2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Kane County, Illinois.
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Kane County has no ordinance restricting residential barbecue grills or propane grilling. Cooking on gas or charcoal grills is treated as ordinary outdoor cooking, not regulated open burning. Grill propane cylinders follow the state-adopted fire code, and multi-family properties may add their own limits.
Kane County has no ordinance governing backyard smokers or wood/charcoal cooking. Smoking meat is outdoor cooking, not open burning, so no county permit is needed. Persistent heavy smoke could still draw a nuisance complaint, and multi-family fire-code balcony limits apply.
1 cities in Kane County have their own outdoor cooking rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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