>>116876fire rules can depend on location, fire bans due to droughts, or at the discretion of the land owner. your best bet is to call whatever organization monitors that sort of thing where you live...chances are though if everyone's doing it its either allowed or rarely enforced.
we usually just roll with an EZ grill, buddy found them on sale for $2.50 (reg 5-6 bucks) and bought out the store's whole stock. great for cooking burgs and dogs. small fish make great snacks too, cooked up a perch with my steak the other day...mainland surf and turf!