Wishing that disposable BBQs were banned fully

I’d more ban them because they’re another useless piece of crap that clogs up the planet! I’d put them in room 11 with all non cardboard party stuff!!

We have a cheap, folding BBQ for camping (within campsite rules). It folds flat and stores in minimal space. It's elevated from the ground so doesn't cause scorch marks on the ground. I still wouldn't use it in a fragile, dry environment because sparks could come off or coals could be knocked out (we keep it well supervised and dowse anything that falls out with water to minimise damage risk)

And the food cooks better than on a disposable

No, because most non-disposable barbecues are on legs, so the heat is a metre away from the sand and doesn't raise the temperature. Disposable barbecues are used directly on the sand and can heat it up a lot.

I recycle them. They don’t stay hot forever.

So people that buy disposable BBQs are seriously going to wait till it cools, break it down to its individual parts, scrub all the meat bits, fat and grease off the grill, empty and clean out the metal tray so they can be recycled?

That completely negates to whole point of disposable BBQs. The convenience and the fact you can chuck it away with no cleaning.

Come on, no ones realistically going to do that. And if they were, they'd be better getting a £10 bucket BBQ to reuse time and again.

Get rid of the idiots. Keep the disposable BBQs.

If I never again ate a barbecued sausage or burger, vegetable kebab or garlic mushroom, toasted marshmallow or s’more, I think I could cope. A picnic would be a good substitute.

Those cheap foil ones aren’t. They just get chucked in the bin. Who is going to recycle a boiling hot bbq anyway!!

Absolutely ban them.Someones desire to grill some sausages outdoors doesn't take priority over protecting precious moorlands ,woodland and our countryside and wildlife that's already struggling to survive with reduced habitat. Take a picnic.Bbq in your garden or maybe have some designated areas .Unfortunately for all those sensible enough to not use them on tinder dry areas or put them out it only takes one idiot or an unnoticed spark to cause devastation to huge areas.I hate seeing them piled up in Home Bargains.Especially when it's been so dry and the nearby moors are ablaze .Yet again.

If an inanimate object can ‘make’ you do things OP, then I’m quite concerned. Humans usually have this thing called free will?

Wasteful of what? Apart from the tiny amount of cellophane wrapping, everything they are made of is easily recyclable.

I'd ban them 100%. Aside from the fire risk they are so wasteful.

I live in the Peak District and every single year there's fires caused by disposable BBQs near me. They cause such huge damage and kill wildlife.

Get rid.

I don't want to eat a bbq indoors, that's why I'd buy a disposable one and take it to a park. I've never left it behind, caused a fire or injury with one. I do it once or twice a year, it really doesn't justify spending £100+ on another kitchen appliance that I don't want or have space to store it.

in theory that would be good, but how would that work

It's not about "beneath" anyone. No one is policing what kind of things you are using in your own home. It's about policing things that are unsafe and frankly do not need to be sold full stop.

Similar argument goes for fireworks. I personally love fireworks, but I agree that only public organised ones should be allowed nowadays. No one needs to be a menace and have crap private "displays" from their balcony, private garden or the local park.

I’d rather ban the kind of people that use them in completely unsuitable places and then leave them discarded.

So someone should never be able to bbq because of where they live?! WTF!

They can get a little portable one if they want.

I’m not snooty about them at all. I’ve used them myself, lots. Until I read up on all the fire issues and thought about the waste.

really not just one incident! maybe I should be saying ffs back to you! 😬

https://www.staffordshirefire.gov.uk/news/posts/discarded-disposable-barbeque-leads-to-woodland-fire/

https://thebmc.co.uk/en/no-moor-bbqs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6p2pwj99pno.amp

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/29/disposable-barbecues-must-be-banned-in-england-says-fire-chief

OK one incident. I feel for the birds though 😪

I think everything ‘disposable’ should be banned!
As someone once said, “Don’t throw it away- there is no away”

👏 👏 the same people who will then call out others on intolerance, being blown into isms.

Why are some people on Mumsnet obsessed with banning things that are deemed beneath them. Don’t say it isn’t that, it clearly is

For me, I am severely visually impaired, and also a single parent. I am only able to use a disposable BBQ, I can't manage (nor afford) a "real"one, and I'd be extremely sad if the disposable option was taken away for us. We use it following all of the rules (and almost 100% only in our own garden, not on an arid grassland like the dickheads do) and also recycle the parts afterwards, my most recent one had instructions on how to recycle each different part.

But I do broadly agree with op, HOWEVER a ban isn't the answer. The answer is to stop idiots idioting, and unfortunately we will never manage that... It staggers me how inconsiderate some people can be of their environment and duty to clean up and be sensible. if I can manage it blind, why the fuck can't they?! Maybe giant signs or on the spot fines or something. It'll never happen though. There's other associated issues with these (usually) tourists, around here they leave human shit and toilet roll about, loose dogs, theft, parking etc etc etc....

The "I don't have a garden so I have the right to have a bbq" is nonsense.

You don't start putting your laundry in public place, or set up a paddling pool in the middle of a park so your kids don't miss out? You don't build a shed to store your bike and the kids scooter because it's unfair you have no outdoor storage? Why do you think bbq should be different?

Laundry and small paddling pools would be less of a hazard!