Outland Living Firebowl 893 Deluxe
The default portable propane pit, and the one most likely to be accepted where wood fires are not. Its certification is a better reason to buy it than its burner.
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A 19 in CSA-approved propane bowl at 58,000 BTU/hr, shipping with a cover, carry kit and lava rock, carrying a 1-year limited warranty. It runs about 7.4 hours on a full 20 lb cylinder. The certification, not the burner, is the reason to buy it.
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| 1 | Outland LivingPhoto via Amazon Outland Living Firebowl 893 Deluxe58,000 BTU, CSA-certified, and the pit most often accepted where wood fires are not. The cover and carry kit are in the box, which is why this is the one to buy over the bare 823. | Burn bans and travel | 58,000 BTU/hr | Check price on Amazon |
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Outland Living Firebowl 893 Deluxe
Outland Living58,000 BTU, CSA-certified, and the pit most often accepted where wood fires are not. The cover and carry kit are in the box, which is why this is the one to buy over the bare 823.
58,000 BTU, CSA-certified, and the pit most often accepted where wood fires are not. The cover and carry kit are in the box, which is why this is the one to buy over the bare 823.
- CSA certification is the thing an HOA or a campground manager actually asks to see
- No embers, so it is the defensible choice under a covered patio and during most burn bans
- Shuts off instantly, which removes the entire put-it-out problem
- A 1-year warranty is the shortest in this whole registry
- A 20 lb tank has to live somewhere, and the hose length dictates where the pit can sit
- 58,000 BTU is a burner rating, not a measure of how warm you will feel
Anyone in a burn-ban county, on a covered patio, in an HOA, or towing it to a campsite.
You want the smell and the sound of a wood fire. A gas flame is not a substitute, and pretending otherwise wastes your money.
We have not burned this unit. These are the things a specification sheet cannot answer, listed rather than glossed over.
- Real-world runtime, which depends on how low you run the burner. Our figure is arithmetic at full output
- Long-run corrosion on the powder-coated bowl in coastal air
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The certification is the specification
Most people looking at this pit are not choosing between gas and wood on preference. They are choosing gas because a burn ban, a campground rule, an HOA covenant or a covered patio has removed wood from the list. In every one of those situations, the thing that resolves the question is a certification mark on a self-contained appliance with a shut-off valve — and that is what CSA approval on this listing represents.
It is worth being precise about what that does and does not buy. It means the appliance has been assessed against a recognized standard, which is what a campground host or an HOA board is looking for. It does not create an exemption by itself: a total fire restriction that prohibits open flame outdoors covers gas appliances too, and only the issuing authority can tell you which kind of order is in force. How burn bans are worded.
58,000 BTU, and what that gives you
431,226 / 58,000
7.4 hours at full output
58,000 BTU/hr is the category standard for a portable propane bowl, and the entire Outland range shares it — the 19 in Deluxe, the 19 in auto-ignition Premium and the 24 in Mega all run the same burner. That is genuinely useful to know: stepping up to the Mega does not buy you a hotter fire, it buys you the same fire spread over a wider bowl. If heat is what you want, none of them differs.
The 1-year warranty is the weak spot
The listing states a 1-year manufacturer's limited warranty. That is the shortest term of any product on this site, and it is worth weighing against the fact that a gas pit has more to go wrong than a steel bowl: a burner, a valve, a regulator and a hose. Solo Stove and Breeo both warrant their pits for life, and their pits have no moving parts.
None of that makes this a bad purchase — a 1-year term is normal for gas appliances at this price and the design is well proven. It does mean you should not buy this expecting a decade of use without maintenance, and it is a reason to keep the cover on it.
What ships with it, and why it matters
The Deluxe includes a cover, a carry kit and 4.4 lb of lava rock. The bare 823 Standard does not. Buying those three separately costs more than the price difference between the models, which is why the Deluxe is the version worth having and why the 823 appears nowhere in our picks. This is not a subtle point and it is the single most common mistake in this range.
Alternatives
- Outland 870 Premium — same burner, push-button ignition instead of a lighter.
- Outland 883 Mega — same burner in a 24 in bowl. More presence, identical heat.
- [A fire table](/propane-fire-pits/fire-pit-tables) — if the cylinder needs to be invisible and you can live with a smaller burner.
- [A smokeless wood pit](/smokeless-fire-pits) — if no rule is forcing your hand and you want a real fire.
- Every published figure is cited to the listing; the runtime row is computed and marked as such.
- The warranty term is stated plainly because it is the weakest number on the spec sheet.
- What we did not do: light it, run a tank down, or measure anything.
We have not burned any of these units, and we do not claim to have. The full method, including what it cannot tell you.