Manchester, NH Outdoor Cooking: Smoker Rules (2026)

15 defines COOKING FIRE broadly: any ignited heat source used for heating, smoking or cooking food, expressly naming barbecue, brazier, torch, grill, propane or gas grill, hibachi, pellet stove, fire pit, spit and smoker. The prohibition in subsection (B) reaches any property owned or operated by the city, not private yards: no one may start, ignite, kindle or cook with any fire, cooking fire or deep-pit barbecue on city property without the Board's express written authorization. Anyone who does get permission must carry a copy of the written authorization for inspection by any city agent and produce it on request, and the fire must be constantly attended by the authorized person or their agent while burning.

60 and dictating how fuel is stored. Subsection (C) exempts city employees, volunteers and officials acting in their official duties, and it exempts anyone whose cooking is part of the regular business of a license or permit already issued under another code provision, so long as the city knew that use when it issued the license. The rule was adopted by ordinance on November 10, 2020, folding older park and open-fire language into a single City Property standard.