor the go-to product in 2015 for dealers and consumers.

Sunset Bay Outdoor is a boutique manufacturer of premium outdoor kitchen islands, island accessories and fire pits, handcrafted 100% in-house using only Made in the USA raw materials at its Milwaukee, WI, facility.

www.sunsetbayoutdoor.com