Outdoor Cooking in New Jersey (2026)

Cooking anywhere in a Bergen County park is limited to portable grills set up in designated picnic areas, or to…

Cherry Hill Township bans liquefied petroleum gas containers over one pound, the size that fuels a standard propane…

Gloucester County bans propane tanks and other bottled cooking fuel in every park area under Section 2(t) of the Parks…

Hackensack bans portable grills and open lighted fuel such as propane, wood, paper or synthetic material on balconies…

Hamilton Township bans propane grills entirely on park and recreation land. Visitors may only use the grills…

Grilling or cooking food in a Brick Township park requires a permit, and only factory-built grills are allowed…

Edison Township's Fire Prevention Standards bar operating a barbecue grill, whether propane, charcoal or wood fired…

Passaic County allows grilling in its parks but bans grills on tables or benches, bans deep fryers, torches, open fire…

Union County allows charcoal grills and barbecues in its parks only in designated cooking areas, using approved…

Lakewood Township's open-burning ordinance, Code § 3-27, treats outdoor grills, campfires and fireplaces as regulated…

Hackensack confines outdoor grilling on City parkland to designated grill areas under § 117-6(O), added in 2015…

Newark bans open fires citywide except for a short list of allowances, including residential picnic and barbecue…

Toms River Township counts a built-in outdoor kitchen as part of deck height, so an outdoor kitchen structure must fit…