Kikrikee 22-Inch Fire Pit Stand Review: A Sub-2-Pound Fire Pit With Serious Heat Output

Introduction

Some outdoor products are simple to describe. The Kikrikee 22-inch Fire Pit Stand is not one of them. It is best understood as a square stainless steel mesh platform sitting on four folding legs, somewhere between a raised campfire grate and a flat-pack fire pit. What made it worth a closer look was the combination of a very low price, a packed weight of under two pounds, and a design that leaves the fire completely open to the air.

After several months and roughly ten fires with this stand, the verdict is genuinely split. At its best it throws more usable heat than fire pits several times its size. At its worst it is fiddly to assemble, offers no way to control the burn, and ships with a carry bag that feels like an afterthought. Both sides are worth understanding before you spend anything.

Who This Product Is For

Backpackers and bikepackers are the clearest fit. The stand and its bag weighed 1.8 lb on a kitchen scale, and the packed dimensions come in at roughly 13 x 3.6 x 3.6 inches, so it slots into a pack without much thought. For anyone who wants a fire at camp without carrying a steel bowl, that combination is hard to argue with.

It also suits car campers who want a small, low fire platform that packs away flat, and small groups. Because the heat radiates in every direction, up to four people can sit around it and stay warm.

Main Strengths

The defining strength is airflow. With no walls around the fire, the wood gets all the oxygen it can use. In practice that means a fire that lights easily, burns extremely hot, and produces noticeably less smoke than a contained pit. Damp wood burns well, and even wet pieces have a good chance once there is a dry base going.

That efficiency has a second benefit: the stand burns wood down to a fine ash powder rather than leaving half-charred logs. The 22 x 22 inch mesh is small on paper, yet it puts out more heat than considerably larger fire pits, and four people can sit around it comfortably.

Stability is another plus. The four legs splay outward into a square footprint, and the stand stays planted even with a substantial load of wood on top.

The mesh itself deserves credit. It is woven tightly enough that almost nothing falls through, and because it sags slightly in the middle under load, burning debris collects toward the centre instead of spilling off the edges. After about ten fires the mesh showed no wear beyond soot, and replacement mesh panels are inexpensive if it ever does give out.

Setup, Mesh, and Long-Term Wear

All of the components nest inside the frame for storage, which keeps the packed shape compact. Setup follows a fixed sequence: push the legs into the frame, fold them out into their corners, attach the top supports, then clip the mesh on using the four wire clips at the corners.

No instructions are included, and the first two or three assemblies are awkward as a result. Once the sequence is familiar, setup takes one to two minutes. One detail worth adopting: routing the clips so they lock onto the mesh itself makes them far harder to lose than the other attachment methods.

Set up, the stand is 17 inches tall and measures 22 inches from leg to leg, with a 22 x 22 inch mesh surface. The listing quotes a 12 lb weight capacity, and that figure is worth keeping in mind, because 12 lb of wood spread across a mesh this size is already a substantial pile. This model is the 22 inch version; smaller 16.5 inch and tripod versions are also offered.

Things to Consider Before Buying

The storage bag is the weakest part of the package. The polyester is thin, the zipper is plastic, and the interior stitching is rough. It has held up so far and it does keep the inside of a pack clean, but it would not be a surprise if it failed.

The lack of instructions is a real usability gap rather than a minor annoyance. The design is not self-explanatory, and the mesh-to-frame clips are the part most people will get wrong the first time.

Then there is control. Once the fire is lit, it is on. There is no damper, no wall, and no way to slow the burn beyond spreading the burning debris around. Wood consumption is high as a result, and a fire that would last an evening in a contained pit will move faster here.

Finally, the open design cuts both ways. The same lack of walls that produces the heat and the clean burn also means embers can travel, which makes dry and windy conditions a poor match for this stand.

Safety and Site Selection

Because the fire sits on an open mesh with nothing around it, embers and sparks can escape. The weave catches the overwhelming majority of them, and only very small sparks occasionally pass through, but the open top means anything airborne is free to drift.

The practical takeaway is to choose the setting carefully. Bare ground away from dry grass and brush is the sensible choice, and a still day is far better than a gusty one. This is not a fire pit to light and walk away from, and although the legs allow the stand to be picked up and moved in an emergency, doing so while it is burning is dangerous and should be a last resort.

Buying Advice

At $27 at the time of writing, this stand sits in the middle of a crowded field. Near-identical fire pit stands are widely available, with prices ranging from roughly $18 to $35, and quality between them varies in ways that are hard to judge from a listing alone.

The case for buying is performance and portability. For a very small outlay you get a fire platform that weighs under two pounds, packs down to the size of a water bottle, and produces serious heat. The case against is the fiddly assembly, the disposable-feeling bag, and the fact that it is the wrong tool for dry, windy locations or for anyone who wants a fire they can control and stretch out.

If the quirks sound tolerable, this is an easy recommendation at the price, and inexpensive replacement mesh means a long service life is realistic. If you need a contained, adjustable fire, look elsewhere.

Conclusion

The Kikrikee 22-inch Fire Pit Stand is a bare-bones product that does one thing exceptionally well. It burns wood hot, clean, and with very little smoke, and it does so from a package that weighs less than two pounds. The trade-offs are real: no instructions, no flame control, fast fuel consumption, and a carry bag that feels like it came from a different product.

For backpackers and small groups who want a lightweight fire and can live with a two-minute assembly and a hungry burn, it is a great value. For dry, windy campsites or anyone who wants to govern the fire, it is the wrong choice.