...here's a shot of my back patio...little fire pit, usually have to buy a couple a year...we'll burn em out. Just can't get nothing rip-roarin going on in a subdivision without arse-hole neighbors calling the law and ****. We've had fires on these little pits 6-8 feet high at times with little splits, then ya gotta focus your efforts and try to keep the 'stumblers' and the 'firewalkers' outta the thing, Lol. We've cooked a many of rack of ribs, half-chickens, leg qtrs, fish, you name it, firing the grills up...and plenty of cold ones to go around. I usually grill two/three times throughout the week after work, weather permitting, every weekend if we ain't working, hunting deer, turkeys, hogs, or fishing. Just good ol' shootin the **** times and everybody gets fat and happy.