Just came across this video of the "cooking attachment" prototype for the Grate Wall of Fire Tall Firepit we sell. We never did get around to putting this thing into production even though Henry here did give it thumbs-up while grilling some mean dogs.

Hello out there, wood-burning enthusiasts. I don't know about you, but I have been spending my free moments these last few days outside swinging the sledge hammer to split up wood so I can feed my Wall of Fire fireplace grate this winter. Ironically I'm too lazy to trailer the log splitter over here so I'm splitting all this wood by hand. It's not too bad, only need about two cords.

I will tell you, when swinging that sledge on a warm Fall day, it reminds me of what the old timers say about firewood; it warms you twice.

My two cents

After selling these grates for the better part of 20 years as well as accumulating more positive reviews than I can count, I can't help but feel our company has done well. Dare I even go as far as saying that we have helped make our customers' lives a little more enjoyable because they can finally enjoy their fireplaces.

That being said, it rubs me the wrong way when somebody who stumbles across our website sends us a message accuses us of being deceptive.

Comment:
I notice in your picture where you compare your grate to a flat grate that you did not use the same fireplace or number of logs. Deceiving. If it weren't for that I may have fallen for it.
- Karen

Apparently, Karen is referring to the comparison of our grate to a flat grate found at this link.

I probably should have ignored this but I didn't.
My response:

Your analysis is faulty, here's why:

Using the same fireplace for both demonstrations is irrelevant. We are concerned with the performance of the grate; not the masonry firebox. Do you actually believe that there is some magical property the 2nd fireplace itself possesses that alone accounts for the temperature increase? Perhaps you are looking for fault instead of having an open mind about this? Keep in mind, not everybody is a scam artist. The reason we used two fireplaces was because the home the pictures were taken in had two fireplaces available which saved time performing this comparison, nothing more. In hind site, we probably should have used the same fireplace to keep the tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorists at bay.

Your second point is that the flat grate has fewer pieces of wood in it. True, as you may or may not know, if you overload a flat grate, the firewood can roll out of the grate and onto the hearth. The grate was loaded to its maximum safe capacity. This highlights another advantage over the flat grate; the vertical grate can safely hold more wood! Just about everybody I know has a story about flaming logs rolling out of a flat grate.

The next thing you need to realize is that our products come with a 30 day guarantee. You can return the used product and we will refund you everything that you originally paid us. In fact, if you take us up on this, we lose money; not exactly the policy of someone who wants you to "fall for it", wouldn't you say?

So there you go, food for thought.

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Heavy duty fireplace grates are a big hit!

Well it sure looks like underestimated the demand for our new heavy duty fireplace grates. Who knew that there was such a market for heavy duty fireplace grates made from 1¼" solid steel? We honestly thought we would sell one every now and again over the course of a season. We can't make these things fast enough and we aren't even into the cold weather season yet. So if you're interested in one of these mega grates, be sure to visit gratewalloffire.com

Fire pit season is just around the corner!

Well folks, another year has come and gone and that means another heating season is slowly coming to a close. So you would think that the manufacturing crew at Grate Wall of Fire would be slowing down as the snow and icicles start to melt outside. If you thought that you would be what we like to call WRONG! We have just started building up our annual stock of outdoor fire pits for the warm weather months ahead. Our guys are hard at work cutting, bending, and welding steel day in and day out to supply those one of a kind fire pits to our eager customers. End of February or not, Grate Wall of Fire is still chugging along full speed ahead!

Don't forget to check out our fire pits page at gratewalloffire.com. Tell your friends too!

Who likes Wall of Fire Grates?

Who likes Wall of Fire Grates? Apparently just about everybody. Grate Wall of Fire recently signed up with Bizrate to provide detailed customer satisfaction ratings to potential buyers. We could not be happier with the feedback and customer ratings that we have received in such a short time! Click here to see Grate Wall of Fire customer ratings at Bizrate. All of us at gratewalloffire.com would like to say thank you to everybody who has bought one of our fireplace grates and supported our company.