I've had so many firepits. they all ended up rusting out or simply falling apart - The Yukon is big but we like big fires on our big deck, I say go  big or go home!  This thing is  the real deal and is built to not only perform but LAST the test of time!  Awesome firepit that not only works great but looks great - we can see everyone looking at it as they cruise by on the lake... it's so cool!