Like a true multitasker, the Blue Rooster CICH039 Casita Grill Cast Iron Chiminea provides you with warmth as you enjoy watching the moon and stars on your patio and also allows you to cook dinner at the same time.

The Casita departs from the traditional design of a chiminea as it has a square hearth. The firebox is cubic instead of spherical. It chimney tapers making it look like a truncated pyramid.

The chimney is decorated with a sunburst standing out against a backdrop of brick-like relief arranged in a running bond, while the opening into the fireplace is bordered with a line of the same brick relief. Above it is a pair of elaborate leaf designs. The chimney is topped with a decorative rain lid that is removable.

Made of solid cast iron, the chiminea is virtually impervious to rust. It is coated with a high-temperature paint colored charcoal, which helps conceal the effects of burning wood on the paint.

The opening to the chiminea is covered with a screen door to keep floating embers from floating out thus protecting you and your property from accidental burns. The door is hinged for easy opening when tending to the fire or checking the food cooking on the cast iron grille. It is made of stainless steel.

The grille is large enough to hold a 14- to 16-inch pizza. It also allows you to grill barbecues or hotdogs. To trap heat inside the hearth for a top and bottom heat source, a fiberglass lining is installed at its top. Beneath the grille is a grate for holding the burning logs.

The Blue Rooster CICH039 Casita Grill Cast Iron Chiminea stands on cast iron feet that are crafted to complement the design of the chiminea. Its height reaches up to 49 inches, width is 22 inches, and depth is 18. It weighs a hefty 230 pounds.

Plenty of people enjoy watching flickering flames and listening to the crackling of burning wood as they keep themselves warm on cold winter nights. Others love outdoor barbecues, or roasting marshmallows and hotdogs. Sooner or later, though, they will have to clean the ashes. With a US Stove Company AV15 Ash Vacuum, the task is infinitely easier, not to mention the absence of floating ashes that could find their way into your nose and lungs.

Equipped with a 2.0 horsepower motor, the AV15 is the most powerful ash vacuum in the industry, assuring you of a truly clean and ash-free stove or fireplace more quickly than lesser machines. It comes with a 3.25-foot hose made of flexible aluminum, which means it will not easily tear even when stretched, bent, or coiled to its limits. A metal nozzle measuring 7.8 inches is attached to the hose. For accessing crevices, a plastic crevice tool can be attached to the metal nozzle. It has a tapering tip that allows it to be inserted into tight spaces.

Ashes are drawn into a large canister with a capacity of 6.5 gallons. It is painted with a special coating to keep rust or corrosion at bay. It is also capable of storing both cold and warm ash so you do not have to wait too long to clean up your fireplace.

Chunks of partially unburned pieces of wood are separated from fine ash with a Dacron pre-filter bag and a cartridge filter that is housed inside a metal mesh filter cage. Both can be cleaned so you do not need to replace them after each vacuuming.

The US Stove Company AV15 Ash Vacuum comes with an 8-foot power cord giving the machine a long reach. The cord, along with the hose, can be wrapped around the handle of the vacuum to keep them neat and organized.

Part of the company’s Napa Collection of outdoor fireplace kits, the Mantels Direct Helena Outdoor Wood-Burning Fireplace exudes images of the fertile and tranquil Napa Valley. It is reminiscent of open spaces, verdant vineyards, and rustic communities. Installing the Helena in your backyard is like bringing home a piece of the beautiful Napa Valley.

Constructed from a patented composite of concrete and fiberglass, the Helena combines the best attributes of both materials –it is lighter than pure concrete yet stronger and sturdier. In terms of its physical appearance, the fireplace looks more like concrete than fiberglass. Its texture is sandy and somewhat coarse, making it look and feel like concrete that has aged beautifully.

Intended for outdoor installation, the concrete and fiberglass mixture is designed to continually cure as it is exposed to moisture. Indeed, it actually grows stronger with age. Four colors are available to choose from, including terra cotta, tan, midnight, and stone gray.

The Helena fireplace is delivered unassembled but it comes with clear illustrated assembly instructions. It consists of the main body, hearth, base insulator, right and left insulators, back insulator, locking clips, hood, spark arrester, and grate. All components are designed to interlock with each without the need of any fastener, mortar, or glue. You do not even need any tool. Just push the appropriate parts against each until you hear a click, use the supplied locking clips where needed, put in the hearth and grate, load and light the logs, and enjoy a rustic and romantic dancing and crackling fire.

The Mantels Direct Helena Outdoor Wood-Burning Fireplace is a medium-size fireplace. Its hood reaches up to 68 inches high. It stands on a rectangular base measuring 32 inches wide and 28 inches deep. The opening into the firebox is about 17 inches wide and 19 inches high.

With a tub made from 100% copper, the freestanding CobraCo SH101 Hand-Hammered Copper Fire Pit Tub can give your patio or backyard a rustic look and an old world charm. It looks warm and appealing with its reddish brown hue which can only get better with use and time as it acquires a distinctive patina of its own.

The tub is elevated from the ground by a frame constructed from flat bars of wrought iron. It consists of a strong and sturdy ring that perfectly fits the flared mouth of the copper tub, and four equally strong and durable legs. With it, the fire pit tub is approximately a foot high. It is colored black which provides a striking contrast to the reddish brown of the copper tub.

With a diameter of 30 inches, the entire family, including perhaps a few friends, can crowd around the fire pit roasting hotdogs and s’mores, or simply warming themselves as they watch the stars on cold autumn and winter nights.

The tub is quite deep so you can build huge fires that burn longer. It includes a screen cover made of sturdy wire mesh to keep embers and sparks from flying out. Fitted with a handle that is painted with a high-temperature paint, it is easily lifted it if you need to add more wood or to stoke the fire.

Weighing only 30 pounds, the CobraCo SH101 Hand-Hammered Copper Fire Pit Tub is easy to move around. You can move it around your patio or yard, and also carry it to your friend’s house if it is his turn to host your weekly barbecue. You can even bring it along on your camping trips so you can keep yourselves warm and toasty until the early morning hours as you swap ghost stories.

As a bonus, the fire pit comes with a vinyl cover to protect it from rain and snow.

Chimineas are said to have been invented in Mexico hundreds if not thousands of years ago. Mexican tribes people used them for both heating and cooking. They were made of mud or river clay, and if they got broken, the people simply scooped more mud and made a new one. Clay chimineas from Mexico are still being made today. Among them is the Greenfingers DD7213D Cozumel Ojo Maya Clay Chiminea.

The Ojo Maya design consists of two large eyes flanking the opening of the chiminea. The opening, which is topped with an arch, is large enough to provide warmth as you gather around it, and to display the dancing flames within.

Perched on a three-legged steel stand, the chiminea rises up to approximately 30 inches. At its widest girth, it has a diameter of about 14 inches. The upper portion is detachable, at the point where the firebox begins to taper into the chimney. This converts the chiminea into a barbeque. Indeed, a chromed barbeque grill comes with the unit.

Inside the firebox is a steel grill for your charcoal or pieces of wood for burning. A clay lid for the chimney is also supplied. This helps regulate airflow into the firebox and thus control the burn rate.

The Greenfingers DD7213D Cozumel Ojo Maya Clay Chiminea can give your patio a rustic, even romantic, ambience as you roast your food and keep yourself warm the way it has been done for centuries. And because of its small size, it is easy to move around or even bring it along on you picnics or camp outs.

You can choose between two chiminea colors –green and yellow.

Burning logs in your fireplace for warmth on cold winter nights can be very relaxing and even romantic. At least until a downdraft forces smoke back into the room, or when you need to get up to add more logs into the fire, or when you have to clean scattered wood chips and remove ashes from the hearth. With a Monessen KVDY24/18D3 Duzy III Gas Log Kit, you can enjoy an Old World style heating without its attendant hassles.

The Monessen Duzy III is a vented gas log set made of premium refractory cement with a stainless steel burner. The logs are very realistic it will take a truly close look to realize that it is actually made of cement. They are set on a bar grate made of welded heavy-duty steel. Within the logs is a burner that can be fuelled either with propane or natural gas. A Piezo matchless ignition system makes kindling the fire quick and easy.

With a BTU input rating of 50,000 from either propane or natural gas, the gas log can provide sufficient heat to keep you warm and toasty while watching the stars from your patio on cold nights.

The gas log is designed to be installed in fireplaces intended for burning solid fuel equipped with a working flue, which must be constructed with non-combustible materials. It is 24 inches wide, thus it requires that the fireplace be at least 26 inches wide at the front and 18 inches wide at the back. Depth should be 13.5 inches while height is 18 inches.

With the Monessen KVDY24-18D3 Duzy III Gas Log Kit, you get the best of both worlds –an Old World ambience with modern conveniences.

With an aged concrete look, the Williamston Model 20.011.23 Outdoor Fireplace exudes memories of times past when life was simpler and slower, and when people had plenty of time to lounge in the backyard or on the patio around the fire during the cold months. Given its old world appeal, you probably will try to find the time to spend your nights around the fireplace whether alone contemplating, with a glass of red wine in your hand, or with your family and friends frolicking, roasting marshmallows for your smores.

The Williamston fireplace is made of a composite of concrete and fiberglass thus bringing into the mix the best that the two components have to offer. The result is an extremely strong and durable material that surpasses concrete alone. In spite of this, it remains lightweight.

Being made partly out of concrete, the fireplace has a silvery sandy appearance textured in a way to give it a distressed and aged look. While the main body of the fireplace has a plain and smooth surface, the mantle around the firebox and the base are finished with simulated broken concrete with no regular pattern. An embossed arch separates the mantle from the rest of the fireplace’s façade.

Assembling the fireplace is a cinch. It consists of only 10 parts that you can put together like a Lego set, without any need for adhesives, whether mortar or glue. The parts interlock tightly with each other assuring you that the fireplace can withstand windy weather conditions.

Fire from the Williamston Model 20.011.23 Outdoor Fireplace can come either from wood or from gas. A wood grate and spark arrestor come with the unit. If you opt for the gas model, you can accessorize with the Country Oak Log Set or fire glass that come in 10 different colors. These, however, are options not included with the fireplace.

Overall dimensions of the fireplace are 32″ W x 68″ H x 28″ D. The firebox, on the other hand is 17″ W x 35″ H x 19″ D. At 750 lbs., it cannot be easily toppled over.

Designed with a round top, the Deeco DM-643610N-IC Arizona Sands II Outdoor Fire Pit can accommodate more people who might want to sit close to the fire. Being 20 inches tall, it is at the perfect height for sitting around allowing you to comfortably reach your hands out from your seat towards the fire for warmth.

The fire pit stands on four strong legs consisting of wide flat metal bars. These
flare at the bottom to provide a solid and stable footing. In the middle of the four legs is a metal ring which, among other functions, helps keep the legs in place.

The top of the fire pit is made of natural slate cut in irregular shapes, a design sometimes referred to as crazy cut. The individual pieces of slate are of different earthy colors. In the middle of the round top is a huge round hole for the fire bowl. Made of cast iron, it is quite durable and can be expected to last a lifetime.

A log grate comes with the fire bowl for better wood burning. There is also a screen spark guard to keep embers and ashes from floating into the air. Since it is made of screen, it does not obstruct your view of the flickering flames.

The metal ring fastened to the legs is also designed to hold an additional slate table having a diameter that is identical to that of the fire bowl. In summer, when there is no need for heating, this additional slate table can be used to cover the hole for the fire bowl, thus converting the fire pit into a round outdoor table. It has a carrying handle in the middle that makes installation convenient. Once set atop the fire bowl, it can be folded down to have a flat surface.

The Deeco DM-643610N-IC Arizona Sands II Outdoor Fire Pit has a diameter of 36 inches. It is rather heavy at 71 pounds.

Keeping yourself warm with an open flame need not be hazardous if you have the right equipment. You will need to contain the floating embers, control the size of the flame, and keep the smoke out of your eyes. With the Nantucket ALZ510 Copper-Colored Chiminea, all these are a breeze. It also has the added bonus of exuding a classic appeal with its finish and décor.

It is perhaps the conical roof of the Nantucket chiminea that first catches your eye the first time you see it. It is finished in a shiny copper that reflects nearby objects on its surface. The cone does not have a very long axis so that its slope is gentle. Its apex, sometimes called the vertex, has been chopped off to provide an escape where smoke is vented. This opening, to prevent rainwater or snow from falling into the chiminea, is protected by a smaller cone, also finished with shiny copper, like a miniature umbrella.

The cone is supported by four wide flat metal bars that first slant inward before scrolling outward at their feet, giving the chiminea a decorative value as well as a stable stand. Fastened to the bars just underneath the cone are four sets of convex steel wire mesh held by a steel frame enveloping the entire chiminea. These keep the embers and sparks from the burning wood inside, while at the same time keeping out the inquisitive hands of children and pets. One of these framed mesh screens can be opened for tending the fire.

A steel firebowl with a diameter of almost 23 inches is perched on thick metal pegs protruding from each of the four steel feet. A ring with the color of copper having intricate designs adds detail to the rim of the bowl.

Apart from the copper-finished cone top and decorative trim, all other components of the Nantucket ALZ510 Copper-Colored Chiminea are painted in black, with the contrast between to two colors giving the chiminea an appealing look.

The chiminea stands 34¼ inches tall with a width and depth of 35½ inches.

Basking in front of your outdoor fireplace or roasting marshmallows for your s’mores are fun things. It can, however, be rather inconvenient if you have to get up from your lounging chair and walk through snow just to get more firewood. It is better to keep a pile of logs near the fireplace. And it is even better if you keep the pile looking neat and orderly with an Eclume Vertical Arched Rack.

The log rack is made entirely of sturdy flat iron bars with a thickness of ¼ inch. With their hammered, distressed finish, they exude an old world appeal. To protect their patina, the iron bars are coated with an industrial grade sealant that keeps rust, corrosion, and even minor scratches at bay.

A base measuring 12.5 by 13.5 inches lies at the bottom of the rack, providing support for the vertical columns. These columns, fastened to the base with buttonhead screws, consist of a pair of iron bars shaped like an inverted U. The resulting arches at the top provide the log rack with aesthetic appeal.

Given the size of the base of the Enclume Vertical Arched Rack, its real estate requirement is only a shade bigger than a square foot. With the thickness of the iron bars, you are assured that it is strong enough to accommodate a good number of cut logs. It stands 29.5 inches which means that it can hold enough logs to keep your fireplace burning for hours on end. You will have plenty of time to sit in comfort in front of your fireplace, and your kids can have plenty of s’mores to enjoy.

Assembly is easy as there are only four screws to fasten. The Allen wrench needed to do the job is even included. You can start stacking your logs near the fireplace within a few minutes of the rack’s delivery.