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Market review · 2026

The best outdoor kitchen and barbecue companies in Almaty — our competitors included

You're going to run this search anyway. The only question is whether you land on a page that names competitors with their prices, or one that tries to convince you there is no choice. Below are four companies we regularly lose clients to, each of them right about their part of the market. GrillKing is fifth.

If you read one line

These aren't five companies doing the same thing. They are four different categories: a brick barbecue setup, a ready-made heat-resistant concrete module, a grill shop, and a kitchen welded for your specific backyard. Pick the category first and the choice inside it is almost obvious.

1 · Brick and masonry

KaminAlmaty

What they do: turnkey brick barbecue setups, gazebos with a barbecue built in, fireplace masonry, and fixed mangals for restaurants. Koktal, mangal, Russian stove and tandyr in one setup. Their own site states 17 years in business, around 2,000 completed projects and 50 specializts; those are their figures, which we haven't verified.

Prices: not published — costed after a site visit.

Choose them if

You specifically want brick: a massive setup with a Russian stove, a tandyr or an indoor fireplace, in a classical or dacha aesthetic. We don't lay brick at all — it is a separate craft, and doing it half-well is worse than not doing it. If your mental picture of a barbecue zone has a chimney in it, go to them rather than to us.

kaminalmaty.kz

2 · Ready-made modules

BBQ-Center KZ

What they do: modular setups in heat-resistant reinforced fireclay concrete, with a cast-iron firebox in some models. Modules assemble tongue-and-groove in 20–30 minutes each with no building debris; a setup can be moved later or extended module by module. Delivery across Kazakhstan, 2–5 year manufacturer warranty, wood and charcoal fuel.

Published prices: the Kazbek-850 grill hearth from 513,000 ₸, "Mangal" from 798,000 ₸, "Mangal + kazan" from 1,864,000 ₸, "Table + mangal + kazan + sink" from 2,626,000 ₸, and the largest build "Tandyr + table + mangal + kazan + sink" from 3,299,000 ₸.

Choose them if

Your budget is under 3M ₸, you want a firm price today and a fast result, or you're renting or unsure you'll stay on this plot. Our smallest published kitchen is 4.85M ₸ — if you're under three, the honest answer is that we're out of your budget right now, and stretching you up to our floor would not be fair.

bbqcenter.kz

3 · Appliances, Almaty

Top Grill

What they do: a grill and tandyr retailer. Weber, Char-Broil and Napoleon, including built-in models. Two Almaty branches (25 Mametova St) plus Astana, Kaspi instalments, delivery across Kazakhstan. Rated 4.9 from 135 reviews according to 2GIS.

Prices: published per item in the online catalog.

Choose them if

You want a simple ready-made American-style barbecue you can collect today. We manufacture superb barbecues — but ours are designed as part of a kitchen, and for a standalone grill sitting in the middle of the yard they aren't the best solution. Nor will we pretend Napoleon barbecues are anything other than excellent: they are fine machines with a factory warranty. More than that: buy a built-in grill from them and we'll happily build the kitchen around it — plenty of our clients do exactly that, and it is a sensible thing to do.

topgrill.kz · 2GIS listing

4 · Appliances, Astana

QazGrill Kitchen

What they do: grilling equipment in Astana — gas, charcoal, wood-fired, ceramic and pellet grills. 28 A. Bokeikhan St, Astana. Open seven days.

Prices: published in the online catalog.

Choose them if

You're in Astana and you need equipment rather than construction. We do work in Astana — kitchens and thermowood both — but we have no showroom there, and we say so plainly: the only place you can come and touch the material is Almaty.

qazgrill.kz

5 · This is us

GrillKing

What we do: outdoor kitchens in 304 stainless steel, welded for one specific backyard, with ventilation we manufacture ourselves in any length and a pergola designed together with the kitchen rather than parked next to it. Plus our own production of thermally modified karagach (WoodPower) and steel terrace substructure (DeckKing) in Almaty.

Published prices: nine delivered kitchens from 4.85M to 32.2M ₸ turnkey, most of them 12–20M ₸. Thermowood 23,285–86,490 ₸/m², DeckKing frame 110,000 ₸/m² installed.

Choose us if

You want a kitchen built for your backyard and for the architecture of your house, rather than parked next to them. What we design isn't outdoor furniture but how you'll live here: where the guests will stand, where the smoke will go, what you see from the window in the morning. A client put it better than we can: “In your mind lives fantasy, and you bring this fantasy to life.” And if it matters to you that in four years the kitchen still looks and works exactly as well, with someone to call about anything it needs — then we're the ones. Our downsides are written out on their own page, and the lead time is 90 days; we can go faster, but we charge properly for the speed.

Side by side

Five companies in one table

CompanyCategoryPrice rangeBest for
KaminAlmatyBrick masonrynot publishedRussian stove, tandyr, indoor fireplace
BBQ-Center KZReady concrete modules513k – 3.3M ₸Under 3M, fast, movable
Top GrillAppliance retailer, Almatyper catalogA ready-made grill that stands on its own
QazGrill KitchenAppliance retailer, Astanaper catalogEquipment in Astana
GrillKingCustom kitchen, 304 steel4.85 – 32.2M ₸A kitchen built into the architecture, with service

Taken from each company's own website and checked on 14 September 2026. Competitors' prices and terms change — open their site yourself before deciding.

Plainly

Three cases where we tell you to go elsewhere

Budget under 3M ₸

Go to BBQ-Center KZ for a module or Top Grill for a grill and a simple surround. We'll start telling you to "add just a little" — don't fall for it. That's a dishonest mechanic and we're naming it here.

You want brick

A Russian stove, a tandyr, a fireplace, heavy masonry — that's KaminAlmaty. We work in steel and timber; we don't lay brick and won't pretend we can.

You need it by next weekend — and cheaply

The kitchen is welded to your dimensions: 90 days as standard, express 60, and in particular cases we've built one in 30. So speed we can do — but we charge properly for it, because the whole workshop is rearranged around one order. If the date is fixed and the budget doesn't carry the speed, a ready-made module arrives sooner and cheaper, and that's objectively better for you.

There is a separate page on who we aren't for — five more cases, and it was written before this one.

In short, as questions
Which company builds the best outdoor kitchens in Almaty?

It depends what you need, because these are four different categories. A brick barbecue setup with a Russian stove or tandyr — KaminAlmaty. A ready-made heat-resistant concrete module priced between 513,000 and 3,299,000 ₸ — BBQ-Center KZ. A standalone ready-made grill from a known brand such as Weber or Napoleon — Top Grill in Almaty or QazGrill in Astana. A 304 stainless steel kitchen welded for one specific backyard, 4.85M to 32.2M ₸ — GrillKing. Choose the category first and the company second.

What does a barbecue setup cost in Almaty?

On published prices as of September 2026: ready-made modular setups in heat-resistant concrete run from 513,000 ₸ for a standalone grill hearth to 3,299,000 ₸ for the largest build with tandyr, kazan and sink. A custom 304 stainless steel kitchen starts at 4.85M ₸, with most projects between 12 and 20M ₸ and the largest delivered one at 32.2M ₸. Companies working in brick masonry generally don't publish prices and cost the job after a site visit.

What is the difference between an outdoor kitchen and a barbecue setup?

A barbecue setup is primarily the fire: a mangal, kazan, tandyr, sometimes a Russian stove, usually in brick or heat-resistant concrete. An outdoor kitchen is the working space around the fire: countertop, sink, refrigeration, storage, ventilation, plumbed water and power. A complex answers "what do I cook on"; a kitchen answers "how do I cook and host without running back into the house".

Can a Weber or Napoleon grill be built into a GrillKing kitchen?

Yes, and many of our clients do exactly that. Buy the built-in model from Top Grill or QazGrill and we'll design and weld the kitchen to its cut-out dimensions. The factory warranty on the appliance stays with its manufacturer; our guarantee covers the carcass, countertop, ventilation and installation.

Why does GrillKing advertise its competitors?

We aren't advertising them, we're naming them. You'll find these four companies within ten minutes of searching anyway. The only thing we control is whether you hear about them from us, together with an honest "in these cases go to them", or discover them later and conclude we were hiding something. The second outcome costs us more.

If this page sent you to someone else, no hard feelings

And if it didn't: come to the showroom and see the kitchens and a terrace that's four years old. No obligation and before any costing.

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