Propane Firepit Restrictions - West Coast

I use a small 19.89 grill from Walmart. Table top model. Sits about six inches from the surface.
Does get hot and I once melted a plastic table.

BarabooBob wrote:
If the propane fire pts get hot and are close to the ground I can see where they would not be allowed. Nobody has a BBQ that sits 6" off the ground.

Obviously you do not use one as the bottom doesn’t get hot...yes it gets warm but not hot enough to start a fire.

Here is Washington State website with chart for levels of burn ban and items that can be used. It is dated 2020, but I believe it will be the same for 2021.Burn bans

If the propane fire pts get hot and are close to the ground I can see where they would not be allowed. Nobody has a BBQ that sits 6" off the ground.

About the only place I've ran into that had a hard spot with a propane fire pit was "Jim & Mary's RV" just north of Wye, MT (which is just east of Missoula on I-90). They did have a sign about no open flames, camp fires, etc. so we thought a propane 'fire pit' should be fine. Camp host came up and started telling us it wasn't allowed. I asked what, exactly, was the difference between this and the propane BBQ the sites on either side of us were visibly using at the time. They didn't care, turn it off / put it away, or leave. Never said a word to the people with the BBQs.

In Wa they have always been allowed in State CG's no matter how bad fires are or what the burn-ban situation is. That's why we bought a PP firepit in the first place.