Let’s learn about my fire pit table
I use my fire pit table just about every time that I have family or friends over and we are sitting on my patio; sometimes I use it to cook and sometimes I just use it as a place to start a fire. I have it located right on top of the patio so it is not far from my back door. The unit itself sits on legs so I did not have to modify my patio in any way to start using it. It is basically the same thing as an elevated metal fire pit except that it has a flat surface that runs around the circumference of the unit and is designed for putting things on; this comes in handy when I am cooking.
Courtesy of hurricanemaine
An incomplete list of everything I use my fire pit table for:
-to sit around and warm up
-to keep away the mosquitoes
-to stare at when it’s late
-to feel sophisticated about
-to cook meals on (like Korean Barbecue)
-to roast marshmallows and hot dogs
-to eat at with others
Since we picked up a fire pit patio table we no longer use our copper fire pit
Growing up I got used to using a traditional bonfire pit so this was also the first thing I built when I bought a house during university. Then after being impressed with a copper fire pit at a party I ended up buying one myself; I stuck with this for a few years before moving on. These days I’ve changed again and swear by my fire pit table. Anything that I could do with one of the old units I can still do on my fire pit table; except now I can do more.
Cooking is even easier on a fire pit table than on a copper fire pit
I take full advantage of the flat surface that runs around the circumference of the fire pit dining table when I am cooking. In the past I used a small folding stand for food that needed to be cooked and food that I had finished cooking. And before I had the stand I used to just leave everything on the kitchen table inside the backdoor of our home. Now days I set things right on the flat part of the fire pit table and I don’t need to worry about setting up a stand to put food on.
Cooking tip #1
If I know that I am going to be cooking on the fire pit table then I will start a fire a couple hours in advance so that I can create a nice bed of embers in the pit of the unit. This allows for an even distribution of heat for whatever I am cooking.
How I cook Korean Barbecue on my fire pit table
I’m a bit of a nut for all things Asian, especially Korean barbecue.
[Coming soon – how to create a Korean Barbecue experience in your own backyard]
The evolution of the fire pit according to me
[rock fire pit] —–à [copper fire pit] ——à [fire pit table]
Versions of the fire pit table
I have only ever used a fire pit table that burns wood logs. And based on my experience I would highly recommend this version. That said, there are also propane and gas powered fire pit dining tables. I see no reason to buy a propane or gas fire pit table for my backyard as I already have a propane barbecue and so do most other people.
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