Outdoor Cooking in Horry County, SC (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Horry County, South Carolina.
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BBQ & Propane Rules
On Horry County's public beaches, propane grills are banned outright: Code § 5-4 makes it unlawful to build, start, or maintain a fire, open flame, or propane fired grill, cooker, or heating device heated by fire on any public beach, beach access, street end adjacent to the beach, or county land next to the beach, at any time of day or year.
Horry County Bans Propane Grills on Public Beaches
Heavy RestrictionsHorry County Code § 5-4
It shall be unlawful for any person to build, start, ignite, or maintain any fire or open flame or use any propane fired grill, cooker, or heating device heated by fire on any public beach, public beach access, street end adjacent to the beach, or any government land immediately adjacent to the beach at any time.
Smoker Rules
Outdoor smokers, fire pits, chimeneas and woodstoves get a conditional pass from Horry County's open-burning ban: Code § 20-451 forbids open burning within fifty feet of any structure or property line, but subsection (d)(2) exempts food-preparation and warming fires, naming grills, stoves, fire pits, chimeneas and woodstoves, so long as they are contained, monitored, safely operated, and create no nuisance.
Horry County: Smokers, Fire Pits Need 50-Foot Clearance
Some RestrictionsHorry County Code § 20-451
(a)Prohibition. It shall be a violation of this article for any person to kindle or maintain any open burning or authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained within fifty (50) feet of any structure ... within fifty (50) feet of any property/parcel line. ... (d)Exemptions. The provisions of this section do not apply to the following, unless specifically prohibited by action taken pursuant...
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