Napoleon Timberwolf 18" Stainless Steel Smokeless Wood Burning Fire Pit

Napoleon Timberwolf 18" Stainless Steel Smokeless Fire Pit

An 18-inch wood-burning fire pit, 17-1/2" high, built to burn with less smoke: the two rows of vent holes in its dual-layer burn zone feed air drawn up from the lower vents into the fire, so it burns hotter and cleaner. The Napoleon Timberwolf NWFPMTI-SS is solid 304 stainless steel, burns firewood or wood pellets, and ships with its base ring, top ring, spark screen, removable ash pan, cover, poker and a leather carry handle. $509.

Choose it if you want a real wood fire on a patio or at a campsite without a cloud of smoke following you around the circle, light enough to move or take camping once it has cooled, and with a grid that turns it into a small charcoal or wood-ember grill.

It is not right for you if you want a gas fire at the flip of a switch. The Timberwolf burns real wood without a cloud of smoke following you around the circle, and its grid turns it into a small grill.

Specifications

The fire pit is 18" in diameter and 17-1/2" high and stands on its raised stainless base ring, which it is always used with. Burn dry, seasoned firewood under 20% moisture in logs under 4" across and no more than 16" long, or pour in wood pellets up to the Max Fill Line etched inside. It belongs outdoors on secure, level, non-combustible ground, at least 15 ft from walls, structures and buildings and never under overhead cover; flames can rise 3 ft above the top.

NWFPMTI-SS vs. the other Timberwolf fire pits

The large Timberwolf (NWFPLTI-SS) is the same stainless steel fire pit at 22" across and the same 17-1/2" height, for a bigger fire and a wider circle of chairs, with its own 22" cooking grid — $709 against $509. The 18" also comes in matte black (NWFPMTI-PHM) at $549; the matte black finish is not made in the 22".

Features

• Dual-layer burn zone: two rows of vent holes feed the fire for a hotter burn with less smoke

• Solid 304 stainless steel body, top ring, spark screen, ash pan and raised base

• Removable ash pan lifts out for cleanup after each fire

• Burns firewood or wood pellets; add the optional cast iron grid to cook over embers or charcoal

• Ships with the spark screen, cover, poker and a leather carry handle

Answers to common questions

Is it really smokeless?

It burns with less smoke, not with none. The two rows of vent holes in the dual-layer burn zone feed air into the fire so it burns hotter and cleaner. Expect some smoke for the first few minutes after lighting, and a one-time odor the very first time as the lubricants used in manufacturing burn off. Smoke comes back with wet wood, blocked vents, strong wind, or wood piled above the top ring.