Residential smokers and wood-fired cookers are allowed and not specially licensed. They fall under general smoke-nuisance rules; excessive smoke can be cited by your city or township, and county parks limit cooking fires to provided grills.
Genesee County has no ordinance targeting backyard smokers, pellet grills or wood-fired ovens; home use is permitted. Smoke and odor are handled through each municipality's general nuisance ordinance, so a neighbor complaint about persistent, drifting smoke can be enforced locally. Michigan's open-burning ban on trash does not apply to cooking food over wood or charcoal, but only clean wood/commercial fuel should be used. On combustible multifamily balconies, the fire-code grill restriction also covers smokers. In county parks, cooking fires are allowed only in Commission-provided grills or designated spaces with flames under three feet. There is no county-wide smoker rule.
Excessive smoke/odor from a smoker can be cited as a local nuisance (usually a civil infraction); park cooking-fire violations are misdemeanors with fines up to $100.
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