Outdoor Cooking in Texas (2026)

Frisco makes it unlawful to use any grill, hibachi, or smoker inside an apartment building or within ten feet of one, a…

In unincorporated Harris County, Section 308.1.4.1 of the Fire Code bans charcoal burners, LP-gas cooking appliances…

Waco's fire code flatly bars open flame cooking devices and charcoal burners from the patios and balconies of apartment…

Carrollton bans charcoal grills and other open-flame cookers from combustible balconies and from within 10 feet of…

Celina requires bottled gas cylinders used for cooking at mobile home park spaces to be secured, connected with…

Corpus Christi's Fire Code bars charcoal burners, gas grills and other open-flame cooking devices from combustible…

El Paso lets people bring metal portable barbecue grills into city parks for picnic-area cooking, but City Code Section…

Fort Bend County's Fire Code bans charcoal and open-flame grills on combustible balconies and decks, or within 10 feet…

Fort Worth bars charcoal and propane grills from combustible balconies and decks, and requires ten feet of clearance…

Irving requires barbecue grills and similar outdoor equipment kept at a residence to remain in the rear yard under UDC…

Leander's fire code bars charcoal or open-flame grills from combustible balconies and requires 10 feet of clearance…

Lewisville's Fire Code bars charcoal grills, propane grills, and other open-flame cooking devices from combustible…

Midland's Fire Code bars grills and open-flame cookers from combustible balconies and decks, and requires 10 feet of…

New Braunfels bans open-flame grills and propane cooking devices on balconies and decks at multifamily buildings of…

Plano bars charcoal grills and similar open-flame cooking devices from combustible balconies and decks, or within 10…

Richardson's amended fire code bars charcoal grills, open-flame cookers and similar devices from combustible balconies…

San Antonio's Fire Code bars barbecue pits, grills, and fuel-fired heaters in apartment and condo buildings whenever…

San Marcos's Fire Code bans operating or storing charcoal, propane, or other outdoor cooking appliances on balconies or…

Taylor's fire code bars charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices, including propane grills, from operating…

In licensed RV parks and multi-unit housing developments across unincorporated Taylor County, bottled gas for cooking…

Temple's fire code bans outdoor burn containers, including grills, on porches, decks, or balconies attached to…

Dallas County's outdoor-burning ban under Sec. 38-1 expressly exempts charcoal grills, so grilling is allowed without…

Grills and other open-flame cookers must sit at least 10 feet from combustible walls or structures at Odessa apartment…

Parker bans burning rubbish, trash or other combustible material within 250 feet of a structure without an approved…

San Angelo's open burning ordinance exempts cooking grills from the burn-permit rules entirely, then steers residents…

BBQ grills, including propane grills, are permitted in unincorporated Cameron County and stay allowed even during a…

Amarillo's Fire Code bars open-flame cooking and heating devices, including smokers, grills, and outdoor fireplaces…

Austin's Fire Code lets any detached one- or two-family home run a charcoal, wood or gas smoker, hibachi or barbecue…

Baytown Code Sec. 58-106(b) requires barbecue pits, fireplaces, woodburning stoves, and cooking shelters at…

Fort Worth's amended Fire Code bars charcoal and propane grills, and any other open-flame cooking device, from…

San Antonio's Fire Code Section 4104.2 bans operating charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices on…

Outdoor cooking in Travis County parks is normally fine in camp stoves, grills, fireplaces, or ground fires in…

Run a smoker, stove or barbecue pit inside a building, garage, carport or other enclosure in Waco and it needs a smoke…

Garland's sanitation code makes it illegal to dump hot ashes from a fireplace or hot coals from a barbecue grill into a…

Lighting a backyard smoker or barbecue pit in Lubbock doesn't trigger the fire code's 300-foot open-burning setback…

Denton's outside-storage nuisance ordinance carves out a specific defense for smokers and barbeque grills kept in your…

Corpus Christi's Fire Code bans charcoal burners, open-flame cookers, stoves, ovens and barbecue pits within 10 feet of…

Fort Worth zones a built-in outdoor kitchen as an accessory structure under Zoning Ordinance § 5.300, not as furniture…

Frisco treats an outdoor kitchen or fireplace as a regulated accessory structure with its own setback table, not a…