City Bonfires was created and is still produced in Maryland. It was created by Chris McCasland and Michael Opalski when both of their jobs were impacted because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Because of this, they were both at home a lot more than they were used to and started looking for something to do with all of this time they had recently acquired. I think that it is really great that they make everything right in Maryland and with American made materials.
City Bonfires sells several different product packages on their website. They sell just the “portable firepit”, three different smore packs (which include smore ingredients since these are safe to cook over, and scented ones which interestingly you can also still cook over. I think this is a very interesting concept and something that has been missing on the market. Yes there have been other little fire makers out there, but none that are made out of food grade wax and plant based materials that makes them perfectly safe to cook things like smores over.
I really like the idea and execution of City Bonfires. I believe that with innovation cool niche products like this can really make a go of it. There is nothing quite as perfect and well thought out as this product on the market. I think it is very fun that this whole company came from the pandemic.
That’s great that they were able to create an idea out of a negative circumstance. There is such creativity and resourcefulness in the idea.
I love this product! I remember seeing a video about this and I thought it was an awesome idea. Although the pandemic has caused many major issues specifically regarding job loss has caused a lot of innovation to be unveiled as a result.
The height of the pandemic was such a difficult time for a lot of businesses but it is encouraging to hear about the ideas that were able to be generated through people’s access to more free time. I think this is a very interesting idea and like you said, not something we have seen in the market yet. I appreciate that you can cook over all of them safely as this is something I think a lot of people would be curious about. Great post! 🙂
I think it is so interesting how they brought about a positive idea considering the issues of the pandemic. This was a very creative way of dealing with it in a positive way.
As an avid camper and smores lover, I think this is a great, efficient idea. I also really love that they took an idea and made it happen especially during such unique circumstances, like the pandemic. It’s truly a great idea and I think it’s really cool that they made it a portable, more convenient idea as well.
I am seriously obssessed with this idea. It is so interesting and reaching a really different demographic. It is interesitng to see the way that people use unique circumstances for something so good.