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Fire pits, pizza ovens, saunas, and the gear that turns a campsite or a back garden into somewhere you stay.

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A stainless smokeless fire pit burning cleanly on a stone patio at dusk with two chairs pulled close

Editor’s pick

Best smokeless fire pits: 4 picks from $170 to $399

Kit Scores 8.0 to 8.9. Solo Stove, Breeo, and the budget pit that gives you a bigger fire for half the money. What smokeless actually means.

Jul 27, 20264 picks
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Buying guides

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An Ooni Koda 16 cooking a large pizza on a spacious backyard counter at dusk

Best outdoor pizza ovens: 5 picks from $120 to $500

Five outdoor pizza ovens for large pies, repeatable heat, simple gas, electric control, or a low-cost live fire. Current models and honest tradeoffs.

Jul 28, 20265 picks
Albott outdoor sauna tent with wood burning stove

Best portable saunas: 4 tent saunas from $180 to $430

Kit Scores 8.0 to 8.5. Wood-fired versus steam is the whole decision, and only one of them reaches real sauna temperatures. Picks for both.

Jul 27, 20264 picks
Amazon Basics 46,000 BTU standing propane patio heater

Best patio heaters: 4 picks by where you actually sit

Kit Scores 8.1 to 8.5. Standing propane for open patios, electric infrared for covered ones, tabletop for the dinner zone. Placement decides this, not brand.

Jul 27, 20264 picks

Reviews, comparisons & how-tos

16 guides
A propane pizza oven and a chimney-topped wood pellet oven cooking side by side at dusk

Gas vs wood pizza ovens: heat, flavor, cost, and cleanup

Choose gas for repeatable weeknight pizza or wood for live-fire cooking and ritual. Compare heat control, flavor, recovery, fuel, and cleanup.

Illustration of two inactive patio heater types on an open stone terrace

Propane vs electric patio heaters: coverage, heat, and cost

Choose propane for open-air group heat or placement-rated electric infrared for covered seating. Compare output, wind, fuel, wiring, and cost.

Illustration of disconnected wood-stove and steam-generator sauna equipment packed for storage

Wood-fired vs steam sauna tents: heat, setup, and cost

Choose wood-fired for traditional high heat and off-grid use or steam for plug-in convenience and lower prices. Compare temperature, setup, and upkeep.

An Ooni Koda 16 cooking a large pizza on a deep outdoor worktable

Ooni Koda 16 review: dimensions, weight, and who should buy it

Review the Ooni Koda 16's 25 x 23.2-inch body, 40.1 lb weight, L-shaped gas burner, family-size stone, counter requirements, and value.

A Gozney Roccbox cooking at a small backyard pizza party with its legs extended

Gozney Roccbox review: heat retention, size, and weight

Review the Gozney Roccbox's dense insulation, repeatable 12-inch cooking, 44 lb weight, compact storage, optional wood burner, and value.

Illustration of packed portable sauna equipment and a towel in a utility room

Are portable saunas worth it? Cost math and honest limits

A tent sauna costs about 5% of a built one. Whether that is a bargain or a waste comes down to one number: sessions per month.

Illustration of an empty unlit stainless-steel fire pit on gravel

Are smokeless fire pits worth it? The honest case

They are not smokeless, they do reduce smoke, and whether that is worth $200 to $400 depends on one thing: how often you actually light a fire.

A BIG HORN OUTDOORS pellet pizza oven cooking on a stable car-camping table

BIG HORN 12-inch pizza oven review: live fire for less

Kit Score 8.2/10. A 24.9 lb pellet oven with folding legs and real high heat near $120. Excellent value if feeding the flame sounds fun.

Illustration of an unlit fire bowl in an open gravel clearing, not a measured clearance diagram

Fire pit safety: distances, surfaces, and decking

Clearance from structures, what a fire pit does to a wooden deck, and why a stand is not a heat shield. The rules that actually matter.

Illustration of two empty stainless-steel fire pits with different footprints

How to choose a smokeless fire pit: size, steel, and ash

Four decisions settle it: how many people sit around it, whether it ever moves, stainless or corten steel, and how the ash comes out.

Gas, electric, and pellet outdoor pizza ovens arranged with a peel, thermometer, tape measure, and propane tank

How to choose an outdoor pizza oven

Choose by usable stone size, fuel, counter depth, heat recovery, and storage weight. A practical buying guide before you spend $120 to $500.

A cook launching a lightly topped pizza into a preheated outdoor oven with a thermometer and turning peel nearby

How to use an outdoor pizza oven: the first cook

Set up safely, preheat the stone, launch without sticking, manage the flame, turn early, and recover heat between pizzas. A practical first-cook guide.

A Ninja Artisan electric pizza oven baking on a covered patio beside an outdoor outlet

Ninja Artisan Outdoor Pizza Oven review: electric control wins

Kit Score 8.7/10. A 700 F outdoor electric oven with five pizza programs, proofing, and no flame. Check the circuit, then enjoy the control.

A Solo Stove Pi Prime cooking a 12-inch pizza through its panoramic opening at sunset

Solo Stove Pi Prime review: the low-friction first oven

Kit Score 8.8/10. The Pi Prime has a wide 13-inch mouth, one-dial propane control, and a lifetime warranty. Simple, compact, and 12-inch only.

A 12-inch portable pizza oven and larger 16-inch oven shown beside matching pizzas for scale

What size pizza oven do you need? 12 vs 16 inches

A 12-inch oven suits personal pizzas and compact storage. A 16-inch oven gives 78% more pizza area and far more room to launch and turn.

Illustration of untreated split firewood and kindling on a stone surface

What wood to burn in a fire pit (and what to never burn)

Seasoned hardwood, under 20% moisture. Why damp wood defeats a smokeless pit entirely, and the five things that should never go in a fire.