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Subject Topic: difference between open fire and BBQ?
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PersonAtomania
02/9/2014 at 4:38pm
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Hi guys I've been to a few sites now and some say no open fires but allow bbqs so some people then do a campfire in their BBQ when they have done cooking, is this allowed is it not still an open fire?
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Some campsites will stop the burning of wood in a BBQ if they see it happening. I suspect for safety reasons. I wouldn't be happy if someone had a wood fire anywhere near my tent as it only takes one small spark to put a hole in the roof of a polyester tent. It only takes one small spark to set light to a dry cornfield too if there is one next to the site. Usually charcoal doesn't spark.


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Ah I understand now, I take it isn't enforced at most places as everywhere I've been I see people doing this, I was beginning to think open fire was just on the ground or open firepits, bbqs tend to be higher.


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A lot of people do it and generally campsites seem to turn a blind eye although I have been on a couple of sites when the owners have stopped somebody doing it.

At one of the sites where somebody near to me was told to put a fire in a BBQ out, I later discovered a small hole in the roof of my tent which I put down to a birds claw. It may well have been a claw but it occurred to me much later that it could also have been a spark from the log burning fire nearby as the wind was blowing in my direction.

I generally steer clear of campsites with open fires. Apart from anything else I don't like all my clothes and my gear stinking of stale bonfire smoke.

One way of having a flickering flame without any problems is to buy large garden candles which give out a good real flame light without sparks or smoke.


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hi bob. as for a stray spark putting a hole in your tent. it happened to me a few years back. out for a long day . back at 9 pm. yup.. hole in tent. about half inch wide. about 5 fires going at once on other side of field. I was furious. brand new tent. albeit not costing much. but still money wasted.

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