On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:54:53 -0500 in alt.food.barbecue, Sqwertz
> wrote,
>On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:22:56 -0700, David Harmon wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:58:41 -0500 in alt.food.barbecue, Shawn
>> Martin > wrote,
>>>David Harmon wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:20:31 -0500 in alt.food.barbecue, Sqwertz
>>>> > wrote,
>>>>> Grilling (and barbecuing) at home is illegal for 95% of the population
>>>>> in New York City. But they may have just been referring to the
>>>>> weather.
>>>>
>>>> 95% of the population? Do you have to have a Texas birth
>>>> certificate to be exempt, or what? Git a rope!
>>>
>>>No exemptions, even in Texas.
>>>Even here, open flames are not allowed on apartment patios.
>>>I don't have a solid number of the people in NYC living in apartments,
>>>but I would bet it is substantial.
>>
>> Would you believe, electric smoker?
>
>I believe they exist, yes. But you need to smoulder wood chips even
>in an electric smoker. Hence, also illegal.

Why would that be illegal? There are no open flames. No flames at
all, even.