Fire Pit Inserts

Start with a tape measure.

Lay it across the inside of your fire pit opening at the widest point and write that number down. It is the only number that matters here. Everything on this page is sorted by the opening it drops into rather than by the name on the box, because an insert that does not fit is just an expensive piece of steel sitting in your garage.

An insert is a steel liner that sets down inside a pit you already own. Two things change once it is in there.

The fire burns cleaner. Air gets pulled up between the walls, heats on the way, and feeds back in above the flame. Burning the smoke a second time is what keeps it out of your face, and none of it requires a fan or a battery.

And the block stops taking a beating. Direct heat against stone or masonry is what opens up mortar joints and spalls the face off manufactured block a few seasons in. On most block an open fire against it voids the manufacturer warranty outright. A liner keeps flame off the stone and that warranty intact.

These are complete bowls with a solid vented bottom, not bare rings. Air gets under the fire and the ash has somewhere to fall.

What an insert is not is a fire pit. There are no legs, no stand and no surround in the box. You need an existing pit, ring or hardscape opening to set one into. Starting from bare ground, you want a standalone pit instead.

WHAT FITS WHAT

Round pits measure straight across. Square pits measure across the flats, not corner to corner.

Still not sure, send us the measurement and a photo of your pit and we will tell you which one goes in it. We would rather answer an email than process a return.