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A family of four around a lit stone fire pit after dark, roasting marshmallows on Walden sticks over a Walden grate, one of them wrapped in a Walden blanket, string lights and a grill behind them

GetBackyarding · AI Can’t Build a Fire

Build the fire everyone stays for.

Fires that light on one match, grates that cook a whole dinner over open flame, tools made to be handed down — because some things you don’t want automated.

  • Free shipping over $99One threshold, everywhere on the site
  • Built to be handed downHigh-carbon steel, hardwood, real welds
  • Ships from MichiganPacked and sent by the people who own it
  • Veteran ownedBuilt around the hours that matter

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The Complete Backyard Kit

bought separately: $667.93$533.99

Everything a backyard fire needs, in one box: the Original Fire Grate with ember catcher as the base, the Stainless Steel Grilling Grate over it, the Stoker Poker® to run the fire, Sure-Fire™ starters to light it, Bonfire Boss™ gloves to work it, roasting sticks for the crowd, and the wool blanket for the last hour. Seven pieces at 20% off — $133.94 under buying apart — with the Fire-Side Chats™ deck inside, on us.

  • Walden Original Fire Pit Grate w/ Ember Catcher24" Diameter
  • Walden Stainless Steel Fire Pit BBQ Grilling Grate36" Diameter
  • Stoker Poker46" Stoker Poker
  • Walden Sure-Fire™ Starters
  • Walden Bonfire Boss™ Fire Gloves
  • Walden Legacy Series™ Classic Extendable Roasting Sticks
  • Walden Fireside Wool BlanketsMidnight Blue
  • Fireside Chats™ Conversation Starter Playing CardsOn us

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The Fireside Kit

bought separately: $192.96$163.99Ships free

Stoker Poker® · Patent-pending · #1 seller

Stoke the fire.
Stay in your chair.

Blow through the handle and your breath travels 46 inches of steel to the coals — through a one-way valve that lets air out and never smoke back. No kneeling. No face full of ash.

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4.9 out of 5 stars, 137 reviews

A lit fire pit at dusk on a wooden deck, string lights overhead and Adirondack chairs pulled around it

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Bring people back together. That's the whole plan.

Everything we make exists to keep people outside an hour longer than they meant to stay — away from a screen, next to the people who matter.

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Air out, never in
The one-way valve is the whole trick: your breath reaches the coals, and nothing — no smoke, no ash, no fumes — comes back. Safe for every hand at the fire.
Steel you hand down
High-carbon shafts, hardwood handles, welds that outlive trends. Tools built to be someone’s inheritance, not someone’s landfill.
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What people say

Hear it from those already Backyarding®

More than 10,000 backyards run on Walden steel.

  • 4.9 out of 5 stars, 137 reviews

    Blown away (all puns intended)

    It’s so nice to build fires and be able to properly stoke them with this well crafted tool
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars, 70 reviews

    Walden Fire Pit BBQ Grilling Grate

    It's big & beautiful! Heavy duty, It'll last a lifetime!
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars, 19 reviews

    Made fire-tending so much easier

    The gloves are comfy, stay cool when I'm handling logs and pokers, and extend that protection up my forearms.
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars, 53 reviews

    Best fire starter ever invented

    We have tried dozens of brands. We have a fire pit and a fireplace. These start everything so perfectly. Been giving them away as gifts to our outdoorsy friends as well.
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars, 26 reviews

    Incredible Workmanship

    You wouldn't believe the quality of these. VERY wellmade. Sturdy. Heavy. My only complaint is I should have bought another bigger one.
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars, 14 reviews

    Great blanket for cool / cold nights by the fire!

    Blanket reminds me of the old ones from my grandparents house that were warm, comfy and lasted forever. Liked it enough to by two more.
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars, 69 reviews

    Awesome firepit grate

    This firepit grate is incredibly well made. I've never made fires easier than w/ the Walden firepit grate. I'd highly recommend it to anyone looking for a firepit grate.
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars, 27 reviews

    Weed Hound Review

    I owned the Weed Hound for 20 years. Still works great. It’s the best weed puller I have ever used. I had to buy a new one because I gave mine to my son to tend to the weeds in his lawn. If your lawn has weeds I highly recommend this product.
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars, 7 reviews

    30” Stainless Steel Cooking Grate

    Absolutely love it! It works fantastic. I looked online at quite a few different ones, this one checked the most boxes for me. My only box not checked was having it hinged to stoke the fire while cooking, that would have been great!
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars, 9 reviews

    Great conversation staters & ice breakers.

    We break out these cards every time we have a new comer to the backyard!
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars, 41 reviews

    Solid, Functional outside Fire Pit

    Nothing else compares to this Wagon Wheel Steel Fire Pit Grate. I looked everywhere and everything else was seriously inferior. Great Fire Pit Grate.

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Veteran-owned & operated

Built by people who know what the pause is worth

Walden Backyards is a veteran-owned company, founded by Erik May. Military service teaches you what distance from the people you love actually costs — and what it’s worth to close it. Erik built Walden around one mission: bring people back together. Deliberately unfinishable, because there’s always another fire worth lighting.

That’s not a polished brand with a spokesperson. That’s a real person making tools that pull people back to the same fire — steel and hardwood, made to be used hard and handed down, by somebody who means the mission statement.