Free Outdoor Kitchen Design Software
Design your outdoor kitchen in 3D, preview it in AR at full scale, and get an itemized price - free, in your browser, with nothing to download.
The tool
Design, see, and price it online
SKOL360 is free 3D outdoor kitchen design software that runs in a browser tab. You place real cabinet and appliance modules on a footprint sized to your own patio, preview the result in augmented reality, and get an itemized price for exactly what you built - without a download, an account, a set of drawings, or a contractor visit.
Drag-and-drop canvas
Lay out cabinets, grills, sinks, and finishes on a footprint sized to your real space. No CAD, no architectural drawings - just drag, drop, and arrange.
Preview in AR
Drop the finished design into your actual backyard with augmented reality, so you see the true footprint before you commit to anything.
Instant itemized quote
Every design becomes a precise, itemized price in seconds - no sales call, no waiting on a contractor estimate.
Runs on the device you have
A browser is the only requirement - phone, tablet, laptop, Mac or Windows. Nothing to install, and the AR preview uses the camera already in your phone.
Compare
Design software vs a manufacturer's configurator
Search for outdoor kitchen design software and you get two genuinely different kinds of tool. General 3D design and home-planning software - SketchUp, Planner 5D, Homestyler, Coohom and similar - lets you model anything you can imagine. A manufacturer's configurator, like this one, only builds what that manufacturer actually makes, and in exchange it can tell you the price. Neither is better; they answer different questions.
| Aspect | General 3D design software | This configurator |
|---|---|---|
| What you place | Generic shapes and library objects - a "grill" that stands for any grill. | The actual modules that get manufactured, at their real dimensions. |
| What you end up with | A picture of a kitchen. Accurate to your drawing, not to anything orderable. | A specified kitchen: every cabinet, appliance, and finish identified. |
| Getting a price | A separate step - export or screenshot it and wait on contractor estimates. | Itemized, in seconds, for the exact layout on screen. |
| How much you can change | Anything. Draw a brick built-in, a pergola, the whole yard. | Anything inside one modular system - layout, size, appliances, finishes. |
| Getting started | Usually an account, sometimes a download, and a modelling learning curve. | Open a browser tab. No download, no account until you save. |
| Best when | You are exploring freely, or building something no single maker supplies. | You want to know what it looks like, what is in it, and what it costs. |
If you are designing a masonry built-in, mixing brands, or laying out an entire yard, reach for the general tools - they will serve you better, and we would rather say so than waste your afternoon. If what you want is to see a real outdoor kitchen in your space and find out what it costs, that is the job this one is built for.
No install
Nothing to download, on any device
A lot of outdoor kitchen design software is a desktop program: download an installer, create an account, learn a modelling interface. This is a web app. Open the link and you are designing - on a phone in the backyard, on a laptop at the kitchen table, on a tablet at a dealer's counter. There is no version to keep updated, no plugin, and nothing that only works on Windows.
The augmented reality preview uses the camera already in your phone, so you can stand the kitchen on the actual slab and walk around it at full scale before anything is ordered. You only need an account when you want to save a design or come back to it later.
How to plan
How to plan an outdoor kitchen layout
A good outdoor kitchen design comes down to three moves - and you can test all of them live in the designer.
Start with the space
Measure the run you have - a wall, a corner, an island footprint - and pick the layout that fits: linear, L-shaped, galley, or U-shaped.
Zone the work
Plan a flow from prep to cook to serve. Keep ~24-36" of landing space beside the grill and the sink so the kitchen actually works.
Place the modules
Drop in the grill, sink, refrigeration, and storage where they make sense, then adjust finishes and check clearances - all live in 3D.
Start faster
Design from a real layout
Prefer not to start from a blank canvas? Open a real, engineered outdoor kitchen design and customize it to your space, or explore the modular system you are designing with - the cabinet modules are the same ones you drag onto the canvas.
Questions
Outdoor kitchen design software, answered
- Is there free outdoor kitchen design software?
- Yes. The SKOL360 outdoor kitchen design tool is free to use: laying out your kitchen in 3D, previewing it in augmented reality, and generating an itemized quote all cost nothing, and no account is needed to start. You only pay if you order the kitchen.
- Do I need to download anything?
- No. It runs in your browser, so there is no installer, no plugin, and nothing to keep updated. That also means it works the same on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android - the design you start on a laptop is the one you open on your phone.
- Is there an outdoor kitchen design app?
- There is no separate app to install. The designer is a web app, so you open it in your phone browser and it behaves like an app - including the AR preview, which uses your phone camera to place the kitchen at full scale in your own backyard.
- Is this a visualizer, a planner, or design software?
- All three, and people arrive searching for each of them. It is a planner in that you set the layout and dimensions; a visualizer in that you see the result in 3D and at full scale in AR; and design software in that what you produce is a specified, priced kitchen rather than a sketch. There is no separate visualizer or planner product to find - this is the one tool.
- Can I design my own outdoor kitchen online without a contractor?
- Yes. You can plan the layout, set the dimensions, choose appliances and finishes, and get a real price before you speak to anyone. Designing a custom outdoor kitchen no longer requires architectural drawings or a paid consultation to find out roughly what it will cost.
- How accurate is the 3D model?
- The modules in the designer are the real manufactured components at their real dimensions, so the footprint you see is the footprint you get. This is the difference between a configurator and a general 3D drawing: nothing on screen is a stand-in for a part that still has to be sourced.
- What can this tool not do?
- It designs modular outdoor kitchens from one system - 304 stainless steel cabinets with sintered stone surfaces. It will not model a masonry built-in, another manufacturer's cabinets, or your landscaping and pergola. For free-form modelling of a whole yard, general 3D design software is the better fit.
- How do I plan an outdoor kitchen layout?
- Start from the space you have and choose a layout: linear, L-shaped, galley, or U-shaped. Zone the kitchen for a prep-cook-serve flow, leave 24-36 inches of landing space beside the grill and the sink, and allow about 3 feet of clear floor in front to stand and cook. The 3D designer lets you test all of this on your real footprint before you buy.
- Do I need exact measurements before I start?
- No - start with a rough idea of the run you have and adjust as you go. Every module snaps to its real size, so the total footprint updates live and you can check it against your patio at any point, including at full scale in AR.
Design your outdoor kitchen in 3D
Drag, drop, preview in AR, and get an instant quote - free, no account needed.