Best Outdoor Fire Pits of 2025: Wood-Burning, Propane & Smokeless Options for Every Backyard
A fire pit turns a backyard into a gathering spot. Guests gravitate to it. Conversations happen around it. Marshmallows get roasted. But the difference between a good fire pit and a frustrating one comes down to how easy it is to start, how much smoke it produces, where you sit relative to the heat, and what you have to clean up the next morning. We tested 6 fire pits across different backyard sizes and use cases. Wood-burning, propane, smokeless, and portable — each one has a situation where it makes sense and situations where it does not. ...