Is this pit intended to burn wood or charcoal? It looks too shallow to put wood logs on grate unless split into 3 to 4 inch thick sections.
825396
It works great with wood. It is deeper than it looks. We are very satisfied.
825397
I think you can use for both. I only burned wood. I cut my wood logs about 14-15 inches or shorter and split into 3-4 inches. It's perfect for me.
825398
it could burn either wood or charcoal it has a grate at the bottom to put wood on and a grate you can add to the top to cook on. It's about 20 1/2 inches square at the top and tapers down to about 15 inches wide at the bottom and it's about 7 inches deep. It won't hold huge logs but it will do a nice job for a small patio area and we love that it converts to a table when the pit is not in use. It really is quite nice!
825399
We put wood in ours. It is deeper than you think. You can't put giant logs, but an average fireplace log does fit into it. You can also use charcoal. We love our pit.
825400
It's meant to burn wood and is awesome. Much deeper than it looks, and even comes.with an inner grate that could be used for cooking. We love ours.
2006434
Yes, You do need the Grate.If you are going to use logs.This would allow the fire to burn efficiently, otherwise the Ash would kill the log fire.
612050
I use it in my outdoor fire pit which is fueled by gas. I don't see how you can use this with a wood burning fireplace.
338050
Absolutely!! I use both regular and wood lump charcoal, but the construction of this grill will easily stand up to the intense heat of raw wood. Grill On!!
1494264
We put hot wood ashes from the camp fire and cook steaks with it. It is not big enough for any logs, but you could use small stuff and wood chips. It is habachi style.
475667
It has a grate for the wood and then another grate for cooking. It's not very deep though so charcoal would probably be the best option if you were going to cook on it.
680800
We've not had any problems with that but we haven't let the ashes get really deep. There is a mesh screen attached to the inside of the pit to control that behind the cut-outs. But if you were to let the ash get really deep then I expect some could sift out. We really like the pit, holds good sized logs so really glad we went with the square shape. I would buy it again in a heartbeat. Used it last night actually. Hope this helps.
171404
Yes,the grate goes in under the log but it will not be a very big log. I use scrap from the wood shop or small limbs.
1543857
I use Royal Oak lump charcoal, works great. Walmart has it. I have only used the Cook Air a couple of times but I can tell youits great! Awesome! I would think one 2x3 chunk of real wood would be enough. Do a google and see the lump charcoal its the best.Its real wood that has been burnt down to charcoal. Works really good and you don't need a lot...Mark
426773
The cooking grate has a slot in the center that you pull off with a tool provided with the unit. The tool can be used to stir the fire, empty the ashes and remove the grate. You can also use it to swivel the top grate. Using a water pan diffuser makes it difficult to add more charcoal, but that's generally reserved for slow cooks, which you should never have to add charcoal for those.
1336595
It is not deep enough to fit logs AND grill on top of the cooking grill at the same time. As far as cooking is concerned, I have been told not to burn coals on it, but I ignored the warnings and have cooked on it with hot coals more then once and it did not ruin my pit so far.
1870730
I am not sure as I got it for a gift. I know this is meant to burn charcoal.
1841520
It is probably too big, I'm afraid. I love it because it makes a nice roaring fire but contains the ash not the flames. Really bigger than it appears in pictures. Love mine, but NOT for a small space.
1879245
This fire pit was created for the aesthetics, not to use as a grill. Even with hot dogs, things would get very messy. Let's just say... I wouldn't.JK
2254303
I took a piece of expanded metal, gutter leaf blocker, I bought at lowes for a few bucks, and cut out a circle to fit over the grate in my charcoal chimney. I cut up one of the fire cubes into halves, or thirds and spread them around the chimney. I cover them with charcoal, light from the bottom and leave alone for 15 min. Grill on.
135355
There is a small little metal removable grill on the bottom of the pit to put your logs on. The bottom of the pit is solid metal, no holes. The grill on the bottom of the pit allows the air circulation.
1314777
I use briquets but I'm sure wood type charcoal would be fine.My Smokey mountain works great but I have one serious complaint that the top cover does not overlap when it is on and if you leave the smoker out in the rain without the cover, the bottom will fill with water and you will have a big mess to clean up before you use it the next time. Shame on Weber with this design flaw...I'm not real happy with this smoker for this reason.