From feeding the flames to feeding our friends – a fire pit offers warmth, campsite ambience, and even a cooking space for the cooler camp trips and backyard shindigs.
After trimming the fat that is bias and sales incentives, we can now present a list of pits that deliver the ultimate outback blend of barbecued food and crackling campfires. Be you a camper who feels the cold, or a chargrilled grub master – make no missed-steak, our best-selling fire pits for 2023 are no smoke!
Without further ado, let’s bring the joy of good food and outback magic with our hottest sellers for this year…
A fire pit offers warmth, campsite ambience, and even a cooking space for the cooler camp trips and backyard shindigs. Image: BioLite
Hottest Value
Charmate Collapsible Fire Pit & Grill
With its compact design comes a compact price! The Collapsible Fire Pit & Grill offers value-for-money on every adventure.
Delivering the ultimate outback blend of barbecued food and crackling campfires, its stainless-steel construction boasts backyard durability and its flat-pack design ensures compact stashing into its bag for convenient storage. Charmate once again blends the versatile with outdoor style, owing to its dual purpose as both a BBQ and a firepit.
Hottest to the Shelves
Charmate Packable Fire Pit & BBQs: 360mm and 500mm
Bit different, bit unusual – but becoming increasingly popular for 2023!
The Packable Fire Pit & BBQs by Charmate bring that crackle of kindling to every outback shindig. Available in two sizes, these units deliver the five-star smoky char with minimal smoke emissions, all the while maintaining that open-fire magic. Their design works by directing oxygen into the fire to increase combustion, which means you’ll require less fuel for more heat. Blending outdoor style with versatility, this unit is multi-purpose as a slick firepit, kick-butt BBQ, and convenient cooktop with relevant accessories. With a durable, stainless-steel structure and packable design for compact storage, they also come equipped with a supportive stand to keep your pit elevated.
Hot, Sturdy, and Aussie-Made
Supa Peg Frontier Fire Pit
Stylish, sturdy, and easy to store!
Supa Peg are renowned for their innovatively designed products, where the Frontier’s 8-panelled system features panels and base plates locked together by a specifically engineered retaining pin for a closed in, safe, and efficient fire pit. Boasting a laser-cut, heavy-duty steel construction, it packs down flat into a durable carry bag. A base plate keeps your fire elevated, while attractive flame stencils in each panel creates ambience at camp and plenty of airflow to keep the blaze burning. Plus, attach the included BBQ rails for an instant cooktop.
Described as ‘so good’, ‘so simple’, and as good ‘as described’ by our customers – check out Ben’s demonstration on how to set it up, and let the good times burn!
Hottest for the Gadget Gurus
BioLite Fire Pit+ Wood & Charcoal Burning Fire Pit
Debunking the old saying, ‘where there’s smoke there’s fire’, the FirePit+ from BioLite is the smokeless solution!
For the gear gurus or the niftier nomads, this pit boasts state-of-the-art tech in an ergonomic design. Patented airflow technology ensures hyper-efficient flames and clean combustion, while x-ray mesh on the body conveys a floating fire and adjustable rack takes both charcoal or wood. Plus, enamel coating and larger perforations within the mesh provide more radiant heat, and a removable grill grate provides the means to go hibachi-style at dinnertime. The FirePit+ is powered by a 2,800mAh battery that offers over 28 hours of power on the low setting, controllable manually or remotely from the compatible Bluetooth app.
With nothing but five-star reviews from our customers, this fire pit is considered a ‘firebug’s delight’ – easy to light, ambient, and generates little mess.
Hottest Looking at the Campsite
Ozpig Big Pig Cooker & Heater
A real looker and a better cooker – bask in the warmth of your own backyard, with the Big Pig from Ozpig.
A strong, long-standing number, the Big Pig features one of the best outdoor stoves possible for at-home use. With a heavy-duty steel construction, it delivers substantial heating through the large, open front door, while the stove allows removal of the stovetop and cooking directly over the flames – so you can achieve smoky meats, chargrilled eats, and comfort food as bolstering as a rugged hug from Dad!
With a dual-zone cooking area for cooking two dishes at once, the Big Pig has been reviewed by our customers as a ‘truly great product’ that generates a lot of warmth too – a you-beaut all-rounder for outdoor ambience and alfresco cooking.
Hottest for Comfort and Cooking
Darche Stainless Steel BBQs
23ZERO BBQ and Fire Pit
and Charmate Collapsible BBQ Fire Pit, Grill, & Plate
Good things come in threes, and nothing has ever been truer than with Darche‘s, 23ZERO‘s, and Charmate‘s BBQ and Fire Pit units that take you from the back patio to alfresco. The Darche model has so far proven to be the most popular of the three brands, while 23ZERO’s offers bang(ers) for buck and Charmate’s comes equipped with accessories for alfresco cooking and campsite dynamics.
Each boasting a compact size and sleek, stylish steel construction, these fire pits are simple to set up and pack down with a foldable, flat-pack design for space-saving storage and transit. Available in three sizes – 310, 450, and 630 – Darche’s fire pit boasts a solid base plate that clips on simply and securely, while Charmate’s Collapsible BBQ Fire Pit, Grill, & Plate features a powder-coated base that protects your cooktop from damage and 23ZERO’s unit hosts a protective heatshield to deters heat from the ground. Its adjustable grill bridge also allows heat control across four heights – detachable too, allowing an open fire and all-round versatility on every adventure.
The Big Pig features one of the best outdoor stoves possible for at-home use. Image: Ozpig
What’s your hot fire pit pick for 2023?
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