[Closed] Best and easiest fire pit?

I've seen ones made with old washing machine drums before but I think a bit of welding might be required ideally.

Edit: this guy uses a drill/screws

My experiance of fire pits is that unless it's calm someone's always sitting in smoke.

I'm looking at a frontier camping stove for my garden

I bought one from FB marketplace, half a gas canister cut in half with legs welded on. £25, works a treat.

It is a bit smokey though if you're sitting in the wrong side.

I've got one of these for camping. Really good and can be had for a few pounds off eBay.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08F7SG4ZY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_wN.sFbA6N20VY

13kg gas bottle fill with water and degas then cut out 8” x 12” rectangular section out of face. Cut 5 or 6” circle out of top (basically remove handle from top where valve you’d be. Purchase 1m of solid stove pipe (5” or 6” depending on hole size)and weld on to create chimney. Best fire pit/out door stove going in terms of heat and also draws smoke up and away so it’s not swirling around you. A fabricator could do this all in an hour if you have stuff ready

We used the washing machine drum as a fire pit when in the scouts.

Theres a spindle on the back that you can stick into the ground for some support, then we supported the rest on 3 bricks. There wasnt anything we couldnt sort with a hammer.

You could make a low brick circle, really only a couple of bricks high with a lip of snug enough so it slides in and is supported. Being removable, emptying it will be easier

Unless you live in the middle of nowhere, could I ask that you consider not getting a fire pit.

Evil things.

Place a dustbin lid on the ground, cut out the circle of turf, dig down around 4", sorted.

Washing machine drums are petty efficient smoke wise becasue they get ALOT of air definitiely less smoke than some of the chimney round here spewing our thick grey smog from presumable damp wood. But ultimately its faff so rarely gets used

Does anyone have a metal chimnea / fireplace with chimney? I'm interested to know if they draw up better as they warm.

Does anyone have a metal chimnea / fireplace with chimney? I’m interested to know if they draw up better as they warm.

We've got a metal chiminea - don't notice a difference drawing as it warms, doesn't seem to to not draw up from cold, if that makes sense. I guess the chimney's too short for it to make a significant difference.

We're planning on building a simple firepit - circle about three foot across, dig down about six inches, line with a row of bricks on end and fill with gravel. Four simple benches around it and job's a good 'un.

My experiance of fire pits is that unless it’s calm someone’s always sitting in smoke.

I had a washing machine one, it was brilliant but my wife could only see it as a piece of junk from a washing machine, whereas I saw it as a nice perforated stainless drum that the heat had turned into a nice bluey purple! I lost and it ended up in the scrap metal.

Super easy to make, just unbolted the pulley and put it back on the other way so it raised the drum off the floor.

Gives off a huge amount of heat and burns nice and hot so there is practically no smoke.

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I also have the washing machine drum .... and would recommend one to anyone.

The washing machine drum looks like a good call - and it's presumably a bit cheaper than a Solo Stove Bonfire. So, how do you get hold of a drum - the one in our washing machine probably needs to stay there?

Check your local council estate. Or Facebook group, someone always wants one lifted.

Another vote for the washing machine drum.

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I ask at the local recycling place, they are happy for me to strip down a bust one.

In Salford it’s traditional to use a Vauxhall Corsa

@onewheelgood just tell the wife her washing machine is broken and that she needs to buy a new one. Take the drum out of the current one. Viola.

I have a Weber fire pit. It wasn’t cheap but is beautifully made. I use it more than the bbq. I only burn properly dried wood. Smoke has not been a huge issue.

I like that Weber fire pit a lot, I’ll have it run it past the CFO tho.