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A corten steel fire pit and a flat top grill in one piece of steel. Your guests cook on it, then sit around it — which is why it turns up in reviews instead of blending into the patio. Sizes 20″ to 40″, from $895, shipped free.

Arteflame Corten Steel Fire Pit Grills

Turn fire into an experience. Most outdoor cooking gear gives your guests somewhere to cook and nowhere to be. An Arteflame does both at once: a solid steel griddle ringed around an open fire, so the person cooking is standing in the middle of the group instead of facing a wall. The evening organizes itself around it. That is the part that ends up in a review.

It is a wood-fired grill, a flat top griddle and a fire pit in a single piece of steel — lift the cooktop off and what is left is an open fire bowl. Sizes run 20″, 30″ and 40″, prices from $895 to $3,995, and every one of them ships free.

Which Size Fits Your Property

Size Who it suits Start here
20″
From $895		 300+ sq in. Cabins, condo patios, balconies and small courtyards. Comfortable for two to four. The cheapest way to put a real fire feature on a listing. One Series 20″
30″
From $1,495		 700+ sq in. The size most short-term rentals want. Four to six with room to work, and it still leaves the patio walkable. One Series 30″
40″
From $1,995		 1,250+ sq in. Group properties and event venues — eight or more, or several guests cooking side by side without crowding. Classic 40″ Fire Pit Grill

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Arteflame One Series 20 inch corten steel wood fire grill

One Series

The all-in-one build — bowl and base as one piece, nothing to assemble wrong and nothing a guest can knock apart. This is the practical choice for a property you are not standing next to. Available at 20″, 30″ and 40″.

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Arteflame Classic 40 inch flat top grill on a tall Euro base

Classic

The bowl sits on a separate base you choose, so you set the working height and the look. Tall bases put the cooktop at counter height for standing and cooking; low bases keep it closer to a fire-pit profile for sitting around. Corten, stainless or black.

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Arteflame Classic 40 inch corten steel fire pit with cooking grate and removable cooktop

Fire Pit Grills

The lowest-cost route into the brand at 40″, and the one that reads as a fire pit first. A corten bowl with a removable flat top and a centre grate — a fire pit with a cooking grate when you want dinner, and a plain fire pit when you want the evening. From $1,995.

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Arteflame carbon steel centre grill grate insert

Bases & Accessories

The parts that keep a grill serviceable through constant turnover — centre grates, cooktop lifters, griddle scrapers, seasoning pucks and covers, from $10. Standalone replacement bases are off sale for the moment while we confirm current pricing with Arteflame; call us if you need one and we will quote it.

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Why Corten Steel Matters for a Rental

It is supposed to look like that

Corten weathers to a deep rust-brown patina in the first few months and then stops. The oxide layer is the protection — it seals the steel underneath instead of eating through it, which is the whole reason bridges and outdoor sculpture are built from it. You will get a guest message about the grill rusting at some point. The answer is that it is doing its job.

Nothing on it can break

No burner, no ignition, no valve, no electronics. A guest cannot leave the gas on, cannot fail to light it, and cannot break anything that needs a part ordered. For a property you are managing remotely, that is worth more than any feature on the spec sheet.

It stays outside

Year-round, uncovered, through winter. There is nothing to bring in between bookings and nothing to store — which matters when your turnover window is three hours and the cleaner has a list already.

Solid steel holds its heat

The cooktop is solid carbon steel — ½″ on the 40″, ⅜″ on the 30″ — and heats from the centre out, so the middle sears and the outer edge stays warm. Arteflame rates the centre at up to 1,000°F. In practice it means several guests can cook different things at once on one surface — steaks in the hot zone, vegetables further out, plates resting on the rim.

Grill, Griddle or Fire Pit — What an Arteflame Actually Is

Outdoor cooking splits into three types, and the difference decides what your guests can actually make. An Arteflame is the only one that is all three at once, which is worth understanding before you spend a couple of thousand dollars on one.

A grate grill

Food sits on bars over the fire. Flames touch it, fat drips into the coals, and anything small or delicate falls through. Excellent for steaks and burgers. Useless for eggs, shrimp, sliced onions or anything with a sauce — which is most of breakfast and half of dinner.

A griddle, a flat top, or a plancha

Three words for the same thing: a solid metal surface heated from underneath, so food touches steel instead of flame. Plancha is simply the Spanish term and the one professional kitchens use. You get an even, controllable sear, nothing falls through, and you can cook things a grate cannot hold. What you give up is the char and the smoke.

A fire pit

Heat and light and nowhere to cook. It is the thing everybody ends up sitting around after the food is gone.

An Arteflame is all three

The cooktop is a solid steel griddle ringed around an open fire, with a removable grate in the middle. The centre grate gives you the char of a grate grill. The flat steel ring around it is a plancha — eggs, scallops, smash burgers, vegetables. Lift the cooktop off and what is left is a fire pit.

The practical version: nobody has to move to a different appliance when dinner is finished. The cooking and the sitting-around happen in the same place, which is the whole reason it ends up in reviews.

Seasoning it — the one job you cannot skip

Carbon steel arrives raw and has to be seasoned before anything is cooked on it, the same as a cast iron skillet. You wipe a thin layer of oil across the whole cooktop, bring it up to heat, let it burn off, and repeat until the surface darkens. It takes an afternoon and it only happens once.

That layer is what makes the surface non-stick and what stops the steel corroding where food sits. Skipping it is the single most common reason a new flat top disappoints. Do it yourself before the first booking rather than leaving it to a guest — and top it up once a season with a seasoning puck.

How to Choose the Right Arteflame

Four questions decide it, and only the first one really matters. If you would rather just ask a person, call or text 1 800 914 0074 and describe your space — that is faster than any guide.

1. How many people are you usually cooking for?

This is the whole decision for most buyers. Arteflame publishes the cooking surface for each size, so you can compare honestly:

Size Cooking surface Comfortable for From
20″ 300+ sq in 2–4 people. One round of food at a time. $895
30″ 700+ sq in 4–6. Protein and sides at once, without juggling. $1,495
40″ 1,250+ sq in 8+, or several people cooking side by side. $1,995

The people numbers are our guidance, not an Arteflame specification — the square inches are theirs. Remember the cooktop is a ring around an open fire, so the usable band is narrower than a solid griddle of the same diameter.

The honest value note: the 40″ gives you the most cooking surface per dollar — roughly 0.63 sq in for every dollar, against 0.47 on the 30″ and 0.34 on the 20″. That does not mean buy the 40″. Most short-term rentals never cook for eight, and a 40″ on a small patio eats the space your guests were going to sit in. Buy for the evenings you actually host, not the one you might.

2. Will people stand around it, or sit?

Only relevant at 40″, where you choose a base. A high base puts the cooktop at counter height — you stand, cook, and talk across it. A low base sits closer to the ground and reads as a fire pit people pull chairs up to. Arteflame's own guidance: high bases are for standing gatherings, low for sitting around the fire.

At 20″ and 30″ there is no choice to make. Those ship as one complete piece at a fixed height.

3. Do you want choices, or do you want it simple?

One Series is a single welded piece — bowl and base together. Nothing to assemble, nothing a guest can loosen, nothing to specify wrong. For a property you manage from somewhere else, that is the lower-risk buy.

Classic separates the bowl from the base, so you pick the height and the finish, and you can change the base later. Worth it when the grill is part of how the space looks.

4. What finish?

Corten weathers to rust-brown and stays there — the cheapest option and the one that looks most at home outdoors. Stainless and black hold their colour and cost more. If you expect a guest to message you about the grill rusting, take the stainless and save yourself the conversation.

How much room does it need?

Allow the diameter plus roughly three feet of clear walking space all round, on stone, pavers or concrete, and at least 10 feet from the building, fences and anything overhanging. A 40″ therefore wants about a 9–10 foot circle. If your patio cannot give that up, the 30″ is the better grill for your space regardless of how many people you host.

About the Accessory Bundles

Every grill comes with a 2 or 5 accessory bundle. We are waiting on an itemized list from Arteflame of exactly what ships at each tier, and we would rather tell you nothing than tell you wrong.

If you want to know what is in a bundle before you order, call or text 1 800 914 0074 or 352 274 6387 and we will confirm it with the manufacturer and come back to you the same day.

Delivery, and What You Need Ready

Shipping is free on every Arteflame product, anywhere in the contiguous US. No minimum, no threshold, and no freight line added at checkout. Alaska, Hawaii and hard-to-reach addresses do carry a charge — call us first and we will price it properly before you commit.

Two things worth knowing before the truck arrives, because a freight delivery is not the same as a parcel delivery:

  • These are heavy. A 40″ runs roughly 290 to 365 lbs depending on the base. It comes on a pallet, curbside, and you or somebody you trust needs to be there to receive it and move it into place. Two people minimum, and a hand truck helps.
  • Season it before the first booking. A new cooktop needs oiling and heating before anything gets cooked on it. It takes an afternoon, it only happens once, and it is worth doing yourself rather than leaving it to a guest.

Built to order, so ship dates move with the factory. We would rather quote you today's real number than publish one that goes stale — call or text and we will find out where the line actually is.

When an Arteflame Is the Wrong Call

It is not right for every property, and it is cheaper to hear that now:

  • You need it this week. These are built to order and freighted. If a booking is coming up, buy something off a shelf.
  • Your property has a wood-fire restriction. Burn bans and wildfire-risk rules make a wood-burning grill a liability. A gas fire feature is the safer buy.
  • Your guests want a lid and a temperature dial. This is open-fire cooking. Somebody who wants to close a hood and walk away wants a gas grill.
  • You are shopping purely on price. $895 is the floor here. There are $200 fire pits, and if the budget is the deciding factor they will do the job of being a fire pit.

Questions Hosts Ask

Can guests actually use it, or will they call me?

They can use it. There is no ignition, no gas, no controls — it is wood or lump charcoal and a match, the same as any campfire. The one thing worth putting in your house manual is that the cooktop is hot all the way to the outer rim, so plates go on the very edge or on a side table, not halfway in. Nobody has to learn anything else.

Is it going to rust and look neglected?

It will rust, deliberately, and then stop. Corten steel forms a stable oxide patina over the first few months that protects the metal underneath — the same reason it is used for outdoor sculpture and bridge spans. It arrives raw steel and darkens to rust-brown. If you would rather it never changes colour, order a stainless or powder-coated black finish instead.

Do I have to cover it or bring it in for winter?

No. It is designed to stay outdoors uncovered all year. A vinyl cover keeps rain out of the fire bowl and is worth having, but nothing needs storing between bookings, which is the point for anyone running turnovers.

How do I clean it between stays?

Scrape the cooktop while it is still warm, wipe a thin layer of oil over it, and that is the whole job — under five minutes. Food residue drops into the fire and burns off. There are no grates to soak, no drip tray, and nothing to take apart, which is why it survives a cleaner's schedule better than a conventional grill.

What size Arteflame do I need for my property?

Go by cooking surface. The 20″ gives 300+ sq in and suits two to four people. The 30″ gives 700+ sq in and suits four to six — the size most short-term rentals land on. The 40″ gives 1,250+ sq in and suits eight or more, or several guests cooking at once. Also check your space: allow the diameter plus about three feet of clearance all round.

What is the difference between One Series and Classic?

One Series is a single welded piece — bowl and base together, nothing to assemble and nothing to come loose. Classic separates the bowl from the base, so you pick the height and finish, and you can change the base later. For a remotely-managed property, One Series is the lower-risk build. For a property where the grill is part of the look, Classic gives you the choices.

Can I put it on a wood deck?

Not directly. It is an open fire on a steel base and it radiates downward. Put it on stone, pavers or concrete, keep it at least 10 feet clear of the building, fences and overhanging branches, and check your local fire code — some municipalities restrict open fires regardless of the equipment. If your only outdoor space is decking, tell us and we will point you at something that works there instead.

What does shipping cost?

Nothing, on every Arteflame product to the contiguous US. Alaska, Hawaii, and limited-access or remote addresses carry a charge — call us and we will get you a real number before you order rather than surprising you at checkout.

What is the difference between a griddle and a grill?

A grill cooks food on bars over the fire, so flames touch it and small or delicate food falls through. A griddle — also called a flat top, or a plancha — is a solid steel surface heated from below, so food touches metal instead of flame. You get an even sear and nothing falls through, but you lose the char. An Arteflame is both: a solid steel griddle ring with a removable grate in the centre.

How do I season a new Arteflame cooktop?

Wipe a thin layer of high-smoke-point oil across the entire cooktop, bring it up to heat until it burns off and the steel darkens, then repeat. An afternoon, once, before you cook anything on it. That layer is what makes the surface non-stick and protects the steel. Top it up roughly once a season with a seasoning puck.

Before You Order

These are freight items in the $895 to $3,995 range and most people buying one have never had a pallet delivered to their property before. So the help is part of it:

  • Free size recommendation. Tell us the patio dimensions and how many guests you typically host and we will tell you which model — and say so when the cheaper one covers it.
  • Bundle contents confirmed before you buy. We will get the itemized accessory list from Arteflame and send it to you.
  • Found it cheaper? We will beat it. Send us the listing.

Call or text 1 800 914 0074 or 352 274 6387. Texting is fine — most questions about size and delivery get answered faster that way, and you do not have to sit on a call to ask one thing.