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the smell of a wood fire pit is the best.

Definitely wood...have you roasted marshmallows over gas? We also dug a deep drain so water doesn't collect inside.

Since I live in the country- of course we do wood fires. I like to hang out with family and friends...look at the stars...roast marshmallows and enjoy a cocktail or two. Nothing better than a roaring fire on a cold fall day.

Gas is easy and not messy.

Missed the deadline, but. I would rather build a RMH to toast on the exhaust mass heat transfer bench. Both do look nice.

@lefty47, come back and tell us what you won.

I love the smell and sound of a wood fire, but in the desert Southwest, the flying embers will likely start a huge fire. So, the gas fire to me is the better choice. It is clean, it does not send embers into the air, and you can decorate it in ways not available to wood fires...colored glass, etc. And, unless you do not pay your gas bill, it is always available, unlike wood. It also has a consistent fire, so you do not have to stoke it or add more fuel.

I agree with a lot of what everyone says about wood fires have a nicer ambience, but where I live we have "no burn days" and a wood fire will get you a ticket. We go with gas rather than have no fire at all.

Nothing beats a real wood fire outside.

You just can't beat the smell, heat and crackle of a real fire:)

love wood but have allergies. Gas is not as messy.

I just love a wood burning fireplace. It's very cozy and welcoming, especially during the cold winter months.

..and for the rest of the year you can use the fireplace for ambiance.

We will be installing an electric fireplace that looks like a contemporary gas fireplace - saw it first on HGTV, of course. I enjoyed my neighbor's wood fire pit, but one time it made so much smoke I called the fire department thinking that the woods behind us had been set on fire by teenagers enjoying an under age campfire. There was so much smoke when I opened the door that it never occurred to me it was coming from a mere fire pit a couple of hundred feet away. Our houses are zoned 2 to the acre. Dense enough to bother the neighbors. After the "smokey" house experience, I scratched my own plans to build a fire pit, and one day may run a gas line through the back yard for a barbecue, fire pit, and ?

CJ Home Decor and Fireplaces- who won???? Your contest ended Jan. 31.

HI -- I did ,Margo !!! I am still waiting to see what I won . I could not receive the prize in Canada , so it was supposed to be delivered to our close friends winter home in Mesa ,Arizona . They will be coming back home to Calgary soon ,and then I will see what I won , and I will let everyone know what it is , hopefully soon.

Good for you lefty!!! Maybe you won some cool BBQ tools? ;)

Nothing quite replaces a real wood fire, especially outside. A gas fire pit, as long as you're not expecting it to be the same as wood, works too. It's sort of like having 1/2 your cake and eating it too. Fire with no smoke in your eyes or having to split wood.

I love the look of the fire glass in the gas fire pit. Less work to do.

Gas would be easy but there's nothing that says summer like the smell of woodsmoke.

I voted for gas. When I go outside to sit by the fire, I don't want to smell like smoke when I come inside. We are never without breezes and the smoke inevitably finds me. I do love a wood fire though. Something about that crackling fire that can't be beat.

wood is cozy, gas is smelly. Wood is natural, gas is just a man-made replacement for the old fashioned campfire.

The crackling sound of wood.

Love the smell of burning wood. Favorite thing - hotdog on a stick roasted over the fire.

I definitely prefer wood. I have a wood burning fireplace and fire pit. Smells wonderful, looks beautiful, and I think wood provides more heat.

We have a huge pit down a lighted path behind the barn. Now, we will put one out in the planned garden down in front woods at the new house.

There is just something magical about the scent of burning logs

I love wood burning! The smell is amazing, provides more heat, gives a natural crackle and I wouldn't want to eat marshmallows on a gas burning. With wood burning there's different types of wood you can burn and gas, well there's just gas. Gas just isn't authentic enough for me.

there is nothing like the smell of burning wood on a cool spring night.

This contest ended at the end of January... we are still waiting for lefty to tell us what he won?????

I had loved the burning of leaves as a youngster and the scent from the wood burning fireplace in my first home. In this Townhome, we are not allowed, well, anything! So - WOOD BURNING is my vote !

HI -- Margo and other Houzzer friends ----- I finally found out what my prize was . It was a small bag (about a handful ) of hickory wood pellets and a company pen . I am also a female .

Wood fire, outdoor fireplace for warmth or cooking, attached to a BBQ station in the country in Texas

I'm not picky. I just like a cozy fire!

Can't Canandians receive American prizes? Doesn't seem fair, lefty47, plus the prize seems a bit on the small side!

Love a natural wood fire but hate the messy ashes. Gas fires with glass or faux branches can be warm and provide ambiance without the mess.

Wood crackles and smells great but it takes time to light, it takes wood to burn, it needs cleaning... I really like the wood burning fire pits but think that I would use a gas fire pit more often.

both. We have a wood stove for those really chilly nights when gas and electric won't cut it, and we have a free standing gas stove that maintains the constant temp. In the mountains we get frequent power outages, so wood stoves are essential, since gas thermostats and fans won't work without electricity.

I have a gas pit now and we love it. no Smokey hair and clothes. and it's a quick turn it on for a while and shut it off. no worries of hot coals starting fires where they are unwanted. we have thought about making a pan to sit on top to build a real wood fire in on occasion. but haven't had time to figure that out.

Mmmm there is just something about wood! Since we live in the country, we abandoned our gas grill more than 10 years ago and cook almost all of our summer meals on a fire pit we built.

I'm a country girl at heart so woods the way to go

Do you cook on your wood burning firepit? If so, what type of wood do you usually use?

I go with Vision Design's comment. people gather around the wood fire, take turns to throw on a log, toast the marshmallows. Winter becomes a lovely warm get together.

I only roast marshmallows - no matter what type of fire!

I'm a country gal, so I love the smell of firewood. There's nothing like it for a cool evening with family and friends.

Ease of flipping a switch works for our hectic lifestyle here in the city. When we are up north the aroma of a real wood fireplace is intoxicating to me.

We just installed a 3 sided gas fireplace.....I love wood too but gas is more efficient and easier to use. Favourite thing to do around it is to enjoy a nice glass of wine with my fiancee.

I love wood burning fireplaces. Ours was wood burning but it was such a pain to set up and clean up that we put in a gas fireplace kit. Now we can just turn it on when we want a fire and we use it a lot more often because it's so easy.