The best portable fire pits let you enjoy the outdoors on your own terms. It doesn’t matter whether you’re hiking deep in the woods, crashing on the beach or just having a get together with your dudes and lady dudes in the backyard, with a portable fire pit, you bring the party with you.
Of course, the best portable fire pits are made to fit your needs, whether that’s a nice wood fire, a kickass bonfire or a good ol’ fashioned Hank Hill propane fire, so figure out what it is that you want, read on through, and pick out one of these best portable fire pits for you.
Campfire Defender Protect Preserve Pop-Up Fire Pit
This is listed as “Amazon’s choice” in portable fire pits, so you know you’re good to go here. It packs smaller than a camp chair, and unfolds into a 24” by 24” fire pit. The stainless steel mesh ensures that your fire will be kept safe and secure without any crazy fumes or anything, and is designed to reduce smoke. You get the fire without all the, you know, toxic asphyxiations.
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Landmann Big Sky Stars and Moons Firepit
This steel firepit comes with stars and moons cutouts to lend a little ambience to your fire pit get togethers. It also comes with a cooking grate and a spark screen so you won’t have to worry about your kid or your dog or your drunk friends sticking a hand in there when no one is looking. All of which adds up to an Amazon number one best seller.
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Rootless Portable Outdoor Fire Pit
You don’t have to spend a lot to get a nice portable fire pit. You won’t get any fancy bells and whistles or childproof nanny things that end up costing three times as much as the pit itself, but you know what you need, and if that’s just a simple lightweight stainless steel collapsible fire pit, here you go. Keep it simple, and enjoy.
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UCO Flatpack Portable Stainless Steel Grill and Fire Pit
Another firepit for someone who doesn’t necessarily want to spring for a full-on bonfire bonanza, this simple stainless steel fire pit can fit in a backpack and be set up in 30 seconds. Perfect for those on the go who just need a little fire in their life.
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Camco Portable Propane Outdoor Campfire
Listen, we all love Hank Hill. You know Hank, right? Proud Texan, good wife, crazy dad, passionate about propane. And Hank would love this. You just hook up the propane to the eight foot hose, and let it heat the natural lava rocks. Get Dale, Boomhauer, Bill and the boys over and enjoy the outdoors like a real man.
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Titan Attachments Portable Campfire Ring
Nothing fancy here, just 48” of heavy steel panels that you set up in a ring, throw in the flammables and let the fun begin. A lot of times, the hardest part about getting a fire going is keeping it contained, and that is where this beauty comes in. You won’t have to worry about cleanup or grills or grates or anything like that. You just start the fire and wall it in with this.
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Camp Chef Redwood Portable Pro Fire Pit
Another propane fire pit, this one is designed with the cook in mind. It comes with four extendable roasting sticks and has twelve pounds of lava rocks ready to get that gas fire goodness heating them up. It also has a safety shutoff valve so you don’t end up setting yourself ablaze like a protesting Buddhist monk.
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Heininger 5995 Portable Propane Fire Pit
First of all, the name alone sounds like something attached to a rogue German scientist, so you know you’re on another level in the propane game. And that crazy German scientist somehow managed to make a firepit that burns smokeless. Now I don’t know what kind of sorcery that entails, but the war is over, let’s not ask any questions, okay? For real though, a smokeless fire pit is an amazing innovation to anyone who has ever come home from a cookout or bonfire feeling like they need to spend a couple of weeks in an oxygen tent.
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Outland Firebowl Deluxe Portable Propane Fire Pit
Another smokeless pit, how are you gonna deny anything that calls itself a firebowl? Man and fire have always been close friends, thrown together by the gods to allow us to rule the world with our giant human brains. And now, we have the firebowl, proof positive that with the help of a little propane and a ten inch hose, we can master the universe. Or at least cook some hotdogs.
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Double Flame Patio Fire Pit
We’re kicking things up a notch now. This portable fire pit features double stainless steel walls that heat up from the bottom and ignite in an inferno up top to give you a monster fire fit for any get together. The entire contraption weighs 42 pounds, so you know you’re dealing with some heavy duty steel here. This is for the hottest fires and the hottest times.
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Solo Stove Bonfire Fire Pit
There’s nothing better than a bonfire. But there’s no bigger pain in the ass than putting one together. Eliminate a lot of the prep with this bad boy, which was engineered to give you a lot of fire without the headaches. A kickstarter raised over $1 million dollars for this fire pit’s engineering, so you know a whole hell of a lot has gone into making it a one of a kind experience, and probably explains why this the number one new release in portable fire pits.
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Outland Living Series Propane Gas Fire Pit Table
Okay, so this is maybe pushing the whole “portable” thing, but you can definitely pick this up and move it around if you need to. But really, this about as baller as it gets in the fire pit game. It’s a 44” propane powered fire table that can serve as the powerhouse centerpiece to any outdoor gathering. You can even control how high you want the fire to roar. It’s a number one best seller for a reason, and that’s because you can’t find a better marriage of style and function than this fire pit table.
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