“We have one of the wood burning fire pits we use on cool nights in the back yard.”
My outdoor fireplace is for the same thing - heating the deck area - it burns wood or charcoal and has a place to put food to cook/grill as well. I bought it for a back up stove to cook and to burn household trash. It is covered so big pieces of burning paper, etc., will not fly out.
That is basically what our outdoor fireplace is used for as well. Feds, come and pry ‘em from our hands.