hah... I guess you didn't read the OP.
Yes, I have an outdoor fire ring, I filled it and burned it down about a dozen times this weekend. It's my go-to solution for winter, but in nicer weather the prevailing winds take the smoke straight toward a neighbor's house, and it causes them some frustration since I'm making a lot of smoke burning a lot of green stuff (or even more often after our too-frequent rains).
So, this is a solution to be used primarily in spring/summer/fall, I'll continue to burn all scrap in winter.