What makes a kitchen?

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From my past residential experience I remember that 2 20A circuits are required in kitchens. I am creating a room in my basement with a freezer, fridge, dishwasher, and sink in it, mainly for entertaining, but the only counter space is going to be about 2' wide, above the dishwasher. If I put an outlet in this space is it required to be wired with #12 and on its own circuit? Or can I just add it to the Den circuit that shares the same wall with the so-called "kitchen"? With all the appliances I'm pretty short on circuits and I'm not quite ready to upgrade my service yet so I don't want to "waste" any circuits that aren't required. Thanks in advance for any help.
 
At least here in SW Florida, to be a Kitchen it would need Permenant cooking equipment. You can have all the toys for a wet bar, dishwasher, dispsol, microwave and counters galore. no outlets required. If one within 6' of sink, must be on GFI.
 
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I am creating a room in my basement with a freezer, fridge, dishwasher, and sink in it, mainly for entertaining, but the only counter space is going to be about 2' wide, above the dishwasher. If I put an outlet in this space is it required to be wired with #12 and on its own circuit?
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Well, since you know the owner so well, what is the greatest load likely to be plugged into this receptacle?
 
The last time I looked, there have been plenty of suggestions for a Code definition of a kitchen. I don't doubt every Code cycle has plenty of submissions. One of the first replys on the matter by the CMP was "A kitchen is so obvious, it doesn't need a definition."
 
This is such a man CAVE, Ok, At least it sounds like it :)

Come on, your worried about service now ?

Sounds like your doubling up, Kitchen / Basement...

Looks like nothing is holding U BAck, Wire it up... Enjoy ...
 
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