Out with the old, in with the new!

[walkin jack]

last year about this time I bought a new fire pit. Poor thing's about burned up. All the screening in the bowl and in the top is long since burned out. Bottom is gettin' really thin. Guess I can't complain it was a cheap-O and I used it hard.

I decided to get myself an early Christmas present so I ordered a new one. It arrived today. This'n has a better finish on it and is made of heavier steel. It came with a weather-proof cover and a wood grate to go in the bottom of the bowl. I'm hoping to get at least 2 years out of it.

I'd like it if I can use the old one for the rest of the year. I'll keep using it until after New Years eve if I don't burn the bottom out of it first. Start using the new on 1/1/22 I plan to use it just as hard if not harder so I hope spending a little more and getting better quality will pay off for me

Looin' forward to a lot of great fires in '22.

 

[Rustyt1953]

We built this a few years back.

It is a happy place and gets a workout.

It is both a beacon for neighborhood gatherings and a repository for junk mail.

 

[walkin jack]

l have done some of my deepest thinking and come up with many solutions to personal issues sitting around a fire (solo or with a few close friends/relatives) with a fire poker in one hand and a cold beer in the other.

Rusty that looks like a cozy set up right there. I can only imagine all the "pearls" it has been witness to.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Fire pits are true magnets. They draw family, friends, philosophers, laughter, beverages and kids with sticks and S'mores makin's.

 

[K Frame Keith]

Like you, we enjoy outdoor fires. We bought a fire ring from a company that makes them for state and federal parks. It was drop shipped because of the weight. The driver, obviously a city dweller, told me he had waited all day to ask me what it was. The thing is heavy and hasn't rusted out in over 7 years.

 

[pharmer]

I always loved making a fire and tending it along with friends and intoxicants. Then I moved to Florida. Joe

 

[walkin jack]

My daughter lives in Florida. She has a gas fire pit. the bowl is full of pretty stones and marbles and the flame comes up in colors. It is beautiful but it lacks the warmth and cozy feeling of a wood fire.

 

[Nevada Ed]

My father always put 1" of sand in the bottom of his fire pits.
Some people use volcanic rock, to help prevent bottom burn out
while others use a heavy screen, that will die in it's efforts.

+1 on the wood style for a great outdoors party......... if safe.

 

[len917]

looks like a kettle with a bird perch

 

[Golddollar]

looks like a kettle with a bird perch

Looks like it's a second cousin to my Griswold Dutch oven.

 

[Snapping Twig]

Made this out of an LG washing machine tub and one of those outdoor gas heater stands was used for the base.

 

[twodog max]

Our hunting cabin has a fire pit made from a large section of gas pipe sitting on rocks. I have no idea of how many very enjoyable evenings have been spent with a good adult beverage and good friends reliving the days hunts, old times, old friends, grilling over the fire etc.
Something very soothing about such experiences.

 

[Greyman50]

Been thinking of making one from a large truck rim, weld up some of the holes, add a damper or 2 and legs. Grate might be hard to find as should be cast iron.

 

[oneoff]

Ya know, I feel like I may be the last American who has never owned a TV.
I've never understood it, when I could have a fire instead.
Neanderthal'ish? Or, maybe, just thoughtful.

 

[Golddollar]

Made this out of an LG washing machine tub and one of those outdoor gas heater stands was used for the base.

Now that is re-purposing at its finest!

 

[Spajohn]

Ya know, I feel like I may be the last American who has never owned a TV.
I've never understood it, when I could have a fire instead.
Neanderthal'ish? Or, maybe, just thoughtful.

Fire is really prehistoric TV.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

I spent 6 hours today making charcoal in a modified 55 gal. drum It's
almost like a fire pit as I watch the flame and add wood. Smoke comes out
in a tornado like action.
I will second the sand in the bottom of the old pit, new one too when you
get around to using it.

 

[walkin jack]

My father always put 1" of sand in the bottom of his fire pits.
Some people use volcanic rock, to help prevent bottom burn out
while others use a heavy screen, that will die in it's efforts.

+1 on the wood style for a great outdoors party......... if safe.

That's a good idea for clay or ceramic etc, but not for steel. The sand retains moisture and will rust the bottom out before it's time.

 

[VictorLouis]

I decided to get myself an early Christmas present so I ordered a new one. It arrived today. This'n has a better finish on it and is made of heavier steel. It came with a weather-proof cover and a wood grate to go in the bottom of the bowl.

Link/s, please?

 

[wuluf]

We burned through a lot of wood in our patio fire pit, but this year the fires hereabouts scared us off. I bought a propane pit. It's not the same but I won't set fire to the entire West!

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