Outdoor Fire Pits

There are different types of fire pits available. Here are some of the popular kinds of home made fire pits.

1. Simple stone fire pits – It can be built on any dry ground. An open space is to be selected for this type of fire pits. There should not by any flammable material around. Best results are found on dry dirt, gravel, or sand. For digging the pit, a normal shovel is enough. When the fire starts, food or meat stakes can be placed on the heated grill. Another way to do this is by placing a rig up a metal tripod.

2. Temporary cedar block fire pits: A pile of cinder blocks are used here. The bigger the fire pit, the more wood is needed here. Still, 2 to 3 levels of cinder blocks should be enough. Also, this type of fire pits will require a round piece of flame. Among other materials used, there are mesh screen covers and a dome solid lid, and a large grill grate.

3. Temporary brick fire pits– This type of fire pits have similarity to a cinder block fire pit. It calls for standard red bricks, the any brick is okay for this fire pit. The best part of this sort of fire pits is- it can be built fast and the cooker can relax while watching the food cook.

4. Permanent stone/brick fire pits- As the name implies, these fire pits are made out of stones or bricks. Following things are typically used in permanent stone fire pits- tape measure, string, can of spray paint, shovels (both spade shovel and flat shovel ideally), trowel, mixing tool, iron rake or other flat concrete tool, 1/2 inch jointer (optional), chipping hammer, safety glasses, level, wall stone and England fieldstone.

5. Other ingenious ways of fire pits: As strange it may sound, there are innovators who has gone far enough to make fire pits out of tractor tire rims. By simply surrounding them with large stones or bricks, the cooking can start. Washing machine drum fire pits are also used.