Cuisinart’s Cleanburn is unique in its bowl-shaped design. It comes in three pieces: the main body, a top ring that acts as a wind guard, and a base that doubles as an ash tray. DEFRA (the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) reported that domestic wood burning has become the single biggest source of PM pollution in the UK, exceeding that of road traffic. We’ve come to appreciate Solo Stove’s smokeless fire pit technology, which really does work. The fire pit is a double-walled, stainless-steel cylinder with holes ringing the base on the outside and around the top on the inside.

REMEMBER: For safe effective use always keep chimneys and flueways clear and ensure your appliance has adequate ventilation. A fireguard should always be used with an open fire. For your safety - Never place Instant Light Fire Logs on an already lit fire, or burn more than one at a time - If using your fireplace for the first time, ensure that your chimney is safe for use. Consult a professional chimney sweep if you're in any doubt - Do not break up or poke after lighting. If used in a stove, leave doors open - Always use a fireguard, particularly if there are children present or if the fire is to be left unattended - Keep out of reach of children - Do not breathe fume or vapours - Keep away from heat, hot surfaces, sparks, open flames and other ignition sources. No smoking Contains: Wax & Sawdust We found the interior to be relatively cavernous, which means more wood fit inside, and with that you get bigger fires and more heat. Other than the first couple of minutes when we lit the kindling, the X Series was virtually smokeless, as promised.To empty the ash pan, we had to reach in and remove the perforated bottom grate and tip it to dump any ash off and into the pan below. After removing the grate, we could remove and dump the pan though the pan is smaller than the grate, so some ash is going to fall around the outside edge. A slight disadvantage of the concave shape is that, although we fit 14-inch logs in it, they wouldn’t drop to the bottom. This made it more difficult to fill the fire pit and keep a bigger fire going.

However, most research into the impact of wood burning stoves has focused on the health impacts of two types of PM – PM2.5 and PM0.1.Clean-up required scooping ash out, as the unit is too heavy to dump out easily—Breeo sells a shovel designed to ease this process. The brand also offers several accessories for cooking over the fire, which make the X Series as much as grill as it is a fire pit.