Local or state govt agency has run amok-bbq smoke escapes

[greybeard]

Is this for real?
I remember reading somewhere here at CT, what a good advertisement BBQ smoke and odor was wafting down the street even if there was no meat cooking in the restaurant's pit. Evidently, in some podunk town or county in Floriduh, that is a big no-no.
The enforcement guy writing the citation is an even bigger moron than whoever the bunch of morons were that wrote this stupid law, not to mention the idiot that turned in the complaint.

CONTROL YOUR SMOKE MAN--YOU'RE OFFENDING YOUR NEIGHBORS!!
:roll:
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In a video uploaded to Facebook on July 22, Joe Graham from Air Compliance is writing a complaint form for "objectionable odor" from Jordan's property where he was barbecuing. A neighbor living across the street called to complain, as she has apparently done many times before.

This time she found a willing co-conspirator.

"I can smell it again right now, but I'm on your property," Graham tells the group. "You're allowed to have it smell on your property, so that doesn't count, but when I'm on the street, that's when it counts."

"So we're supposed to control the smoke and the wind and where it's blowing it?" he asks.

The Environmental Specialist says, "What you're doing looks like it may be counter to the rule as far as the objectionable odor," as he looks at his clipboard for reassurance.

"You have smoke leaving…that's prohibited. I saw smoke leaving your property." So he's going to "write it up and send it to our department."

The ridiculous nature of this visit results from the fact that in Pinellas County, "Commercial barbecue cookers are not exempt from causing a nuisance odor," according to their website. It is part of a larger set of rules regarding air quality, normally reserved for things like asbestos and trash burning.

Never underestimate the power of a moron with a clipboard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhMzmUW2Rhk

 

[Jogeephus]

Tampa is no podunk town, it is however in a blue state so there you go.

 

[cow pollinater]

California doesn't have problems like that. Here they just ban the fire all together and nip smoke in the bud.

 

[TexasBred]

Austin, Texas is in the process of banning all BBQ cooking inside the city limits.

 

[Jogeephus]

Crazy isn't it? We are supposed to accept so much trash yet be offended by BBQ smoke. :bang: :bang:

 

[TexasBred]

Crazy isn't it? We are supposed to accept so much trash yet be offended by BBQ smoke. :bang: :bang:

Probably ok if it's a goat and halal.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Austin, Texas is in the process of banning all BBQ cooking inside the city limits.

That is without a doubt the dumbest thing they've ever come up with in Austin and as you know, they have done a lot of dumb things down there.

 

[TexasBred]

Austin, Texas is in the process of banning all BBQ cooking inside the city limits.

That is without a doubt the dumbest thing they've ever come up with in Austin and as you know, they have done a lot of dumb things down there.

Yessir...another "keep Austin weird" idea I guess.


http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/286552 ... n-business

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Austin, Texas is in the process of banning all BBQ cooking inside the city limits.

That is without a doubt the dumbest thing they've ever come up with in Austin and as you know, they have done a lot of dumb things down there.

Yessir...another "keep Austin weird" idea I guess.


http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/286552 ... n-business

The inmates are.....

 

[fenceman]

Austin, Texas is in the process of banning all BBQ cooking inside the city limits.

That's a little exaggerated. Thier requiring them to put some kinda filter on their smoke stacks.
Not saying I'm for it . Just stating the facts.

 

[Nesikep]

Next thing is barbeques will be required to have catalytic convertors on them lol!

I saw this a long time ago.. yeah, it's retarded

 

[houstoncutter]

Here's a little bit of the other side of the story in Austin. I have a bud that lives pretty close to Franklins. Mighty fine que it is. They have several large pits going 24/7. Some of the homes in that area are 2 and 3 stories tall. At times they have temp inversions there and smoke just stays there. No matter how much you like que smoke, after a while it a pain in the ass! Many of the folks in the area were there before Franklins. Just saying , many times their are two sides to a story.

For those of you who think I'm full of it let's try a test. Fire up the pit in the house, let's see how long you last before the misses has your naids strung up to the ceiling fan

 

[greybeard]

But, don't forget you will also need an SDM (smoke density monitor) such as the SBS 1000.

 

[greybeard]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of Barbeque, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom to Barbeque, or of the grill; or the right of the people peaceably to Barbeque, and to marinate the meat for a readiness of sauce.

A well regulated sauce, being necessary to the flavor of a rack of ribs, the right of the people to rub and baste meat, shall not be infringed.

The sauces not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people

 

[TexasBred]

Austin, Texas is in the process of banning all BBQ cooking inside the city limits.

That's a little exaggerated. Thier requiring them to put some kinda filter on their smoke stacks.
Not saying I'm for it . Just stating the facts.

A rather expensive filter too and probably pretty expensive to maintain. You know how strong that BBQ smell is. ;-)

 

[fenceman]

Austin, Texas is in the process of banning all BBQ cooking inside the city limits.

That's a little exaggerated. Thier requiring them to put some kinda filter on their smoke stacks.
Not saying I'm for it . Just stating the facts.

A rather expensive filter too and probably pretty expensive to maintain. You know how strong that BBQ smell is. ;-)

I certainly do. ;-)