How to Build Your Own DIY Smokeless Fire Pit

Recent smokeless fire pit testing got me to thinking that it might not be too hard to make one myself. Without taking anything away from the companies making smokeless fire pits, they’re fairly simple once you understand how they work. The short story is this. I started with a 55-gallon drum, cut roughly in half horizontally, as the main body. Then I slit one of those halves vertically down the side and squeezed it to a smaller diameter to fit inside the other half; this created the double-wall construction that makes these fire pits work. After adding a bottom, I created a cap that bridged the tops of the inner and outer walls. Finally, I cut holes around the base on the outside, in the bottom inside, and around the top edge inside. It’s certainly not as pretty as those commercially available, but it works. And there’s pride in building it by hand. [View in Browser]( [Popular Mechanics]( [SHOP]( [EXCLUSIVE]( [SUBSCRIBE]( [How to Build Your Own DIY Smokeless Fire Pit]( [How to Build Your Own DIY Smokeless Fire Pit]( Recent smokeless fire pit testing got me to thinking that it might not be too hard to make one myself. Without taking anything away from the companies making smokeless fire pits, they’re fairly simple once you understand how they work. The short story is this. I started with a 55-gallon drum, cut roughly in half horizontally, as the main body. Then I slit one of those halves vertically down the side and squeezed it to a smaller diameter to fit inside the other half; this created the double-wall construction that makes these fire pits work. After adding a bottom, I created a cap that bridged the tops of the inner and outer walls. Finally, I cut holes around the base on the outside, in the bottom inside, and around the top edge inside. It’s certainly not as pretty as those commercially available, but it works. And there’s pride in building it by hand. [Read More]( [Shop Amazon's Secret Sale on the Blink Outdoor Security Camera to Save 25% Today]( [Shop Amazon's Secret Sale on the Blink Outdoor Security Camera to Save 25% Today]( Don't wait to shop this incredible deal, because savings this good won't last. [Read More]( [Alternate text] [Alternate text] [Ever Wonder What a Black Hole Sounds Like? Listen Here]( [Ever Wonder What a Black Hole Sounds Like? Listen Here]( Researchers at MIT have found a way to simulate what light bouncing around a black hole sounds like. [Read More]( [Take a Virtual Ride Toward Space in This Badass Slingshot]( Take a Virtual Ride Toward Space in This Badass Slingshot]( SpinLaunch plans to use a giant centrifuge, instead of burning rocket fuel, to power a flight to space. [Read More]( [Alternate text] [Alternate text] [Scientists Claim They Can Make Human Skin Act 30 Years Younger]( [Scientists Claim They Can Make Human Skin Act 30 Years Younger]( The secret? Halt a cell’s reverse-aging process at the precise moment before it reverts to its embryonic form. [Read More]( [Deal Alert: Amazon Is Having a Crazy-Good Sale on Cantilever Umbrellas]( [Deal Alert: Amazon Is Having a Crazy-Good Sale on Cantilever Umbrellas]( Don't miss the chance to save big before summer. [Read More]( [Alternate text] [MNH Unstoppable After 40]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice/Notice at Collection]( PopularMechanics.com ©2022 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019