Backyard smokers are permitted in Collier County as controlled cooking fires. Even during a drought burn ban, grills, cookers, and smokers may be used to prepare food if attended, with the cooking area kept clear of burnable material within three feet of the fire.
Outdoor smokers count as cooking fires, which OPB 09-1 exempts from the open-burning permit—no permit needed under normal conditions. Under Collier County's burn-ban Ordinance 2023-38, even while outdoor burning is banned, 'outdoor grills, stoves, cookers, and smokers may be used in the preparation of food if the cooking fire is controlled and attended to,' and all outdoor cooking areas must be free of burnable materials within a circumference extending three feet beyond the nearest edge of the cooking fire. Keep charcoal or wood smokers away from wildland (the 600-yard barbecue rule) and never leave a lit smoker unattended.
Leaving a cooking fire unattended, or failing to clear burnable material during a burn ban, is a civil infraction under the county's code-enforcement and burn-ban ordinances.
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