BBQ party tonight

[Grumpynan]

We have planned a family get together this evening with a charcoal bbq in the garden. I hasten to add it’s a proper one not disposable.

should we still go ahead, or should I play save and cook the food indoors, what’s everyone else doing,

I mean, it stresses disposable bbq, says nothing about kettle ones in a garden. But I don’t want to cause any problems, and tbh we have a lot of trees around us and I’m a little worried, DH says I’m being silly but ?

No, again, it doesn’t. The press release yesterday on gov.uk gives guidance on how to be extra cautious by safely managing household bbqs. It would not say that if it meant “no bbqs anywhere”. It does say no fires or open flames in the countryside or other open spaces. Not at home.

Of course, people are fine to choose not to bbq. But don’t go around saying that’s what the govt advice says, because it isn’t.

Finally some sense.

@Sherararara critical thinking is lacking? They're seriously lacking in thinking generally. Have you ever been in a fire Sher? No, thought not.

I've never read such an ignorant, self centred, irresponsible post in all my time on MN.

I’m shocked that anyone is contemplating having a bbq. Cook your food indoors. Personally if I had been invited to a bbq I would ring to check that it wasn’t actually a traditional bbq because if it was I wouldn’t want to attend. As for your husband’s insistence well what can I say, you’re married to a W⚓️

So I wanted to update, I get fed up when you never get the OP come back,

basically I showed DH the first few replies and he changes his mind, maybe it wasn’t such a good idea after all. Discussed the whole have water near by and bring the fire extinguisher out from the kitchen, but I was worried about the trees and sparks not just the lawn etc.

in the end everything apart from the meat was done indoors, veg kebabs/stuffed mushrooms/cobs etc. the meat - we dug out my tapenyaki (think that’s spelt right ) the sausages and burgers and chicken etc were all cooked on that, it’s not as big as the bbq but we did it in batches and everyone seemed to enjoy it. No it doesn’t have that bbq taste, but we were outside and it was different and most of all no flames so perfectly save.

we are having a coffee this morning facing the big clean up 😅, and have agreed that actually we should use it more often.

The message sent to millions of people was as per mine and others comments. I didn't read the entire press release whereby they are looping out of what they sent to the millions, as I wasn't attempting to look for a reason to continue having bbq's at this risky time.

Well at least I can read. What is a fire Sher?

I know this is a bit late, but could you borrow a gas bbq from someone?

We were going to have a BBQ last night and didn't. Could we have done so safely? Almost certainly -

• our BBQ is a massive bowl shaped fire pit
• it sits on a stand a good 2-3 feet off the ground
• the smaller of the two grills can sit half way up the pit so you can put a small amount of charcoal in the bottom, sit the grill half way up, and easily keep the ashes and flame IN the pit.

We didn't though, because it wasn't worth the risk. There will be plenty more time for BBQs!

That poster was referencing your user name.

no need to be rude when you’re the one who misread

By that very comment you are demonstrating you can't read or understand the bloody obvious! 🤣

Every attempt you make to be "clever" or put down others backfires badly on you, so, kindly (this is Mumsnet), I suggest you step away from the keyboard.

There is a high chance a neighbour will call the fire brigade on you. North Yorkshire fire service have had one of their busiest days yesterday - about 50% of the calls were due to people having controlled fires/BBQ’s in their gardens.

Just cook the food indoors unless your husband enjoy being dramatic?

Sorry haven't RTFT but has anyone asked OP where in the country she is? It's been raining where I am 😂

I'm not planning a BBQ, but if I were, I'd estimate the risk of my causing a wildfire from my garden (both given the weather and also the fact that I'm an adult with common sense) to be precisely zero!

My alert said anything that could cause a fire. So id say no to any barbecue

I am I charge of risk in my house and garden

But you don't give a flying fuck about your neighbours, townspeople, general population, fire-fighters, etc.

It's not rocket science, is it? And there have been fires springing up all over the country. Human life is not only in danger, but people are losing their homes.

There are some seriously irresponsible, self obsessed and incredibly dense posters on this thread who are incapable of seeing beyond their own back yards.

The alert specifically said disposable.

Regardless of differing views on the wisdom of garden barbecues, people calling 999 about them are putting an unnecessary and unhelpful strain on the fire service.

Including not specifically

If they meant all barbecues they would have said barbecues and not included disposable.

They aren’t expecting us to eliminate literally anything that runs a negligible risk of a fire.

In which case why say including, surely you would just say disposable BBQ, not including disposable, by adding that it means there is something else included 😂

Obviously you've been told not to have a BBQ so don't.

We had a bbq for 15 people this evening, and we have all survived.

Don't think anyone is worried about you lot surviving, you made your own choice, more about others and surrounding stuff 😂

They would have just said ‘including barbecues’. It was in a sentence about wider sources of fire.

We have not been told not to have barbecues.