Burn ban and I can't smoke AHHHHHHHH!!!!

[smokedinvt]

Time to move..... couldn't last long without the grill and smoker.... just wouldn't work

 

[smokedinvt]

OR - make your version of something out of cheech and chong - pull everything into the garage and close the doors. Smoke away!

 

[lionhrt]

Its very unusual for a ticket to be given to anyone cooking with fire. All the counties, that I have read the rules of their burn ban, allow cooking with fire even when there is a burn ban in effect. The burn ban is normally confined to open burning e.g. burn piles or burn barrels etc. In my area cops dont normally give the tickets for burning the fire department does, the cops dont generaly know the laws concerning fires.

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on this side of Washington it was any open flame we could still smoke and grill though the ban is over now here.

 

[landarc]

There was talk here of banning any form of burning wood, charcoal or other materials in any manner that did not filter and cool the emissions, but, that was assuming we were gonna have a summer and the usual bad air. Since it never happened, the more stringent rules were never implemented.

 

[River City Smokehouse]

Another fine reason to own a pellet cooker.

 

[Gore]

About 7-8 years ago, the Montgomery county tried to ban smoke of any kind. It was supposed to be a cigarette ban and the bill was written that if anyone smelled smoke and complained, then the offending person would be ticketed (I think it was $100 for the first offense). This passed, but when it was realized that people could be ticketed for BBQs, fireplaces, and yes, even driving their cars, there was sufficient public outcry that the bill was not signed.

 

[baldbill]

time to move!

 

[Vince B]

Wow I have never heard of anything like this. I have friends down in the indy area I'll have to ask them about this.

 

[caseydog]

We have burn bans regularly in Texas. Here, that means no wood or charcoal grilling, but gas and electric are okay. The general rule is, the heat source must be able to turn off, such as shutting off a gas valve or pulling a plug.

CD

 

[samann]

That's gotta be DRRRRRRY, I understand open fires, but grilling???

 

[btcg]

About 7-8 years ago, the Montgomery county tried to ban smoke of any kind. It was supposed to be a cigarette ban and the bill was written that if anyone smelled smoke and complained, then the offending person would be ticketed (I think it was $100 for the first offense). This passed, but when it was realized that people could be ticketed for BBQs, fireplaces, and yes, even driving their cars, there was sufficient public outcry that the bill was not signed.

I remember Chris Core discussing that. Miss him on WMAL.

 

[Big Jim BBQ]

Time to organize a rain dance!:rain: