Looking for opinions on fire bowls

Bowl or pit?

Dad put in nice buried steel ring (local metal shop) with 2 courses of brick around it. Very nice and burns clean every time.

At the old deer camp
I installed a nice fire pit

6 fire bricks on the bottom
Then 2 semi split rims stacked one on top of the other

On top of the 2 rims
I made a "Lid"
Lots of holes in the center to allow the smoke out
One side was hinged to allow extra wood to be added
Also we cooked on it

When you got it going it was great at putting out the heat
So much , one guy melted the sole of his boot , while he was relaxing with a beer after hunting

Also , so easy to put up and take down
When cool , I could put it up or take it down in 5 min

John

Sounds interesting John, any pics?

J, most of the portable pits I've seen aren't very big. I haven't seen them all but sorry I can't be any help on this matter. The one my wife bought without my knowledge was TOO shallow and when I go to put on the screened lid my inflamed wood logs were to high for it to go on properly. Needless to say the lid never was used. Hahaha

finelyshedded said:

Sounds interesting John, any pics?

J, most of the portable pits I've seen aren't very big. I haven't seen them all but sorry I can't be any help on this matter. The one my wife bought without my knowledge was TOO shallow and when I go to put on the screened lid my inflamed wood logs were to high for it to go on properly. Needless to say the lid never was used. Hahaha

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No ,and sadly I don't hunt there anymore to take some

I quit 2 years back
I may hunt there again for the 2014 season

John