Fancy fire pits
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There is a business near me that makes fire pits from the ends of large liquid propane tanks.
https://www.firepitart.com/
https://www.firepitart.com/
nakiriknaifuwaifu
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Mate just get an Ooni or some other woodfired portable pizza oven
I ended up going with a cheap one from Home Depot. But it mostly depends on your space and how you use it.
Out here in the west there are so many different burn bans for various reasons that it's not worth having one.
Those are pretty! The ones I linked advertise as having some sort of advanced airflow that cuts down on smoke, which is appealing, but idk.
Mate not the same thing!
Totally. If there was a real risk of fire around here I would never get one.
Now, all that said, you don't want a fire pit. You gotta good burning wood around and clean them out and all of that. What you want is a smoker!
Wood/charcoal/coke fired forge? grill and/or smoker?
WiriWiri
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Fire pits are for posh wankers is the new narrative over here. Similar to HumbleHC there are an increasing number of restrictions and likely more to come
Realistically it’s tough to justify a fire pit or anything regularly burning wood where pollution may be a factor. London may have congestion charging and cars are increasingly a minority choice, but emissions from wood burning stoves and the like now are the second biggest source (c30%) of the most harmful ultrafine particulates. Which is big blow to the middle class Farrow-and-Ball set who tend to favour wood burners and firepits here, accustomed as they are to feeling morally superior over the proles,
I suspect it’ll take the US a little time to catch up on the moral outrage levels and eco grandstanding here, but don’t say I didn’t warn you
Realistically it’s tough to justify a fire pit or anything regularly burning wood where pollution may be a factor. London may have congestion charging and cars are increasingly a minority choice, but emissions from wood burning stoves and the like now are the second biggest source (c30%) of the most harmful ultrafine particulates. Which is big blow to the middle class Farrow-and-Ball set who tend to favour wood burners and firepits here, accustomed as they are to feeling morally superior over the proles,
I suspect it’ll take the US a little time to catch up on the moral outrage levels and eco grandstanding here, but don’t say I didn’t warn you
Michi
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Do you have a source for that? Not that I doubt it, but I suspect though that this would vary drastically by country and region. In cities, I would expect a lot of UFP to come from sources such as road and tire dust. Also, in countries where wood and charcoal are widely used (much of Africa), I would expect that to be a prominent source.
Regardless, UFPs are a problem, and human activity generates an awful lot of them.
WiriWiri
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Guidance for wood burning stoves in London
I suspect you‘re right about the local variations, but the c30% figure for London was an eye opener for me.
Michi
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Thanks for that! I never would have guessed that London, of all places, would still be burning that much wood!
WiriWiri
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It’s not, that‘s the thing. Wood burners tend to be the preserve of the upper middle classes, a luxury attractIve addition to the normal central heating, These are occasional heaters, used by a small number of people, and they still contribute that much pollution in a highly congested, busy city
That figure still shocks me a little tbh. And on the plus side the missus wanted a log burner and I’ve got the perfect eco-excuse to spend the budget on something else now, like knives
Port cities also get a lot from big cargo ships and the diesel trucks that move that cargo.
Matt Jacobs
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I buddy of mine has 2 of the solo pits. One for home and one for camping. He loves them. Super hot and no smoke in the face
Checkpure
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The solos work great but the breeo you can cook on so kinda wish I had that.
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I have a Breeo 19. We love it as a pandemic purchase. Temp control is not as good as my kamado Joe ceramic cookers, but they are different beasts. The small learning curve is important to keep it smokeless. Hot fires with the fuel below the secondary burn vent holes. I highly recommend the Breeo over the solo.
1)you don’t have to put it away, it’s designed for year round use.
2) the make a SS cover for it, when you are done, put the cover on and walk away. It may smolder for 24 hrs, but it’s safe.
3) where I live, once city over from you, you are not allowed to have openwood fires. This is a cooker. Have hot dogs ready if anyone asks.
I don't know but around here in Texas there are a lot of smokers built from old propane tanks. It is kind of a different animal but they sure cook well.
If you can find it drill stem is much better as it is 3/8 inch thick for a smoker. The thick steel holds the heat better.
If you can find it drill stem is much better as it is 3/8 inch thick for a smoker. The thick steel holds the heat better.
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I have an old fire pit some blacksmith hammered out. very cool but my backyard and the adjoining acreage is very prone to fire. not sure out my neighbors would feel if I lit a fire.
Bodine
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I have an end of propane tank one, with legs on my brick patio, use it a few times a year when entertaining, we live in the sticks, where land owners have prescribed burns of thousand of acres, negating the chances of wildfires.
