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Our buyers guide to Cook King firebowls and stoves
Oct
Fire is an essential element of every great outdoor occasion, adding light, heat and a warm welcome. Here’s our buyers guide to Cook King firebowls and stoves.
About Cook King
Cook King is all about garden fires. As one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of fire bowls, garden stoves and grills, they’ve been doing their thing for 27 years so far – and that makes them experts. We’re delighted to stock Cook King products.
The people at Cook King have a real passion for cooking, crafting a range of popular open air cookery products. Thanks to the variety and quality, they’re stand-out pieces of garden entertainment kit, and there’s a style to suit every taste.
- The products are hand crafted by skilled people
- The steel is made in Europe comes with all the right certificates and approvals to confirm its origin
- Cook King insists on thick, high quality 2-5mm steel for durability
- Superb customer reviews
- Original designs
- Premium quality, built to last
- Full welding construction, strong and hardy
- Stylish, solid, easy to use products
Check out the Cook King YouTube channel for inspiring videos.
Which Cook King product do you need?
Fire basket? Fire pit? Fire bowl? Maybe a smokehouse? How do you choose?
Fire pits can be either built in or mobile. The Cook King versions we sell are all mobile. Fire bowls are almost always mobile as well. You can easily move them round the garden when they’re cool, ideally two people since they’re made from heavy metal.
As far as this buyers guide to Cook King firebowls and stoves goes, they’re much the same thing. A fire basket is a fire bowl designed in a basket style, where the flames show through the slats like the Cook King Verona below. And a smokehouse is all about smoking food rather than enjoying the flickering flames.
Basically, choose the look you love. Whether it’s a fire pit, fire bowl, fire basket or garden stove from Cook King, it’ll do a fine job of adding drama and excitement to your garden. Your product will burn well, perform perfectly, and look good for years.
Cook King firebowls and stoves – Think about space and size
One of the most important things in our buyers guide to Cook King firebowls and stoves is the size. We recommend careful measuring before deciding on what to buy. It’s especially important with a fire bowl, basket or pit because you need enough space for people to walk around it easily and safely without knocking into it, burning themselves, or damaging the garden furniture. Because they’re designed to get really hot, you’ll need at least three feet of clear space all the way round.
It also makes sense to grab the biggest version of all to heat and light a bigger garden, and buy a smaller and neater version if you have a little patio or garden. If the area gets too hot you’ll drive your guests away into the shadows. A tiny fire in a big space leaves everyone feeling chilly and uncomfortable.
Don’t forget to factor in the garden furniture. If you’re adding furniture to the area you’ll need to make sure it will all fit around the fire while leaving you enough room to stand up, sit down, eat, chat, and move around safely.
What is your surface like?
The flatter the surface, the more sturdy your fire pit or bowl will be. Plenty of us have lawns and patios that aren’t completely flat. If that’s you, pick a product with three legs. It’s like magic. While a four legged version will wobble, a three legged one will stand firmly and safely even when sitting on an uneven surface. We don’t understand the physics but it’s definitely a thing!
Consider your alfresco lifestyle
Will you be cooking outdoors all the time, often, every now and again, or never? Your choice of outdoor fire also depends on the kind of entertainment you’ll be enjoying in the garden.
Choose the design you love best
Because performance is never an issue, your choice of style is a simple one with Cook King. They all work beautifully and look amazing, just a matter of picking the design that suits your garden best. Here’s some inspiration.
The Kongo fire bowl is deep and large, a wonderfully simple design with three legs so it stand firm even on wobbly ground. It’s perfect for big fires, which are held safely within the handsome curved body.
The Flame fire basket is tall, elegant and highly effective, an amazing way to add the joy of real flames to your outdoor life.
The Toronto Decorative fire bowl is a stunner, low-slung with gorgeous cut-out leaves all the way round the rim. The flames shine through to give you an attractive autumn effect.
The Haiti fire bowl is sleek and contemporary, including a tough metal mesh lid for safety, especially good if there are kids, pets, and alcohol on the menu!
You might prefer a decorative Cook King outdoor stove. Take a look at this example, the Havana, with its fantastic curvy nature-inspired cut-outs and slim good looks.
Insist on the best quality
This one’s easy. Everything Cook King makes is great quality.
PS. Don’t forget the Cook King smoker!
This is so cool. If you’re hooked on smoked vegetables, cheeses, meat and fish this is your perfect garden entertainment companion. Create ‘delicious’ like a professional with the Cook King Berlin Smokehouse. It’s effective, good-looking and very sturdy indeed.
We hope you enjoy the Cook King range as much as we do. Here’s to making the best choice for years of fun in your garden. Cheers!
