The fireplace works great...used it for the first time last Sunday night. I found this one on CL. It had only been used a couple of times. I don't know if it is supposed to come with any kind of grate for the bottom but I used an extra 22.5 charcoal grate to start the fire on. Don't know if it matters but it worked well for me. I can say that I don't think the grate will last very long, it was warped pretty bad after only one fire. I like the open sides. Makes it easy to add wood and poke. Up until now I used a Coleman fire pit which I enjoyed very much. It has kind of a wire cage around the sides with a door which is not easy to use once the fire gets going good so you have to lift the top every time you add wood. Anyway, the Weber fireplace is better. It's big,it's sturdy, it's easy to use, it's a Weber.
Thanks for the comments guys.