How To Start A Fire In A Outdoor Fire Pit

Light it with a long stemmed lighter or match.

How to start a fire in a outdoor fire pit. Put around 5cm of sand or lava rocks in the bottom then add a small amount of kindling and scrunched up newspaper on top. Place four or five pieces of kindling over the tinder in a teepee fashion arranging the sticks around the tinder with the sticks meeting in the center above the tinder. Spreading out the ashes will allow them to cool faster. Light it and allow a flame to build.

Lay the fire beginning with the tinder first. Once you ve laid your tinder start constructing a teepee in your fire pit over the top of your tinder material. In order to properly start a fire in a fire pit you will need to gather dry tinder and kindling seasoned firewood a fire starter option such as matches or a lighter and a supply of water for emergencies. Make sure you never light a fire directly on the base of the chimenea.

Lay one or two handfuls of tinder down in the center of the fire pit. Spread the ashes out in the fire pit. Lay a dry pine cone in the center of your fire pit. Be sure to leave a small opening in your teepee to allow airflow.

As the flame starts to become more robust place a fire log or slab wood over top. Place the metal grate on the fire bowl and then place a piece of crumpled newspaper cardboard or a commercial fire starting stick on top of the grate. The fire pit will continue to put out warmth even after the logs of turned to ash so you do not need to keep a fire roaring. Use your kindling the smaller sticks and twigs you have on hand.

This airflow will ensure your fire gets the air it needs for good combustion. Place a small stack of kindling on top and use a match to light the newspaper cardboard or fire starting stick underneath the kindling. Put some tinder in the center of your fire pit. Once it s burning well add a small log and allow it to burn out.

Provided you re using the fire pit for the first time you re to ensure that the internal part of the fire pit is dried. Provided you re using a fire pit with a hole at the center then you d have to lay a flat plain material on the floor so as to trap the embers and ashes. Place 2 3 pieces of fatwood in a crisscross pattern over top of the pine cone.