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A wood-fired cedar spa at dusk with three people in the water, next to its integrated barbecue with food on the grill and a fire burning in the firebox below.

The wood-fired spa that cooks too

One firebox, two jobs. The same fire that brings 1,500 litres up to 38 °C runs the grill plate while you wait.

Coming soon See how it works

$9,995Delivered and set up

One fire does the cooking and the heating

Hardwood burns in a sealed steel box beside the tub. Heat rises through the cast iron plate above it, and a stainless jacket wrapped around it carries hot water into the spa by convection — no pump, no power.

Light it once and both paths run off the same load of wood.

1,500 L cedar tub · seats six 5 mm steel firebox cast iron plate · 280 °C hot rises cool falls back 316 stainless jacket · thermosiphon

Built as one thing, not a barbecue bolted to a barrel

The firebox, the plate and the water jacket share a single welded frame, so the heat that would normally go up the flue goes into dinner or into the tub.

The barbecue end of the unit: lid raised over a loaded grill, with flames visible through the glass firebox door below.

The fire end

Front-loading door with ceramic glass, a 60 × 40 cm cast iron plate, and a swing-away grate that clears the lid. The flue draws hard enough to keep smoke off the water.

Close detail of the spa shell: vertical timber staves held by dark steel bands, with a brushed Spabbq nameplate.

The water end

42 mm thermally modified cedar staves on powder-coated steel bands, an insulated lid, and a 50 mm drain. Fill it with a garden hose; it holds heat overnight.

How a Saturday runs

From cold water to sitting in it, on about 25 kg of dry hardwood — three or four armloads.

  1. Light it

    Paper, kindling, two splits. Close the door and leave it alone — the water starts moving on its own within ten minutes, and keeps climbing for the next three hours.

  2. Start cooking

    Cast iron over a direct flame is at searing heat within half an hour, so dinner happens long before the water is ready.

  3. Get in

    38 °C with embers still going. Top the firebox up once and it will hold temperature for the rest of the night.

Specifications

Capacity
6 adults · 1,500 L
Heat-up time
About 3½ hours, 10 → 38 °C
Shell
42 mm cedar staves, steel bands
Firebox
5 mm steel, glass door
Heat exchanger
316 stainless jacket, no pump
Grill surface
60 × 40 cm cast iron plate and grate
Flue
2.4 m double wall, spark arrestor
Power required
None
Diameter · height
2.1 m · 1.1 m
Weight
340 kg dry · 1,840 kg filled
Fuel
Dry hardwood, 40 cm lengths
Warranty
5 years shell · 3 years firebox

Coming soon

$9,995

Delivered, assembled and lit with you on site.

  • Flue kit and spark arrestor
  • Insulated lid and cover
  • Cast iron plate and grate
  • Tongs, scraper and ash pan
  • First load of firewood
Reserve a build slot

Builds run in batches of twelve. Current wait is about six weeks.