Concrete vs. Marble Porcelain Fire Tables: Modeno vs. Elementi vs. Elementi Plus (2026 Guide)

Modeno vs. Elementi Fire vs. Elementi Plus

Three lines, one distributor, one enormous price spread — $849 at the bottom, $4,319 at the top. The catalogs make them look like the same product in different sizes. They are not. This guide breaks the range down by the three things that actually change the decision: how tall it is, what shape the flame is, and what the surface is made of. Every price and every specification below comes off our live catalog, and where a spec isn't published, I say so instead of filling the gap.

Decision 1 — Lounge Height or Dining Height?

Nearly everything in this range is built at lounge height — roughly 14 to 17 inches tall, the same as a coffee table. The Modeno Nantucket bowl is 13.8 inches. The Elementi Hampton 56 is 13.8 inches. The Elementi Plus Carrara 60 is 16.9 inches. These are made to sit in the middle of a sectional or between four lounge chairs. You put your feet near them, not your dinner on them.

There are two exceptions in the live range, and they matter. The Sonoma 83″ is a genuine fire dining table at 29.5 inches tall — you pull dining chairs up to it and eat there, with a flame running down the centerline. And the Andes 66″ sits at 22 inches, which is neither one nor the other: too tall to be a coffee table, too short to dine at. That height is deliberate — it's what lets the propane tank hide inside the body — but you need to want that trade.

Get this wrong and no amount of BTUs fixes it. Measure the seat height of the furniture you already own before you shop.

Decision 2 — Ring Burner or Linear Burner?

This is the difference nobody explains, and it changes how the piece behaves more than the price does.

A ring burner is a circle of stainless in the middle of a round or square body. Heat radiates outward evenly in every direction, so people naturally arrange themselves around it in a circle. The Modeno Roca runs a 12-inch stainless ring; the Nantucket bowl runs a 9.8-inch ring; the Elementi Boulder runs a 12-inch ring. If your seating is a conversational circle, this is your burner.

A linear burner is a long ribbon of flame — 30 inches of 304 stainless on the Hampton, the Andes, the Sonoma, and the Carrara. It's directional and architectural. It looks correct in front of a sofa or against a wall, and it photographs beautifully. It's also the one where wind matters more, because a long thin flame has more edge exposed than a compact ring does.

Neither is better. Ring for a circle of chairs, linear for a sectional. Pick the burner that matches the furniture, then pick the finish.

Decision 3 — Concrete or Marble Porcelain?

Modeno and Elementi Fire are both handcrafted glass-fiber reinforced concrete — GFRC. It's cast in a mold, it's genuinely heavy, and it has real surface texture. The Andes is finished in a travertine texture; the Boulder is cast in an organic rock-outcrop form that reads like stone. GFRC weathers. It picks up a patina, it can take a chip on a corner, and every one of these ships with a repair grout and touch-up kit in the box — which tells you something honest about the material.

Elementi Plus is marble porcelain over a welded metal frame. Porcelain doesn't absorb, doesn't stain, and doesn't patina — a spilled glass of red wine wipes off a Carrara top and doesn't wipe off cast concrete. That's what you're paying the premium for, along with a look that belongs next to a modern build rather than a rustic one.

My honest read: if your patio is stone, brick, or anything with texture, concrete looks like it belongs there and the patina is a feature. If you've got clean pavers, glass railing, and a modern sectional, concrete will look heavy and porcelain will look right. This is an aesthetic decision with a maintenance consequence attached — not a quality ladder.

The Live Range, Real Prices

Where a cell reads “—”, that specification isn't published on the manufacturer sheet we hold, so we don't print a number for it. Ask and we'll pull the factory sheet rather than guess. Browse the full range under Fire Pit Tables.

Why BTUs Mislead People At This Price

The Modeno Roca produces 50,000 BTUs through a 12-inch ring in a 34-inch body. The Elementi Hampton 56 produces 45,000 BTUs through a 30-inch linear burner in a 56-inch body. On paper the $1,219 Roca out-guns the $2,309 Hampton. In practice the Roca throws noticeably more heat at anyone sitting close, because the same order of magnitude of gas is concentrated into a much smaller opening.

So: BTUs divided by burner length is the number that predicts warmth. A big linear table spreads the same fuel across a longer, prettier, cooler ribbon. If your actual goal is heat on a cold October evening — not ambience — a compact ring burner is the better buy and it costs less. If your goal is the look of a 60-inch flame across the front of a sectional, buy the linear and accept that it's a mood more than a heater. The two models that publish 60,000 BTUs — the Andes 66 and the Carrara 60 — are the ones that do both, and that's a real part of what their price reflects.

Warranty: Be Careful Here

I'm going to be straight with you rather than smooth, because this is the part a normal product page glosses over. Coverage is not uniform across these three lines, and it isn't published uniformly either:

• Modeno — the spec sheets state 1 year.
• Elementi Plus (Carrara) — the spec sheet states 2 years.
• Elementi Fire concrete — the sheets we hold state a manufacturer warranty routed through the distributor, but do not publish a term.

I'm not going to invent a number to fill that hole. If the warranty term is a deciding factor on an Elementi Fire concrete table — and on a $3,149 Andes it reasonably might be — ask us and we'll get the written term from the manufacturer before you order. That's a better answer than a confident guess, and it's the answer you'd want if it were your money.

Freight, Weight, and Delivery Day

These are cast concrete and porcelain, and they weigh what you'd expect. The Nantucket bowl is 74 lbs. The Hampton 56 is 172 lbs. The Carrara 60 is 296 lbs. The Sonoma 83 is 376 lbs, and 577 lbs crated. Everything ships LTL freight, crated on a pallet, curbside — and freight is quoted at checkout, not baked in. Expect roughly $150–$350 on a small bowl, $250–$550 on a concrete table, and $400–$700 on marble porcelain, depending on your ZIP.

Curbside means curbside. A 376 lb crate arrives at the end of your driveway and getting it to the patio is on you — plan two strong people and a furniture dolly, or arrange help before the truck shows up, not after.

The rule that costs people real money: damage claims must be filed within 24 hours of delivery, with photos of the product, the packaging, and the exterior of the crate. Keep every scrap of packaging until the claim is closed. Inspect the crate before you sign anything — if the corner is crushed, note it on the delivery receipt at the curb. Returns run a 30-day window with a 25% restocking fee on change-of-mind and non-refundable outbound freight, but genuine damage or a wrong item is covered at zero cost to you. Full walkthrough on how ordering works.

What I'd Actually Tell You To Buy

• Small deck, pool edge, or a first fire feature — Modeno Nantucket or York 27″ bowl at $849.00. 40,000 BTUs in a 26-inch body throws genuine heat, and at 74 lbs one person can reposition it.
• Four chairs in a circle, best heat per dollar — Modeno Roca 34″ at $1,219.00. 50,000 BTUs through a 12-inch ring is the warmest configuration in this entire guide, and it's the third-cheapest thing on the list.
• You want it to look like stone — Elementi Boulder 43″ at $1,719.00. Cast in a boulder form, 45,000 BTUs, and it disappears into a natural landscape in a way a rectangle never will.
• Sectional, linear flame, sane budget — Elementi Hampton 56″ at $2,309.00 light gray or $2,379.00 dark gray. 30 inches of ribbon flame at 13.8 inches tall, sitting right in front of a sofa.
• Propane and you hate looking at the tank — Elementi Andes 66″ at $3,149.00. Concealed tank, 60,000 BTUs, travertine texture. The only one in the live range that solves that problem properly.
• Modern build, zero patina, wine-proof — Elementi Plus Carrara 60″ or Varna 60″ at $4,319.00. Marble porcelain, 60,000 BTUs, ships with a porcelain lid and fire glass, and it's the only line here publishing a 2-year term.
• You want to eat dinner at the fire — Elementi Sonoma 83″ at $4,149.00. True 29.5-inch dining height, concrete top on an ashwood base. Nothing else in the range does this job.

If a fire table isn't the right shape for your space at all, a built-in fireplace or a permanent fire pit may be the better structure — those live under Fireplaces & Fire Pits. And if the number is the obstacle rather than the choice, financing is available and the options appear at checkout.

Upscale Home HQ is an authorized Elementi Fire and Modeno dealer via Ocean Rock USA. Manufacturer warranty is routed through Ocean Rock USA. All pricing shown is current manufacturer MAP as listed on our catalog at time of publication and is subject to change. Specifications are stated per the manufacturer spec sheet for the specific model cited; where a figure is not published we have omitted it rather than estimated. Freight is quoted at checkout and varies by destination. California Proposition 65 warning may apply.