Gemma is an experienced freelance writer who has spent the last five years focusing on expert-driven content relating to homes and gardens. She has contributed to several lifestyle publications ...

With a lifetime of heating with a wood stove, burning trees and limbs blown down in storms, and some years now of testing fire pits for Popular Mechanics, I’ve learned a thing or two about starting ...

An old washing machine sitting out amongst the weeds isn't cool. Repurposing the machine's drum into a smokeless fire pit is not only cool, it's easy to do.

Which smokeless fire pit is best? There’s nothing better on a cool night than sitting around a fire with your friends. The downside to a fire is somehow someone is always sitting directly in the path ...

Fire pits can serve as a gathering point for your group on camping trips, a heat source for cooking, and a rustic alternative to your phone—because if you ask us, gazing into a crackling blaze beats ...