fireplace poker

Log-shifting implement

A fireplace poker is a metal rod used to stir, shift, or rearrange burning logs and coals in a fireplace.

One end typically has a handle, the other a pointed or hooked tip for prodding embers.

It's part of the standard fireplace tool set alongside tongs, a brush, and a shovel.

Related
  • hearthFireplace floor area
  • open hearthShallow reverberatory steelmaking furnace
  • embersSmoldering fire remnants
  • ashCombustion's powdery remains
  • ironElement twenty-six

cast iron · wrought iron · stoker · tongs · firewood · flames · coals · red hot · prod · jabbing · fireplace tools · mantle · chimney · soot · kindling · wood burning · bellows · grate

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Portable flame suppression device

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G