About Greyhoo Fire Pits
Greyhoo sells an 11-inch portable tabletop fire pit bowl hand-cast from organic sustainable concrete on Amazon.com, Newegg, and through third-party retailers including Bircata.com. The product is available in gray and burns isopropyl rubbing alcohol or bioethanol, with approximately 60 minutes of burn time per 6 ounces of fuel.
Greyhoo markets the product as portable, exhaust-free, and suitable for offices, living rooms, coffee tables, and dining tables. It is positioned as “a perfect alternative to a traditional log or gas stove” — language that suggests a product designed for routine, everyday use in the home.
The Everyday Use Problem
Marketing a product for routine everyday use — on a coffee table, a dining table, in an office — normalizes repeated refueling sessions. And repeated refueling is precisely where the most catastrophic injuries in this product category have occurred.
Each time a user adds fresh isopropyl alcohol to the Greyhoo bowl, they face the same risk: a residual flame they cannot see. Alcohol burns with a nearly colorless, nearly invisible flame, and the CPSC has specifically identified that near-invisibility as a central factor in the flame jetting explosions that have killed consumers and sent dozens more to emergency rooms across the country [1].
Sustainable Materials, Unsustainable Risk
Greyhoo’s use of organic sustainable concrete is a genuine differentiator in the tabletop fire pit market — but material sustainability has no bearing on the hazard these products present. The danger is in the fuel, the fueling mechanism, and the open-bowl design that the CPSC says violates voluntary safety standard ASTM F3363-19 across the entire product category.
A hand-cast concrete bowl that burns isopropyl alcohol in an open container presents the exact same pool fire and flame jetting hazards as an injection-molded plastic one. The craftsmanship of the vessel does not change the chemistry of the fuel or the physics of what happens when that fuel meets an unseen flame.
The Regulatory and Legal Landscape
In December 2024, the CPSC issued a sweeping consumer alert declaring all alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits “extremely dangerous” and calling on all consumers to stop using them and all sellers to stop selling them [1]. In November 2025, the CPSC recalled more than 18,000 bottles of MoonSoll and Magic Chems ethanol fuel sold on Amazon after the platform continued selling them for more than six months following that warning [2].
Lawsuits are being filed across the country against manufacturers, importers, and online retail platforms that continued selling these products after the CPSC’s warnings. Greyhoo is among the brands attorneys are actively investigating for burn injury claims.
Can I File a Lawsuit?
Consumers who were burned while using a Greyhoo tabletop fire pit — whether from a pool fire, a flame jetting explosion, or fuel igniting during refueling — may have significant legal options against the manufacturer, seller, or online platform. A class action lawsuit could allow affected consumers to seek compensation for medical expenses, pain and suffering, permanent scarring or disfigurement, lost wages, and other related losses. Contact an attorney promptly to have your case evaluated.
References
1. https://www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/2025/Consumer-Alert-Stop-Using-Alcohol-or-Other-Liquid-Burning-Fire-Pits-That-Violate-Voluntary-Standards-and-Present-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Hazards-Two-Deaths-and-Dozens-of-Serious-Burn-Injuries-Reported
2. https://www.aboutlawsuits.com/fire-pit-lawsuit/amazon-tabletop-fire-pit-fuel-recall-deadly-risk-of-flash-fire/