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ANAHEIM, Calif. – National Pool & Tile (NPT) an Anaheim, Calif.-based distributor of pool tile, stone, decking and pool finishes, knows that outdoor kitchens are a growing trend in moderate to high-end homes nationwide. In response to this trend NPT now offers a modular barbecue island product that minimizes labor and maximizes profits.
This growth is a boon to savvy residential installation contractors who know that today’s homeowner wants a custom outdoor kitchen and entertainment center that allows them to hand pick everything from the stainless steel rotisserie grills, burners, coolers, and sinks, to built in cabinets and stereo equipment.
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“Adding NPT BBQ Islands to our services broadened our customer base and our product line,” says Matt Perezchica, general manager of Johnson Pools in Windsor, Calif., who has been in the pool construction for 17 years. “It’s one more thing we can offer existing customers.”
In the past, creating custom barbecue islands required specialized masonry labor and tools used – not to mention purchasing and transporting heavy materials, like stone, concrete and wood products, from different suppliers. To address this problem, NPT has created a modular barbecue island product that allows landscape contractors, remodelers, and builders to make high profit margins by offering a variety of prefabricated modular island units that come preassembled. One laborer can off-load by hand, assemble and finish a basic unit in one day with minimal tools.
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Brandon Holladay, owner and president of Champion Landscaping & Design, a high-end residential landscape contractor in Houston, Texas has installed traditional barbecue islands since it started up in 2001, but a few years ago Holladay started selling customers on NPT BBQ Islands. Because he’s been able to capitalize on the growing outdoor kitchen market, Holladay says he expects to double his 2004 gross sales, which could earn him $1,200,000 in 2005. A huge part of Champion’s growth is because they’re able to capitalize on the labor and material cost savings by using a modular barbecue system rather than the traditional method of building the barbecue frame from scratch.