Outdoor Kitchens
Clinton, MS
Serving the Jackson Metro Area
The Outdoor Kitchen Nobody Leaves
Built Where People Already End Up
Everyone gathers where the food is.
An outdoor kitchen means you're not cooking indoors while everyone else is outside. SchoggenScapes builds outdoor kitchens as part of the hardscape plan, tied into the patio, the lighting, and the drainage, so the finished space reads as one thing instead of an appliance parked on a slab.
Counter Space, Cold Drinks, and Somewhere to Set Your Plate
Every outdoor kitchen SchoggenScapes builds is specified around how the homeowner cooks and how many people they typically host.
A couple who grills twice a week needs something different from a family that hosts thirty on a weekend.
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Grill, side burners, and the counter run on either side of it. Working counter space is the thing homeowners most often wish they had more of once the kitchen is in.
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Cabinetry, refrigeration, and sink placement get decided early, because water and gas lines have to be routed before hardscape goes down. Retrofitting a line under a finished patio costs considerably more than running it during the build.
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SchoggenScapes builds with durable counter and facing materials chosen to withstand Mississippi heat, humidity, and the elements year-round. SchoggenScapes' designers walk you through the options that hold up locally before anything gets ordered.
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A bar overhang, a nearby firepit, or a covered structure determines whether people stay at the kitchen or drift back inside.
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Task lighting over the cooking surface and low-level lighting through the rest of the space is the difference between a kitchen used until nine and one used until eleven. SchoggenScapes handles landscape lighting installation on the same project.
How a SchoggenScapes Outdoor Kitchen Comes Together
Walk the space and talk about how you entertain.
The designer needs to know your usual headcount, where guests naturally stand, and what you cook, before the footprint gets drawn.
Design the kitchen into the whole plan.
The kitchen gets laid out alongside the patio, the utility runs, the grading, and the lighting rather than after them. This is the step that prevents the retrofit.
One crew builds it.
Hardscape, utilities, counters, and lighting all run through SchoggenScapes. You are not coordinating a mason, an electrician, and a plumber around each other.
Ask the People Who Already Called Us
"What SchoggenScapes created in our backyard is nothing short of miraculous. I had always wanted a pretty yard but had no idea where or how to start. We turned to SchoggenScapes and pretty much gave Will free reign to design the backyard of our dreams.
The design includes a brick walkway and patio, an outdoor kitchen and fireplace, a pergola and landscaping of the entire yard. Will and Phil Schoggen and their team take a great deal of pride in their work, and we feel so fortunate to have been able to work with them. What they created for us is far beyond our expectations, and we couldn’t be more pleased."
— The Reynolds
25 years serving Central Mississippi
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Family-owned and operated by Phil and Will Schoggen
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35 to 40 team members at peak season
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Grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol under maintenance
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Client relationships spanning more than 20 years
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Field team members with 20 years of tenure, and an operations manager going on 12
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Licensed in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama, and bonded.
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Mississippi license held through the Bureau of Plant Industries.
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Safety award winner: uniformed crews, high-visibility gear, and coned work zones on every site
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25 years serving Central Mississippi ■ Family-owned and operated by Phil and Will Schoggen ■ 35 to 40 team members at peak season ■ Grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol under maintenance ■ Client relationships spanning more than 20 years ■ Field team members with 20 years of tenure, and an operations manager going on 12 ■ Licensed in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama, and bonded. ■ Mississippi license held through the Bureau of Plant Industries. ■ Safety award winner: uniformed crews, high-visibility gear, and coned work zones on every site ■
What You're Probably Wondering
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A SchoggenScapes outdoor kitchen typically includes a grill, side burners, working counter space on both sides of the cooking surface, cabinetry, and storage, with refrigeration and a sink added where utilities allow. Bar seating, a nearby firepit, and task lighting over the cooking surface are the additions that most change how long people stay outside. The final layout is set by how the homeowner cooks and how many people usually show up.
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Sealed stone and porcelain countertops hold up well in Central Mississippi’s humidity and summer heat because they resist moisture, staining, and swelling. Sun exposure and whether the kitchen is covered matter just as much as the material. A SchoggenScapes designer helps you choose the right countertop for your patio’s conditions before anything is ordered.
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Most outdoor kitchen installations require gas, electrical, and water, and running all three is far simpler before hardscape goes down. Some homeowners build around propane instead, which changes where the kitchen can sit. Routing a line under a finished patio costs considerably more than running it during the build, so SchoggenScapes settles utilities during design rather than after.
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Two things decide it: whether the existing base can carry the load of a masonry kitchen, and whether gas, water, and electrical can reach that spot without tearing up finished hardscape. SchoggenScapes evaluates both on site before proposing a layout. Retrofits are common across Clinton, Madison, and Ridgeland, but they are not automatic.
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An outdoor kitchen contractor should design the kitchen alongside the patio layout, the grading, the drainage, and the lighting rather than adding it to a finished yard. SchoggenScapes builds outdoor kitchens as part of a full residential design-build project, so the paver patio and walkway layout accounts for the kitchen from the start. That is the difference between a kitchen that anchors the space and one that sits off to the side.
Green Spaces and Outdoor Places Across Central Mississippi
SchoggenScapes is a family-owned commercial and residential landscape company headquartered at 1117 Industrial Park Drive in Clinton, Mississippi, serving Clinton, Madison, Ridgeland, Brandon, Flowood, Gluckstadt, Pearl, and Jackson across Madison, Rankin, and Hinds counties.
Founded in 2001 by brothers Phil and Will Schoggen, SchoggenScapes handles residential landscape design and installation, patios and walkways, retaining walls, firepits, outdoor kitchens, landscape lighting, irrigation, drainage solutions, and hydroseeding. Licensed through the Mississippi Bureau of Plant Industries and bonded, with 35 to 40 team members at peak season.
