1st attempt at a Dakota fire pit

[2die4]

After reading about Dakota fire Pits I decided to make a small test pit. I dug the hole about a foot deep and about 10 inches wide. Secondary hole was roughly six inches away from the primary and about 8 inches deep and 6 inches wide.




Improvements

Moar BIGGER!
Bigger holes same depth
Moar tinder
Moar fuel and stacked properly




I learned quite a bit and have a much better idea how I will construct a bigger pit next time. I'll also take pictures during it's night time use as well. Overall, not a bad time to kill an hour on a lazy Sunday than practicing fire!


http://s15.postimg.org/jgowmtyh7/IMG_2493.jpg Used pine soaked resin wood to start the fire.
http://s8.postimg.org/6jlfjcxdh/IMG_2495.jpg Didn't put enough tinder into the pit so some bills made it in there to stoke the flames up.

http://s23.postimg.org/xwq0khkrf/IMG_2497.jpg Burn Baby Burn!

http://s24.postimg.org/7hrycmxlh/IMG_2499.jpg Far shot. Flames were a little bigger than the above pic.

http://s11.postimg.org/bf7tylb6b/IMG_2500.jpg Clean up. A little sloppy but you can't tell there was a fire there. If you took the time to cover your tracks no one would be the wiser.

[izzyscout21]

Ive used these fire holes quite a bit and really like them

[2die4]

I plan to do a much bigger one soon.

[piranha2]

They seem to work well and are concealable.

[Sniper-T]

They will actually work better if you get your secondary hole further away, a nice draw happens. get a couple chunks of rebar to lay across the primary, and you got a easy pot/pan holder. if you get three small rocks, and then place a large flat rock on top, you can make a cook top, and still be able too feed the fire under it.

did I mention that I love those things...

lol