I wanted to put a fire ring outside my new garage/shed. So I was going to lay down a gravel pad outside the side doors. Kinda like a patio. Anyway I was thinking of the brick fire ring kits they sell at Lowe’s/Home Depot. I have a steel truck ring now, so I ain’t too fancy. Any suggestions?

It’ll cost you a bit, but live a little and get one of the smoke-free “rocket stove” burners, or fire pits. Amazon has a bunch, some of which can be upgraded with griddles, cooking grids, etc. Main draw is that they reduce and control the smoke so you don’t have to keep shifting your chair. Can’t recommend one in particular as I bought a small portable one for making coffee with a percolator.

Don’t think of it as being fancy, but rather being comfortable….

This is a big one from Solo Stove:

https://www.amazon.com/Solo-Stove-S...p;hvtargid=pla-4584482473925716&th=1

I looked at kits with the steel ring. I’m not sure what the purpose of the steel ring is if it’s going to be surrounded by bricks? I ended up just getting some landscaping bricks from Lowes. I did dig down a few inches into the dirt and backfilled it with gravel to keep it from settling into the ground.

I like the brick rings and have had some in past, however mine now is a combine rim, wrapped in 12ga steel that I had a local fab shop laser out last name and some mountain scenes in. It bolts to the rim and when the original rim gets hot if glows and illuminates the cutouts. I’m not sure if I have any hot pics but if ya shoot me a pm I can send you what it looks like. Rim came from scrap yard and the cut out together was under $125 a few years back. Get lots of compliments on it.

BIL did a neat one out of a quarry yute rim

Tub from a top load washer, AKA Redneck grill. The big (22”?) Weber grate fits on top.

Old dozier track.

You posted that some years back. When I replaced my top loader I remembered your pic and yarded out the tub. Made a fire pit. It worked awesome👍

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Happy to help.

Fire pits are nice. Built this one last fall

Built this one about 12 yrs ago on my north patio...NG fired

Nice spot to enjoy a few adult beverages at night

Built these for my daughters about two years ago


coles shell fuel locations

The Solo stove works well. Big enough capacity that it will burn quite awhile, not much smoke, and fairly easy to empty out.

We got the little one(think they call it Mesa) as a promotional freebie and I can see it being good for making coffee or maybe even sitting on a table during dinner, but it burns too fast and fills too quick for much more than that.

More portable......for camping when fire bans are in place

Runs on LP gas....instant heat on cold mornings

Nuthin' beats a real fire

I have 1 foot of 30" pipe with a flange on it.
Sits on 4 rocks to let air get under it so there is less smoke.
Cost me a case of Budlight.

Fug bud lite & AB

Built mine out of cinder block. Fire brick on the inside and nice rock on the outside.

Was 3 or 4 years ago.
I felt kind of snooty buying that expensive stuff.
Way more than my $17 case of Old German.

Very nice!

17 in the round...

No mo than 20... IMHO

Thanks. It was a Covid year project that I'd been wanting to do for more than 10 years. Figured since I wasn't going anywhere or spending any vacation money I might as well do it. Started as a small idea and kept growing. Learned a lot and would do it a little differently now, but I don't ever plan to do that again.

Some cool ones for sure. Love the look of it Kodiak.

And that why I call the washer tub a redneck grill!

I have something similar in mind here. We’ll see.

You roll well Tikka... but dang dry there.

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Bad rim off my tractor, a disk blade on the bottom, some expanded metal for a grate and bricks to go around.



Only the best.

It grew from a need to add some pavers out the back door so the dogs wouldn't track in so much dirt and mud. Kinda kept growing as I laid it out and started working on it. The pit and seat are really about 6 inches lower than what I meant for them to be. I didn't plan well for how high I needed it once I leveled the area and added pavers. The pergola was easiest part as it was a pre cut kit that went up in a couple of hours. Mostly just me and my dogs out there having a beer.

The one at FischKamph

Got some stacked rocks half ass schit 🥴 pics or it nvr happen tomorrow 😂

Those are top notch, you've got skills.

It’s not at all shabby. 👍

We’ve got a 28” tractor rim and about 8 layers of landscape pavers built up around it. But it doesn’t breathe well. Need to put a vent tube or something in the bottom to get a better fire going.

The big solo stove

yank the perforated stainless drum out of a broken clotheswasher and impale it on a fence T-post.

Here go my limestone slab one. Salvaged from i-840 road cut rock


It’s in back-back yard. Multiple fire pits at The Compound, since we’re just postin

Tore off the wood deck made a paddy 😃

My Deadcat firepit

😂😂😂