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 ?

Cook the food inside and tell your dh he is a fucking moron.

I bet you have got a kitchen. Use that. It's not tricky is it surely to apply a bit of commonsense.

Why do you even need to ask the question?

I would be hiding the BBQ.

What a prick and if he were mine I would tell him as such also.

There are always people that think the rules don't apply to them, or just don't like being told what to do and will do it anyway.

Okay so the risk from a normal BBQ may be low but the risk is still there and your neighbours could panic or worry seeing smoke coming from your garden. Expect a few knocks at your door from disgruntled neighbours.

No barbecue, pre cook the food and do a buffet. Surely you can understand why any barbecue is a fire risk at the moment.

In our last house,we were going out, I just happened to look out of the bedroom window, something was on fire at the bottom of our garden.SIL quickly unwound the hose,DH ran down to investigate. Neighbour with a normal charcoal BBQ, had put it next to the fence,a stray ember had set light to the dry bags of leaves, waiting to compost down. He went in the shed for an extinguisher,by which time we had it out.He was actually a Fireman.. Someone near us lady week was using a garden incinerator,all the smoke came indoors,of course because the doors and windows are open. Cool the food indoors. So far,it has been property,I would like people to do a shift at the local Burns Unit.

cook the food indoors, phone keeps altering words?

The alert said not to use anything outside that has a flame or could cause sparks or localised heat and start a fire. Cook the food insude/ order from Dominoes etc. Do not have a flame of any kind outside.

Can you borrow / buy an electric one? It’s not quite the same but better than being on fire or trapped indoors. I’ve got a mobile home in a high fire risk area in France. No bbqs allowed apart from the electric ones.

Cook indoors. Not outside.
Anything else would be simply odd at the moment.

The alert quite clearly referred to disposable barbecues. Self contained ones in gardens are allowed. Of course you should be sensible.

I was nervous about dh lighting our (not gas, not disposable) barbecue a week ago, before the big fire started locally. We had the hosepipe close though and nowhere near wooden fences or the shed. I was relieved when it was out though.

If you're in a flagged/concrete back yard without wooden fences or dry vegetation then you'd probably be ok, otherwise I think you're better cooking indoors.

Gas BBQ’s don’t smoke like coal, so neighbours are unlikely to notice.
Near a fence, shrubs, grass or anything dry and flammable is always stupid though.

Creating extra heat is a bad idea. I think we're all now more clued up about smoke affecting air quality. And third, your neighbours several doors down won't know what kind of fire it is when they smell smoke so you will be winding them right up.
Homes have just been destroyed, people are on edge, have a bit of respect for the spirit and importance of the alert, surely...

Someone was setting off fireworks yesterday morning near us. It just breeds irritation and anxiety at a time when we should be pulling together.

You have an oven I presume? A nice safe indoor electric oven? Use that.

Also what the actual fuck is wrong with people, it's been hotter than satan's jockstrap for the last few days and the air is like soup, why on earth would anyone want to be bent over burning coals for hours cooking?

You are running the risk of your neighbours phoning the fire brigade or the police if you do have the BBQ. I'm not commenting on if they should or not, however our local police force and fire brigade are receiving a high number of calls about this now. Even with non disposable barbecues.
People are genuinely worried.

Many of the previous posters here don't seem to have a brain.Do not do anything that involves a flame outside.

This. Ok to use normal household BBQ- but be sensible

If only to have grown ups ….. who don’t behave like children who if told ‘no’ create a fuss and want to do what they have been told ‘no’ to.

Yeah. There's always going to be pearl clutching neighbours.

I think it would be OK from a safety perspective but who needs the hassle?

Plus some guests may be the anxious type.

Not worth it.

They'll smell the smell of greasy fat cooking that accompanies every BBQ.

Yes. Be sensible. Leave the fucking barbecue in the shed and cook indoors. FFS. 😡

It asked people not to do anything which could start a fire including but not limited to some common activities. Just because they didn't explicitly say you shouldn't leave cigarette ends in a dry field doesn't mean it's ok to do that. A BBQ involves a 'small flame', so...

How many people when having a BBQ with friends will have a few drinks and not be as careful as they could be as chatting and being distracted.

This. Just cook indoors and have a BBQ another time.

If I was invited to a get together this weekend and found it involved my friends cooking outside with any form of flame I'd think they were absolute dicks.