Delivered with no problems. Well packaged. No instructions on assembly yet pretty self-explanatory. Makes plenty of heat but best if your sitting distance is 5-10 feet. Have to get a good bed of coals for best heat output. Can sit relatively close to it on the un-open sides, not as hot as wood stove although can feel some heat, sides/back. Overall satisfactory comfort when using in 50's-60's temp range. As with any chiminea, can smoke until fire is hot enough to pull a draft. IF windy will also blow some smoke out the open hearth, but not nearly the problem as open fire pit. I used Never-seez on bolts in contact with cast aluminum to avoid any galvanic corrosion issues. Comes with touch up paint for small installation scrapes/nicks.

I am a huge fan of these chimeneas! I'm about to buy my fourth one, not because they wore out, but because I keep sharing them with my appreciative family. I started with the Gatsby model and passed that along to a friend after getting confident with using these products on wooden decks. I make sure to have a fire carpet and a fire extinguisher. The spark arrestor and closing door also keep things safer.
Everything else has been said. A quality product from an American manufacturer who takes pride in their craftsmanship.. I love showing kids how to roast marshmallows over the chimney. Unless they want to "burn" one the in fire down below!
Pro Tip: If Lowe's hardware store is handy, I highly recommend the Piñon pine firewood. It's also available from Blue Rooster and is a great aromatic wood to make an afternoon or evening special.
Another nice feature is the convenience of moving the chimenea for a special occasion. It's easy enough to take on a camping trip or to help your neighbors enjoy a tailgate or Halloween "neighbored touring."

This is my first cast aluminum Chimenea and I really like it. It radiates nice heat all around and has a larger firebox and opening than does my cast iron Chimenea. I rate this as 5 stars because overall it is a great outdoor fireplace; however, it cools down pretty quickly if you don't have logs burning in it. The cast iron unit holds the heat much longer so if you're actually using this chimenea as a heat source and not purely for aesthetics I'd go cast iron. Nevertheless, this unit is more attractive and does the job. Nice outdoor fireplace Blue Rooster!

Very happy with our chiminea. It is really well made and sturdy! Big enough for a good size fire, and we can't wait to try the grill and make a pizza on it.

This is my second Blue Rooster purchase. First purchase (...after running thru a few cheap clay units from Lowe's over the years) was their Prairie model which, after using it for a few season, I felt suffered from 3 design issues: 1) the round opening for fire is too low/small (can't see fire - hard to get logs in), 2) the space between the burning logs and the bottom of the chiminea is too small (quickly fills up with ashes and some hot ashes fall out of the front opening during fires, and 3) too much smoke tended to come out of the front opening (either because the front opening was too small to ventilate the fire or the chimney was too narrow and prevented enough smoke exhaust from the top).

So I sold the Prairie and purchased a pricey big clay chiminea on the Internet which corrected all three issues above. HOWEVER, after one season, the clay started cracking and, sure enough, eventually broke in half right on my deck (luckily there wasn't a fire going at the time).

I vowed never to buy clay again and went back to Blue Rooster where they now office the larger Venetian model. The Venetian has the best of both the clay and cast aluminum options: It has the large opening/deep bowl (correcting my 'design flaws' above) and doesn't crack! Fire burns more efficiently than the Praire so there is very little smoke as well.

I've finally found the perfect chiminea. Yes I'll have to paint it every year or two, but that's a $10 can of high-heat spray paint at Lowe's... a small price to pay for years of no cracking of the chiminea.

(One wish is that the unit was an inch or two wider as some of my longer logs don't fit flat into the unit... but that is a very minor issue).

Well worth it - particularly versus the clay or Blue Rooster Prairie options.