Camco Portable Campfire Propane Fire Pit with Ceramic Logs

The Camco Portable Campfire gives you a real, glowing fire at your site without a single log to split or an ash pit to clean up. It runs on propane, uses molded ceramic logs to throw a convincing flame, and packs down into its own storage bag when the trip's over. If you camp where wood fires get restricted, or you just don't want to deal with smoke and sparks, this is the kind of gear that earns a permanent spot in the RV bay.

Here's the setup. The pit is a 14-1/2 inch round steel body finished in black, sitting on folding legs that snap out in seconds. You connect it to a standard refillable propane cylinder using the included 8-foot hose, so the tank can sit off to the side, out of the way, while the fire stays front and center at the picnic table or in the middle of your camp chairs. Turn the valve, light it, and you've got flame. No kindling, no lighter fluid, no waiting on coals.

The ceramic logs are the part that sells it. They sit over the burner and glow the way real wood does, so you get the look and the warmth of a campfire without the mess. When you're done, you shut the propane off and the fire's out. That's it. No stirring embers, no dousing with a water jug, no worrying about a stray spark catching dry grass at 2 in the morning.

This is where a propane fire really shines: fire bans. A lot of campgrounds and state parks that ban open wood fires during dry spells still allow propane or gas fires with a shutoff valve, because you can kill the flame instantly. We always tell folks to check the specific rule at their site or with the ranger, since policies vary. But more often than not, a self-contained propane fire like this one is your ticket to still having a fire when the wood pile is off-limits.

At 65,000 BTUs per hour maximum, it puts out real heat. Enough to take the chill off a fall evening and keep the circle of chairs comfortable. It's an outdoor product, full stop. Use it on a patio, a campsite, a tailgate, or a backyard, with plenty of clearance overhead and nothing flammable close by. Never run it indoors, in an enclosed tent, or inside the RV.

Portability is the whole point. The legs fold, the whole thing drops into the included storage bag, and it stows flat in a truck bed, a trailer pass-through, or an RV storage bay. It's steel, so it's got some heft to it, but that same steel is what lets it take years of loading and unloading without feeling flimsy. One tip from experience: let it cool fully before you bag it, and keep it dry in storage so the steel body doesn't start to surface-rust over a wet winter.

A quick word on fuel. The 8-foot hose connects to a standard refillable propane cylinder, the same kind you'd run on a gas grill, so refills are cheap and easy to find just about anywhere. This is a fire feature, not a stove, so it's built for warmth and ambiance rather than cooking. Keep it simple. Connect the tank, check your fittings with a little soapy water the first time you run it, and you're set for the season.

Who's this for? RVers who move sites often and want a fire that sets up in under a minute. Tailgaters who need warmth in a parking lot where a wood fire's a non-starter. Backyard folks who want the ambiance without buying and storing firewood. And anyone who camps in fire-ban country and is tired of cold, dark evenings. It's a Camco, so it's built to the same practical standard as the rest of their RV and camp gear. Straightforward, durable, and made to actually get used.