Solo Stove Bonfire - Mrs skreef's new fire pit.

[ckreef]

Totally kewl use for the Solo Stove. 

 

 

[Jon B.]

@ckreef   Oh No!!!!!!!!  (not too sure about the no messing with air vents feature)(looks like there is a top vent/air control) ??????????? 

Solo Stove Grill

Edited June 24, 2020 by Jon B.

[ckreef]

35 minutes ago, Jon B. said:

@ckreef   Oh No!!!!!!!!  (not too sure about the no messing with air vents feature)(looks like there is a top vent/air control) ??????????? 

Solo Stove Grill

I've seen that. It does look like it has a top vent. 

Currently under a strict no more grills rule.......... 

 

 

[Syzygies]

On 6/19/2020 at 9:34 AM, Basher said:

Do any of you have the Breeo?

https://breeo.co/pages/backyard
Are they rated better or worse than the solo?
Forget about cooking on the lip- what a mess this would make.
I thought they looked heaps better than the solo.

I have the same reservations about cooking on the Breeo lip, but their "Outpost" adjustable rack, toy version of my neighbor's Argentinian grill, is a great idea.

To me the Breeo design is more cluttered, with stuff in the way I don't want, making it harder to put on a cart. The Solo Stove is stripped down form = function, and I find it beautiful.

I really like grilling on the Solo Stove Ranger, it has become my primary grill. 30 second lighting protocol is wood chunks bottom layer, then charcoal next layer, pour on isopropyl alcohol, don hearing protection or vow to use less next time, drop in a match.  !! Pong !!  Then shooting flames till everything is lit, and the wood chunks burn to start the charcoal. No further tending necessary till time to cook. Though it's barely big enough for two.

The issue here is waiting till the fire dies down to cook. I've ordered a separate Outpost 19 which I plan to attach somehow to my $50 Harbor Fright barbecue cart, so I can begin grilling when the fire is too hot.

I've also ordered some over-the-top barbecue skewers, Original Super Skewers hand made in Salem, Oregon where our daughter now lives. Heavy duty double skewers, for stability and to conduct heat into the chunks. We've been making satay and tandoor more frequently again, and I finally see the point of good skewers rather than a grill grate.

1 hour ago, Jon B. said:

@ckreef   Oh No!!!!!!!!  (not too sure about the no messing with air vents feature)(looks like there is a top vent/air control) ??????????? 

Solo Stove Grill

Ooh! Ooh! I saw that too. I had been searching for years for a high tech version of the Weber, this could be it. Though I prefer the smaller scale of a Solo Stove, more efficient use of charcoal. I doubt that this grill funnels skyward a "the party's here!" searchlight of radiant heat and rising hot air as well as the fire pits do. The fire pits are taller than they are wide. This is wider than it is tall.

Though Solo Stove understands this. Their fire pits are too hot for grilling, then a narrow ideal window, then great slower grilling few of us have patience for. They've tried to tune this here. That's exactly why I ordered the Breeo Outpost, an alternate solution to the same problem. Fire too hot, don't want to wait? Cook further from the fire.

I almost impulse bought one, but it's too big. Solo Stoves work best when the fire is scaled to the stove, and I have expensive tastes in charcoal. For example, I bought my own palette of KK coffee lump.

In other news, I ordered box of Pok Pok Thaan Thai Style Charcoal as described in

Acclaimed Chefs and Amateur Grillers Swear by This ‘Mind-Blowing’ Charcoal

It's very much in the style of KK extruded coconut, though I expect a different flavor profile. I'll report back once I try it; it just came.

Edited June 24, 2020 by Syzygies

[tony b]

I've had that Thaan charcoal in my Amazon Wish List for a while now. But, I still have a lot of binchotan for the hibachi, so I haven't needed to buy it yet. Eager to hear what you think of it?

[MacKenzie]

I see Solo is replacing the Old Yukon with a new Yukon only 27 inches in diameter now.

[Jon B.]

21 hours ago, MacKenzie said:

I see Solo is replacing the Old Yukon with a new Yukon only 27 inches in diameter now.

I e-mailed them and asked about the fire grate,  They said it is bowed the same as the old 30 inch.  If it is.................not good!!

Kristin H (Solo Stove) Jun 26, 2020, 1:32 PM CDT Hi Jon, Thanks for reaching out! Other than the size everything will be the same. Please feel free to check out this link that give Yukon 27" vs 30". https://blog.solostove.com/30-yukon-enters-the-hall-of-flame/ Let us know if you have any other questions. Have a great weekend!   Kristin | Customer Relations Specialist

 

Jon Besemer Jun 25, 2020, 11:54 AM CDT Is the fire grate inside the New 27" Yukon bowed/curved as much as the Old 30" Yukon or did you solve that problem and make it flatter like the Bonfire? ------------------ Submitted from: https://www.solostove.com/yukon-27/

Edited June 28, 2020 by Jon B.

[Basher]

That has to be a sales gimmick?
If they cancelled the 30” due to dents, that’s a packaging problem, not a size issue.
Now they have sold out of 30”, BUT, you can still get one if you place an order.
This doesn’t seem straight to me.


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[MacKenzie]

Basher, that is exactly the feeling I had when I read their explanation of why the new one. 

[ckreef]

The 30" was too big to be easily managed (as reported by @Jon B.). I imagine most customers reported the same. Couple that with delivery drivers being pissed about the size and weight and "dropping" them off on your porch, the move to a slightly smaller unit just makes sense. The Bonfire is the biggest I want to manage on a regular basis.

 

The problem with oversized/over weight items is the reason I watch carefully how much lump I order at one time. If the box is too big and heavy the delivery driver is just throwing it on the porch. 

 

They are phasing out the 30" replacing it with the 27". This is not a big conspiracy theory

 

[Basher]

The 30" was too big to be easily managed (as reported by [mention=2550]Jon B.[/mention]). I imagine most customers reported the same. Couple that with delivery drivers being pissed about the size and weight and "dropping" them off on your porch, the move to a slightly smaller unit just makes sense. The Bonfire is the biggest I want to manage on a regular basis.
 
The problem with oversized/over weight items is the reason I watch carefully how much lump I order at one time. If the box is too big and heavy the delivery driver is just throwing it on the porch. 
 
They are phasing out the 30" replacing it with the 27". This is not a big conspiracy theory
 

That’s a logical reason for not continuing the 30” ckreef.
Why the BS about discontinuing because of dents in the 30” that won’t be in the 27”?
It’s like the American health minister stating that masks don’t stop covid from spreading, then 5 weeks later saying they do and he knew it, he just didn’t want to create panic buying when he knew there was a shortage of masks.
What’s wrong with the truth? The Perpetual lies only diminish trust and more and more it’s becoming acceptable.
That’s my ranting over for now.


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[Jon B.]

Interesting side note....the first Yukon I received was dented in the side wall at the base of the unit.  The dent was under a Styrofoam collar. The styrofoam was perfect.  The box was perfect.  We figured the damage had to happen before the unit was packaged.   Maybe the units were too big and heavy for the employees packaging them?????

They did send a prepaid shipping label and replaced the dented Yukon, no questions asked.

I used the Bonfire last week on the water.  Just used the Yukon last night. That domed fire grate is a royal pain.  Decided it is getting cut out and replaced with something flat.  The Bonfire performance is so much nicer!!!!

 

[Syzygies]

On 6/24/2020 at 12:24 PM, Syzygies said:

I've also ordered some over-the-top barbecue skewers, Original Super Skewers hand made in Salem, Oregon where our daughter now lives. Heavy duty double skewers, for stability and to conduct heat into the chunks. We've been making satay and tandoor more frequently again, and I finally see the point of good skewers rather than a grill grate.

Wow, I'm hooked on skewers. These skewers are great.

Anything a Weber kettle can do better than a Solo Stove fire pit, a KK can do far better than a Weber.

This kind of grilling is the thrill and the taste of roadside grilling in Thailand or Morocco. I could never quite recreate this flavor profile on a Weber or a KK. I believe that there's a big advantage to the taller-than-wide orientation in a Solo Stove fire pit, that would be lost with their new grill. Whatever goes over what's left of these embers is surrounded and bathed by the rising spotlight of hot air and radiant heat, a convection oven effect.

[MacKenzie]

My Bonfire arrived safe and sound on Mon. and it has been fired up twice already.

[tony b]

👍

[Tyrus]

I like it, but all the heavy math and having to have an experienced tapper on call kinda makes it intimadating. Comfy and cozy to say the least. Good job.

[MacKenzie]

Tried the Bonfire on a wooden deck this evening. There was a welders blanket underneath not that the bottom gets hot but even though one is burning hardwood there is the occasional spark. There is comfort on the deck as opposed to the lawn, no critters are going to come out of the bushes. 

[Syzygies]

My Breeo Outpost 19 came today, and I was easily able to fit it to my $50 Harbor Freight cart, over my Solo Stove Ranger.

My neighbor has a true adjustable height Argentinian grill. This is my toy version. I've already got lighting a fire down to thirty seconds: Wood chunks, lump charcoal, isopropyl alcohol, hearing protectors, match. Now I need not be so concerned about waiting for the fire to settle. Just raise the grill!