I take extra steps to avoid prolonged direct exposure to the one very specific thing that renders me violently ill.
I do go to cookouts, and as long as I avoid being outside or near the grills, nobody even needs to know I have a problem.When my neighbors grill, I just make certain my windows are closed, and my candles or scented tarts are burning.
It would not occur to me to make my problem an issue for my neighbors.
+I do not love the smell of “barbecue” (Charcoal and lighter fluid fumes sicken me instantly, almost like an allergy, but it’s more a mental than physical reaction)+
No real griller uses lighter fluid unless you like kerosene infused meat. You use a metal charcoal ‘chimney’ starter which holds about 3-4 lbs of charcoal and light paper under it. It adds about 20 minutes to grill preparation, but adds no chemicals to alter flavor (don’t use newspaper, I use white paper towels or white rolled paper). As far as the smell of the charcoal itself I have no answer, I use mesquite charcoal and just smell mesquite, but smoke sensitivity would make any combustible breathed in evoke an allergic reaction.
I don’t like it when I can smell my neighbor’s grill.
I know they’ll probably be eating better than me that evening.
“Charcoal and lighter fluid “....hate to tell ya but that ain’t BBQ that’s some kind of grillin not done well
That is because you have class.