I want to make a huge fire at my cottage that doesn't blow smoke in my face, and also doesn't make a lot of smoke.
I can design any sort of fire pit but I don't want to use suction and I don't want to make it like a fireplace where the fire rises like in a chimney.
Any cool ideas for fire pits? Stones to use, smoke not rising etc?
Where there's smoke there's fire, as the saying goes. The same holds true transversely. If you want to enjoy a fire pit you're going to get smoke in your face from time to time.
The best you can do to combat this, barring a ridiculous exhaust fan contraption, is to be sure to use dry wood. Damp, or freshly cut wood will smoke you out every time. And if you are having a fire on a windy night, that will be a bit of a problem too. If you keep the flames high the convection will carry the smoke away with it. Keep it hot and keep it dry. When it starts to smoke, add more dry wood. Do this and you will rarely be bothered, but you will still be bothered from time to time. Suck it up. You're outside. Next you'll be wanting air conditioning when the fire gets too hot? Princess. 
June 9th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Where there's smoke there's fire, as the saying goes. The same holds true transversely. If you want to enjoy a fire pit you're going to get smoke in your face from time to time.
The best you can do to combat this, barring a ridiculous exhaust fan contraption, is to be sure to use dry wood. Damp, or freshly cut wood will smoke you out every time. And if you are having a fire on a windy night, that will be a bit of a problem too. If you keep the flames high the convection will carry the smoke away with it. Keep it hot and keep it dry. When it starts to smoke, add more dry wood. Do this and you will rarely be bothered, but you will still be bothered from time to time. Suck it up. You're outside. Next you'll be wanting air conditioning when the fire gets too hot? Princess.
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June 9th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
One of the best ways to cut down on smoke is to make sure the material you're buring is very dry. The drier the better. Most smoke from woods is water vapor.
Also the hotter your fire the less smoke you'll have, so make sure you have a lot of air flow through the pit. The more oxygen the hotter the fire will be, the more complete the combustion of the materials in the fire, meaning less smoke.
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