Minimizing smoke from fire to keep a low profile

...Search-up 'Dakota fire holes'.. (recommend 'DuckDuckGo', google is the Devil.. Technique works very well for small, hot cooking fires with low smoke...

..But for larger, 'warmth fires', yes, choose well-dried hardwoods, wherever possible.. 'Sappy' / wet woods (ie: Pines..) will smoke more, but even so, there will be Only so-much you Can 'attenuate'..

..One idea we have for the 'Inner core area' of our BOL, is rigging up a Large 'tented canopy', where, just like a 'circus tent', there's a Center peak, and lower, stretched out sides, and the 'pitch' is quite steep (to help prevent snow-load / rain buildup, etc..) It's of a very heavy-duty Mil-grade multi-layer canvas material, that's (purportedly..) both radar / IR-imager dampening, and flame-resistant, but it will also be up High enough, for the 'ceiling' to be Well away from flame-tops...

...And the concept is, to help 'disperse' the smoke over a wider-area (ie: this canopy is 36' x 40' - pretty big area...) so the smoke-rising is not so 'columnar'... Yes, we'll 'have to be careful', etc, but with Open sides / plenty of airflow, not expecting spark-accumulations to really be an issue (again, it's flame-resistant, And the 'pitch' will be fairly steep...)

..Also plan to use 2-3 large, 'bowed' sheets of tin (like 4' x 8'...) with supports, creating a curved-wall 'heat reflector' behind the fire-pit area, so it 'reflects' the heat towards the sitting / cooking area - which means we Should be able to get away with Smaller more 'compact' fires (less smoke...)...

..Just some ideas, Fwiw..
jd

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Minimizing smoke from fire to keep a low profile