I got it on clearance for 30 dollars, you put 2 to 3 inches of pellets in it and light it. It is a gasification fire pit so no smoke once it is up to temperature.
I have one....meh, it's ok. You can't put a whole lot of pellets in it or you'll really have to fuss with it to get it to light and burn.
Is that the genie? Once lit, a handful at a time, it seems to run pretty good. Puts out some heat for the size, and will smoke during the beginning and during reloads.
Reloads are a pain in the azz. This pic in on Don's site....my kid is on the right and his buddy Frank on the left. It's from a few years back.
I may try it with regular wood as well, I have a small camp stove of the same design that uses sticks and twigs.
I have one, it's a Flame Genie I think. It works good for short fires, once you have to reload its kind of a pain, but doable. I've burned pellets, sticks and small splits in mine with good results. I use mine when we want to have a quick fire outside, otherwise I'll use my El Fuego wood stove outside. I'd buy another at the $99ish I paid for it.
one of those should be free with any purchase of Penningtons.....or Maeders......or grass after the dog used it......or well...fill in your worst burning pellet!
So, my official review of the flame genie....We had a very entertaining flame for 1 hour or so. I threw in a handful of pellets every few minutes to try to keep it going. I let it die down after an hour, and was surprised that the 2 inches of pellets continued to glow and burn blue flame for another hour, creating enough heat to make it worthwhile. 4 beers later....ok, 6, I dumped the very few coals and ashes remaining. It will never be a bonfire, but a cool enough toy to kill a few hours.
