Outdoor Cooking in Rapid City, SD (2026)
1 verified outdoor cooking rules for Rapid City, South Dakota, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Smoker Rules
Rapid City's open-burning ban carves out cooking fires: heating or grilling food for human consumption is exempt in residential areas, city parks and campgrounds, and recreational fires in a contained fireplace, barbecue pit, fire ring, chiminea or rock ring need no Fire Department sign-off, unlike most other open-burning exceptions.
Outdoor Cooking Fires Allowed in Rapid City
Light RestrictionsRapid City Municipal Code § 8.34.170
A. Open Burning Restricted. 1. No person shall, at any time, engage in open burning activities within the Air Quality Control Zone, except as allowed under the following conditions: ... g. Open burning for the heating or cooking of food for human consumption in residential areas, city parks and campground areas; h. Open burning for recreational purposes when the fires are confined to a fireplac...