When I first seen this I didn’t understand why you would need something like this, Why wouldn’t you just put rocks in a circle? After camping with my buddy and seeing how much less smoke there was, you could sit closer to it and hover over it to stay warm, Which meant more efficient use of my six dollar bundle of wood, how easy it was to cook on, the easy cleanup, I purchased an open box model and it was like brand new, now I got my old little fire pit that I take with me everywhere, I love it!!