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Be careful smoking them pigs or the pigs will come and smoke you!

 d-usa wrote:
Be careful smoking them pigs or the pigs will come and smoke you!

Nietzsche BBQ?

 Nevelon wrote:

 d-usa wrote:
Be careful smoking them pigs or the pigs will come and smoke you!

Nietzsche BBQ?

Yes, a true Übermensch doesn't care about his smoke getting to the neighbours, but defines his own morals by BBQ'ing, so that he may properly celebrate the death of God.

You're good.

I'd only be upset if I could smell it, it smelled good and then I wasn't invited over!

 Alpharius wrote:
I'd only be upset if I could smell it, it smelled good and then I wasn't invited over!

That's what I was thinking. Me lodging a complaint or not would hinge fully on whether or not I was invited over to enjoy said barbecued meats.

Ah the old "invite all the neighbors to the party so no one will call the cops" trick!

 Hordini wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
I'd only be upset if I could smell it, it smelled good and then I wasn't invited over!

That's what I was thinking. Me lodging a complaint or not would hinge fully on whether or not I was invited over to enjoy said barbecued meats.

Damn the sense of entitlement is strong in this place. Folks think they are entitled to the BBQ I make and threaten no-knock police raids in retaliation for not getting what they want.

By the way, just put sauce on the ribs. I'm going to let that set then they'll come off in about 30 minutes. Then I'll allow the temp to get a bit higher so I can do some sausages too!

My daughter was about 150 meters from the smoker feeding the horses when I put on the sauce and the smell got her running over hoping for a taste.

 d-usa wrote:
It could be understandable depending on how frequently it is a problem. Smoke smell is just like any other smell, be it from trash, burning brush, pile of poop, and it can become a nuisance.

Yep, as with many things it is a question of extent that requires a subjective judgement. A normal sized weekend barbecue is fine, but multiple cook offs a week producing very heavy smoke on a neighbour's property is not. Where this issue falls on that scale is unknown, and so deciding who is in the right is beyond us.

The issue here, though, is that the internet doesn't really do questions of extent, and it certainly doesn't consider the idea of subjective judgement.

My neighbor was on his way to the dump when he noticed a truck,heading the same way, ahead of him had a brand new looking smoker on it.

He honked his horn and flashed his lights, causing the guy driving the truck to pull over. He pulled up and asked the guy if he was getting rid of it, got the affirmative, and immediately offered $25 for it.

That was a couple years ago and that thing works a treat. It turned out the guy had gotten a bigger smoker and couldn't be bothered to list that one, which he had paid a few hundred for.

 sebster wrote:

The issue here, though, is that the internet doesn't really do questions of extent, and it certainly doesn't consider the idea of subjective judgement.

Agreed. It could very well be that the "offender" in this case was a guy who didn't know how to properly grill (burning meat too much), or was constantly cooking on the grill (a forgivable offense, even here where I live, I'll fire up my propane grill 4-6 times a week because the interior of the house is too hot for heating food otherwise).

It could also be that the neighbor is just a gakky neighbor. During my middle and high school years, we lived in a trailer park, with signs on one side of the street saying "No Parking". It so happened that I lived on the parking side of the street. Our crappy next door neighbor put up signs in their window (as if visitors are supposed to read that crap) telling people not to park infront of their house. Even if people weren't blocking a sidewalk, or driveway, that fat PoS neighbor would hall her sorry fat behind out of the house quicker than Usain Bolt if you stopped your car in front of her house (which you were legally entitled to do, if you were visiting someone and there wasn't enough parking otherwise)

 Frazzled wrote:
Theoretically under good old common law, the smoke is a trespass to his neighbors.

Me, if someone nearby is grilling and their barbeque smoke is wafting over, they are just being neighborly and allowing me to partake in this joyous event. Mmmm so hungry now.

After finishing the bar exam today, I am weirdly comforted by someone talking about common law trespass on Dakka Dakka.