Outland Firebowl

Welcome to the propane firepit club

It's not the same as a wood fire, but it's absolutely better than nothing and I can't complain about how easy it is to set up & start and how clean it is. Cleaning up consists of waiting for it to be cool enough to put back in my truck bed.

We love ours.

I too resisted for a long time, now I rarely burn wood anymore.

Just so dang easy! Puts out good heat (especially after the rocks have heated up for awhile) way cheaper than buying a bunch of wood, and conveniently located right on my patio.

Want a fire for 20 minutes with your coffee in the morning? No problem.

I swapped out to Lava rocks and find that once they get hot, the propane smell is burned off and it's a pleasure to be around. Last week I wandered around the campground and took in the aromatherapy of real wood campfires.

@Bruce R. posted:

Want a fire for 20 minutes with your coffee in the morning? No problem.

Hey, great idea!!  Hadn't even thought about that.  Thanks!

@TSR Campers posted:

Hey, great idea!!  Hadn't even thought about that.  Thanks!

Pretty great way to start the day.

It'll be even better now with my new Sloth slippers I just got in Costa Rica. 🤣

Do these run off the propane quick connect on the side of the trailer or do they need higher flow than the house system provides? I see they're rated at 59000 BTU which is close to my Camp Chef, but I don't see a specification for the pressure they require.

@Mtn Mike posted:

Do these run off the propane quick connect on the side of the trailer or do they need higher flow than the house system provides? I see they're rated at 59000 BTU which is close to my Camp Chef, but I don't see a specification for the pressure they require.

They can run off the quick connect but only if you remove the regulator. I swapped out the hose and regulator on mine with an 18’ hose from Amazon...

-TC

And besides buying a long hose I bought a quick connect Y splitter so I can have the grill and firebowl both operational at the same time.

@TSR Campers posted:

And besides buying a long hose I bought a quick connect Y splitter so I can have the grill and firebowl both operational at the same time.

A great thing about our 2295 is there are two different quick connects, so we can connect either to the front or rear of the trailer...

-TC

Currently on our first trip with the fire-bowl.   Brought wood also.  Very damp and drizzly so far, so first 2 nights we used our fire-bowl under the awning.  Perfect. 

Are Lava rocks different than what comes with the fire bowl?  And it sounds like they work better at reducing burnt propane fumes?

@Pwillia1 posted:

Are Lava rocks different than what comes with the fire bowl?  And it sounds like they work better at reducing burnt propane fumes?

They are lava rocks that come with the Outland, but I think they're towards the "Pummice" end of the lava scale, given the relatively light weight.

Once the fire and rocks are good and hot, I don't notice any smell.

I much prefer the propane fire bowls. 1.  By the time summer rolls around almost every campground, National Forest or the BLM bans fires.  2. So many campground sites are so close together that one person’s beautiful fire is another person’s trailer full of campfire smoke.

I like a campfire but I limit them to when it’s allowed of course and when I have a large campsite away from others.

@Pwillia1 posted:

Are Lava rocks different than what comes with the fire bowl?  And it sounds like they work better at reducing burnt propane fumes?

I got the Real lava rocks(heavy) and piled them higher and wider. To me they hold in the heat and burn off the smell better. I start the bowl on high then turn it to low after the rocks get hot. Just my observation. There is nothing like a real aromatic flaming wood fire, although no matter where I sit the smoke comes my way

@TSR Campers posted:

Yes, just like that.

I know this was discussed in an earlier thread on the firebowl but I'll ask again anyway.  How fast does it run through propane?

Jim,

A pound of liquid propane contains 91,500 btu. And 5hus a full 5 pound tank could contain 5x 91,500 =457,500 btu's. AThus, for example if your Firebowl consumed 18,000 btu per hour a 5 pound tank could theoretically run it almost 25 hours. In reality you probably never have a completely full propane tank.

This info also handy for knowing how long your heater could run, if you know it's btuh rating.

There you go

I just looked back at earlier posts. One says the aoutland consumes 59,000 btu per hour. Thus it reduces the full power run time to 7.75 hours if the tank is totally full (not likely) .

Running on reduced flame size will obviously extend warm ⏲️⏳

We tend to use our Fire Bowl at about half or less of the max output on the dial after the first couple minutes at full output.  Plenty of heat.

We get about 20 hrs at 1/2 throttle.

Thanks all. I wasn't so interested in BTU output as in simple running time at a throttle that gives a fire nice to look at.  It sounds like a good way to run through a propane bottle pretty quickly.

@Muleskinner posted:

Jim,

A pound of liquid propane contains 91,500 btu. And 5hus a full 5 pound tank could contain 5x 91,500 =457,500 btu's. AThus, for example if your Firebowl consumed 18,000 btu per hour a 5 pound tank could theoretically run it almost 25 hours. In reality you probably never have a completely full propane tank.

This info also handy for knowing how long your heater could run, if you know it's btuh rating.

There you go

What is "5hus?"

Shushing.  Should have been thus......typo from large hands

Damn spell check, I hate your shirt