AIBU to think heatwave barbecue reactions are starting to feel a bit Covid?

A lighter.

Part of the party was supposed to include marshmallows on a campfire. They owners said it would have been fine but they didn't want to do it because people would moan

Sorry but what does the fact he is married have to do with anything?

It's not a bit Covid, it's just like the Covid threads, I bet a lot of the more weird judgy posters were on them too, peering through their curtains, checking how many people were in the next door's garden.

I am actually pleased at BBQ' stopping. Not many people are good BBQ cooks and I much prefer a pizza event cooked in a proper oven with salad and garlic bread on offer. Anything basically instead of undercooked BBQ food. It makes no sense using one if the ground is dry. My view is other things can be cooked.

Yeah I bet you cheat at Monopoly too. Just hope your house doesn't burn down in the next wave of fires.

Well many idf the rules for covid really?

That’s ok, if you don’t understand you don’t understand. Not really my problem tbh

I still am not sure why you were asking others to justify an unknown man's smoking as a necessity, in that case. But glad you've acknowledged it was unnecessary!

the firefighter doesn’t have to justify his smoking as a necessity and neither do posters here have to justify their garden bbqs as a necessity.

Nope, I will continue to BBQ responsibly and safely in my garden. Quit making up arbitary rules. And don't get pissy and judgemental when people don't follow your made up rules.

You asked "why is him having a fag a necessity" when it's perfectly clear no-one thinks it is.

You seem to be making up positions to argue against that no-one has actually stated.

If you meant to ask something different, then ask something different.

Not sure you’ve understood what I was saying.

We’re being asked why a bbq is a necessity though.

maybe it’s just that people do things that aren’t necessities every day? Like the fire fighter

Do you genuinely think that anyone has said that a fireman having a fag is "a necessity"?

I can't comprehend how you have reached that conclusion.

At 9am this morning I drove past a firefighter unlocking the fire station with a fag hanging out of his mouth. Why was he doing that? Why was that a necessity?

Gas barbecues may not be a massive fire risk but charcoal ones, disposable or not, are and there are fires caused by them every year. They are no different in essence to a firepit which are mentioned specifically. Just don't light a fire for a while. It's simple.

Why is a BBQ a necessity?

Your gas barbecue in your garden may be low risk, but when people are losing homes, and firefighters are getting injured, why take even the small risk?

I am not saying I’d report people having a barbecue in their garden, or that I’d support people reporting others - I just don’t understand why people are willing to take even a small risk of causing a wildfire, for the sake of a leisure activity.

There are no words for the lack of critical thinking on this thread. Anyway, I'm off to enjoy a safe, low fire risk garden BBQ. Enjoy your misplaced judgement.

“likely thought that banning all bbqs would cause outrage”

no they didn’t think that. They did what the fire service asked them too after risk assessing

i know, I got one.

But it’s splitting hairs. Clearly, they would rather people didn’t light flames but they likely thought that banning all bbqs would cause outrage so they are suggesting it’s a bad idea but definitely don’t use disposable as that’s a high risk awful idea.

It’s almost like desperation to be judgey and have a group of people they can call dim/ thick/ witless/ selfish?! With no actual disposable bbq users to turn on, just got to make something up

Good grief. Disposable BBQs, which by their design are a high fire risk and often not disposed of responsibly.

There is nothing wrong with risk assessing your garden BBQ set up, recognising it as a low risk of causing fire and continuing to safely and responsibly use it.

There is no need to judge the majority of people who have perfectly safe garden BBQ set us for coninuing to safely and responsibly use them. They are doing nothing risky.

Where did you get that link from 😂 we all got the actual alert, which specified disposable bbqs

From the government website:

The alert, that will be sent on a rolling basis from approximately 19:00, will warn people not to light anything that could spark a fire, including barbecues, campfires, and fireworks. Recipients will also be urged to report any fire immediately by calling 999.

gas fires - could be fine, make that judgment.
anything else, well….why bother at the moment? Why do you absolutely have to at the moment? My charcoal smoker (very robust and covered) requires a flame to light it. Hence, I am not using it.