All-aluminum outdoor kitchens, built to your dimensions, in twenty-two finishes. We are an authorized Serene dealer and we design, permit, install and wire the finished kitchen ourselves under Florida licences CGC1530171 and EC13012123.
It is the value custom line in our range — cabinetry sized to your space, in a metal that cannot rust, without reaching for the Urban Bonfire or Kalamazoo budget. See how all four compare in our guide to the best outdoor kitchen cabinets for South Florida.
What it is
Every Serene cabinet is built around a welded one-inch by one-inch aluminum tube frame — that is what carries a built-in grill and a slab of granite without the box flexing. Panels, doors, drawer fronts and face frames are aluminum too, and the interiors are lined with powder-coated aluminum, so there is no raw edge anywhere for weather to start on.
Doors sit in-set rather than overlaying the frame, so water sheds off the face instead of tracking down into the reveal. Boxes are 34.5 inches high — 36 with your countertop — and 24 deep, modified to very nearly any dimension, on a toe kick, decorative legs or casters. Made at Serene’s own plant in Nappanee, Indiana, which powder coats in house.
Why aluminum, three miles from the Atlantic
Rust is iron oxide. Aluminum has no iron in it, so rust is not a failure mode it has — which is why we carry three aluminum lines and one stainless.
The part most dealers leave out: the aluminum is not what ages, the coating on it is. Serene powder coats inside and out in what it calls a coastal-grade finish, and it is a tough surface — but years of unfiltered Florida UV will slowly flatten any colour, and a scratch deep enough to reach bare metal within sight of open water will bloom chalky white at the edge. None of that is structural and none of it spreads the way corrosion spreads on steel. Rinse with fresh water every few months, the way you would rinse a boat.
One note on wording. Serene describes its privacy screens as marine-grade aluminum and publishes no alloy or gauge for the cabinet boxes. We are not going to tell you the boxes are marine-grade when the manufacturer does not. If the alloy matters to you — it genuinely does on an oceanfront lot — raise it at the consultation before you choose a line.
Twenty-two finishes
This is where Serene beats the line above it. Ten solid powder-coat colours:
- Ocean Blue Silver
- Sheddy Croc
- Iron Gray
- Gallant Blue
- Oak Core
- Pebble Stone
- Textured Black
- Dry Hazelnut
- Shifted Beige
- Sky White Texture
And twelve wood-look finishes, applied with a process that originated in Italy, giving you the grain of timber on a cabinet that is metal all the way through:
- Dark Cherry with Flame
- Light Cherry with Flame
- Dark National Walnut
- Light National Walnut
- Dark Cherry Half Flame
- Light Cherry Half Flame
- White Knotty Pine
- Light Knotty Pine
- Dark Knotty Pine
- Light Aged Oak
- Dark Aged Oak
- White Oak
Doors come in slab or shaker. Hardware is a square or low-profile edge pull, in brushed stainless or black. Granite and Corian are the usual countertops; whatever sits on top, everything underneath is aluminum.
Built to your dimensions
Serene builds each kitchen to order, so the design stage is forgiving. We bring measurements and a layout from your patio, Serene produces a drawing and a quote, and because nothing comes off a shelf, moving a run is a revision rather than a reorder. The first two drawings are free.
After approval there is a fifty per cent deposit, the balance before shipment, and the kitchen arrives fully assembled on a liftgate truck. Appliance cabinets, soft-close hinges, pull-out shelves and waste bin pull-outs get specified around what you actually plan to cook on.
Stock islands, if the timeline is the problem
Four pre-configured islands that ship faster than custom work, at published prices:
- Aurora Island — $4,995
- Breeze Island — $6,195
- Sunset Island — $7,495
- Riviera Island — $8,495
Those are Serene’s list prices for the islands themselves, not installed prices — a countertop, gas run, dedicated circuit, permit and the labour to set it are separate, and we put real numbers on those for your site. Custom is quoted after the design, because Serene publishes no custom price list and we are not going to invent a range.
Where Serene fits against the other three
Serene sits between WeatherStrong and Urban Bonfire: custom-sized like the expensive lines, priced below them, widest finish range of the four. What you give up is warranty length — five years limited against Urban Bonfire’s ten — and a published alloy specification.
| WeatherStrong | Serene | Urban Bonfire | Kalamazoo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is made of | Weather-resistant cabinetry | All aluminum on a welded 1″ tube frame | Powder-coated marine-grade aluminum | Hand-welded 304 or 316L stainless |
| Can it rust? | No — it is not steel | No — aluminum has no iron in it | No — aluminum has no iron in it | Stainless resists it; 316L resists it longest, but surface corrosion is excluded from every warranty in this industry |
| Where it is built | Bartow, Florida | Nappanee, Indiana | Comstock Township, Michigan (designed in Montreal) | Comstock Township, Michigan |
| Finishes | 17 | 22 — 10 solid colors and 12 wood-looks | 6 powder-coat colors in the NACRAē finish | 16 matte powder-coats plus custom RAL matching |
| Custom sizing | Standard cabinet sizes | Built to your dimensions | Built to your dimensions | Built to your dimensions |
| Typical lead time | About 10 business days | Built to order; we confirm the window with the factory at quote | About 4–5 weeks (Origine); 10–12 weeks (Dekton) | About 10 weeks, plus delivery |
| Cabinetry warranty | Per manufacturer | Limited 5 years | Limited 10 years | 2 years parts and labor; 5 and 25 years parts only on listed components |
| Price position | Entry | Value custom | Middle | Top of the market |
| Best for | Most homes, and any project on a short timeline | Custom sizing and the widest finish choice at the lowest custom price | Coastal and near-water homes, and anyone who wants a published alloy and the longer warranty | Oceanfront exposure, and cooks for whom the grill is the point of the project |
The roof over it
Most Serene kitchens we build go under a motorized louvered roof, and the two should be designed together, because the roof determines where the grill can vent and where the refrigeration can sit without cooking in afternoon sun.
On rain, the same answer we give everyone, because it is the true one. No motorized louvered roof system is one hundred per cent waterproof. Our system, with integrated gaskets, overlapping louvers and a built-in gutter and downspout system, is the most watertight motorized louvered roof available — but South Florida produces rainfall and wind-driven rain that no louvered roof shrugs off completely, and in those conditions you may see splashing, misting or the occasional drip. Keeping the gutters and downspouts clear does most of the work of preventing it, and we show every client where to look. If you want the cabinetry under something genuinely sealed, a solid patio roof or a sliding glass enclosure on the weather side is the honest answer, and we build both.
Why order it through us
Serene sells direct and the cabinetry arrives assembled, which on paper reads as a job you could handle yourself. In practice the cabinetry is the straightforward part.
The rest is a gas line sized and pressure-tested for your burners, a dedicated circuit for refrigeration and another for lighting, a countertop templated after the cabinets are set, a slab that will carry the load, and a permit for all of it. Here, an outdoor kitchen with gas and power is permitted work with inspections — and the inspector is looking at the mechanical and electrical, not at the cabinet doors.
We hold Florida general contractor licence CGC1530171 and electrical contractor licence EC13012123. One company designs it, pulls the permits, builds the structure, runs the gas, wires the circuits, sets the cabinetry and stands there for the inspection.
Start with a design
Bring us the space and we will come measure it. The consultation is free, the first two Serene drawings carry no charge, and you will leave knowing which of the four lines fits your exposure, timeline and budget — even if that turns out not to be this one. Call (561) 826-9200 or request a consultation.
Common questions
Is Serene cabinetry really all aluminum?
Yes. The cabinet box, the face frame, the doors and the drawer fronts are all aluminum, built around a welded one-inch-square aluminum tube frame, and the interiors are lined with powder-coated aluminum as well. Serene’s own phrase is that everything underneath the countertop is aluminum. There is no wood, no particleboard and no steel in the box, which is the whole point of specifying it for a South Florida patio.
Can aluminum cabinets rust in salt air?
Rust is iron oxide, and aluminum contains no iron, so rust is not a failure mode aluminum has. What aluminum does instead is oxidise, which forms a dull grey-white film rather than the orange scale that eats steel, and the powder coat on a Serene box is there to keep air and salt off the metal in the first place. Being straight with you: the coating is the part that ages. Years of direct Florida UV will eventually dull a powder coat, and a scratch deep enough to reach bare metal within sight of open water will show a chalky bloom at the edge. Rinsing the cabinetry with fresh water every few months handles the salt, and we will show you where to look.
How many finishes does Serene offer?
Twenty-two. Ten are solid powder-coat colours and twelve are wood-look finishes, using a process that originated in Italy, so you can have the appearance of cherry, walnut, knotty pine or white oak on a cabinet that is metal all the way through. That is the widest finish range of any of the four cabinetry lines we carry, and it is the main reason a client chooses Serene over a line that costs more.
What does a Serene outdoor kitchen cost?
Serene’s four stock islands are published at $4,995, $6,195, $7,495 and $8,495. A custom kitchen is quoted after the design, because the price depends on the run length, the cabinet mix and which appliances go in it, and Serene does not publish a custom price list. We will not guess at a figure before we have measured your space.
How long does a Serene kitchen take?
Serene builds every custom kitchen to order and does not publish a lead time, so we confirm the current build window with the factory when we quote your project rather than repeating a number that might be out of date. The stock islands ship faster than custom work. If a hard date is driving the project, say so at the consultation and we will tell you honestly whether Serene is the right line for it.
What is covered by the warranty?
Serene provides a five-year limited warranty on the cabinetry. That is shorter than the ten-year limited warranty on the Urban Bonfire line we also carry, and it is a straightforward part of why Serene costs less. We hand you the manufacturer’s warranty document before you place a deposit so you are reading the terms rather than our summary of them. Our own work on the installation, the gas and the electrical is warranted separately by us.
Can you build the kitchen and the roof over it?
Yes, and it is the reason most clients call us rather than ordering cabinetry direct. We hold a Florida general contractor licence, CGC1530171, and an electrical contractor licence, EC13012123, so the louvered roof, the structure it lands on, the gas line, the circuits for the refrigeration and the lighting, and the permits for all of it come from one company.
Explore more outdoor living solutions
- Which cabinetry line is right for South Florida? — all four lines compared on material, warranty, lead time and price
- Urban Bonfire — powder-coated aluminum, ten-year limited warranty
- Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet — hand-welded 304 and 316L stainless
- WeatherStrong outdoor kitchens — seventeen finishes, about ten business days
- Motorized louvered pergolas — the roof the kitchen usually goes under
- Contact us for a free on-site consultation
Product details and specifications on this page were last reviewed on November 5, 2026. Manufacturer specifications can change; we confirm current details at the time of order.