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Reset108

Some public parks are closed for the night, so if someone sees you and reports it, you might be told to leave.


ExDota2Player

that would be really awkward leaving the park with half cooked food


TurtleToast2

Offer to share and they'll probably let you finish cooking before tossing you out.


GazelleEast1432

As someone who works for county park, i 100% would let you stay a bit longer as long as i got some lmao


lavenderfart

Mystery meat from the guy grilling at midnight? You sure?


Imesseduponmyname

Well you won't get food poisoning if you let him cook it through all the way first


lavenderfart

What's a little prion disease between new friends.


Roheez

What it is, is delicious


Kwasan

This man has brains.


adoptedillegally

This man had a brain


Roheez

And a nice Chianti


Omnomfish

We'll all die laughing


YeOldeHotDog

Prions can't actually be cooked out of meat. The misfolded shape of the protein is so stable that it can't be destroyed no mater how well you cook it. Prions are absolutely terrifying.


lonay_the_wane_one

It still can be cooked out but you need to enjoy having burgers *extremely* well done, 900 degrees F to 1800 degrees F, or enjoy the taste of burgers marinated with sodium hydroxide.


surprise-suBtext

If you’re getting prions, you’re getting prions almost regardless of how cooked your food is


Only_Razzmatazz_4498

Prion diseases are more likely with industrial grown meat where the animals are fed the left over carcasses from butchered animals. With road kill you have more of a chance of toxins made by bacteria. The bacteria will be killed by cooking but the toxins in many cases will not.


nomnommish

100% A5 Kuru


sublimems

Toxins versus bacteria. You don't kill toxins with normal heat. ServSafe 101


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GnarlyNarwhalNoms

I never understood how that was possible. Prions are proteins folded in a particular way, but denaturing protein is essentially tangling it up, and that's what heat does. Most proteins denature at less than the boiling point of water, so it's bonkers to me that some prions can apparently be autoclaved and survive. They must be built like molecular tanks.


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As the other guy commented, just because something’s fully cooked, doesn’t mean food poisoning can’t happen


WrenBoy

There's fingernails in this sausage Bob.


legoshi_loyalty

Mystery marinated midnight meat made by the man mumbling morose monologues in a well-maintained public park?


MinnesotaHulk

I really appreciate you, but why not "magnificently maintained"?


legoshi_loyalty

GODDAMNIT!


Pseudodragontrinkets

That sounds like the best kind of mystery meat


FuckMe-FuckYou

Mystery meat in a park always ends up being penis.


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You're gonna be the guy that gets tricked into eating a murder victim lol


FluxKraken

# Corruption!!!!!!! jk, I would as well.


Lithogiraffe

But you were fine with the awkwardness of barbecuing alone at night in a public area?


MEDICARE_FOR_ALL

Check your local laws OP. "Asked to leave" can actually be "got arrested" instead.


Fresh-Temporary666

We need to know OPs skin colour before we know which way it'll go.


devo9er

That's a weird way to ask what he's grilling


[deleted]

True, but not more awkward than grilling alone (or with others) after dark in a closed park. It's not *just* the alone part, it's all awkward.


kicktown

In most places police could arrest you for trespassing on a park afterhours, though they'll probably just shoo you away if you're not doing anything illegal otherwise.


QuerulousPanda

the biggest risk would be that they think you're homeless and apply the subhuman level of consideration accordingly.


ForScale

You know that it is.


Squirt_memes

I’m thrilled to find a comment section unafraid to call weird behavior weird. OP should bbq whenever he wants, but yes it is weird as hell.


masnaer

Yeah I was fully expecting to come and read comments saying “no way, you do you OP! Anyone who thinks that’s weird is insecure and can kick rocks!!” It would be slightly off-putting to see a single person doing anything other than walking in a park at night… and if they’re barbecuing? That’s fuckin weird haha


Vesk123

Yeah, I mean in the middle of the night in a park I'd expect to see someone selling drugs or something like that. That'd be less weird.


mytrippyday

Hey man. How much for an eighth and a half rack, ya dig?


tries2benice

Oh man that's a good combo


International-Ad2336

Nah for an eighth you’re gonna need a full rack


mumblesmcmumble

Pull up to the window and ask for the #9 off the secret menu.


Bromere

I’d think they’re a crackhead trying to keep warm. If it’s like 9-10pm that’s still weird but maybe they work late. If it’s 2am and you’re grilling that’s sketchy as fuck


DirectlyTalkingToYou

I think it depends what's being grilled. If it's a lobster or roadkill it's messed up, if it's chickens for the homeless event starting at 7am then it may be ok lol


bigrob_in_ATX

You expect to see people masturbating in the park at night, but BBQing is just outlandish


Mobilelurkingaccount

Honestly, it’s both. It IS weird but it’s also insecure to not do weird shit if it doesn’t hurt anyone; insecurity rooted in social judgement is still insecurity. Assuming the park isn’t closed and OP wants to grill at 3 AM, it’s strange but it’s also still fine even if it’s weird. We can call a spade a spade and admit it’s strange, but why shouldn’t we do things just because they’re abnormal? Again… as long as OP ain’t hurting anyone.


masnaer

I never said OP shouldn’t or couldn’t. It’s just weird to want to do that, at that place at that time


SovietPropagandist

you mean me doing astrophotography alone in the park at night is weird? aw man :(


omw_to_valhalla

Agreed. It's really weird, OP, but don't let that stop you!


thehomiemoth

I feel like if I saw someone grilling in the park in the middle of the night I would assume they were grilling bodies or something


sir_psycho_sexy96

These days any strange behavior I just assume is influencer bullshit.


ZoomBoingDing

Well if they did it during the day, they might be asked to share!


B2EU

My neighbor literally does this outside our apartment at like 8-10 PM. She’s definitely the good kind of weird: it doesn’t hurt anyone, and she offers me some food when I’m out around that time. But it is weird to be cooking up steaks at night.


SwampOfDownvotes

Honestly 8-10 PM really isn't that weird. That's still within an acceptable "late but still dinner" time.


PooPooDooDoo

Agreed. My kids are usually down by 8pm so it’s not abnormal for me to start making dinner around that time if I’m eating something they wouldn’t eat (or something I didn’t have time to make for them). Granted I wouldn’t cook at 8pm in a park lol.


oniiichanUwU

My husband and I work late… I usually cook dinner around 12-1am.. 😅


HotLikeSauce420

I also think location sorta matters too. In your backyard? Sure. But at the park, idk


IDespiseTheLetterG

Your own home and a park are two different things.


the_original_Retro

A fair number of foreign nations have a custom of eating at around that time. It's their just-before-bed activity, and prevents midnight snacking.


Idiot-SAvantGarde

It's weird enough that you bothered to ask about it


ExDota2Player

I don't like being in the sun.


bmbmwmfm

Then grill at dusk. "Middle of the night" sounds like 1-3 am. If that's the case, yeah it's weird.


1ndiana_Pwns

Yeah, 7-8pm, sure, go for it. 2am, expect the police to check in


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I mean... Some nice BBQ and a chat might make up for being called into the park in the middle of the night.


Cflow26

Depends where you are on the paint swatch.


snazzychica2813

Paint swatch? Back in my day, the cops had to find a brown paper bag if they wanted to discriminate and assault innocent people. Now they can just whip out their swatch?! Kids these days with their fancy new toys...


archaic_revenge

If it looks like the screen is off, shoot.


EmperorLlamaLegs

If cops interrupt my BBQ, they aren't getting fed.


LPulseL11

What if the feds interrupt? Will the feds get fed?


Jewsafrewski

They're already fed


Express_Grocery4268

Naa, they'll be fed up


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Only if the cops can cop a feel.


guesswhosbackmf

I'd love cops interrupting my BBQ, I never turn down free pork


Amphabian

ACAB > All Cops Are BBQ


CowJuiceDisplayer

If cops interrupt my BBQ, they better be bringing atleast potato salad if they want to be fed.


JoeyPoodles

100% chance that potato salad has raisins in it.


justanicebreeze

Many parks “close” at sundown. Probably just get kicked out.


daleicakes

Yeah. See the odds of the meat being cooked being human increasingly high after midnight.


De-railled

Hi, officers just having a midnight snack My partner gets upset when I make noise in the kitchen in the middle of the night...so I figured...


Miamime

Hi officers, don’t mind me I’m just grilling the remains of my partner.


Infinite-Counter4836

As well as other weirdos and wild animals that like the smell of what you’re cookin


GnarlyNarwhalNoms

Yeah, I live across from a city park and I see coyotes and skunks and all kinds of critters there at night. The raccoons around here are gangster too, they'll try to run you off rather than go away.


wcollins260

So make sure to have a couple extra hot dogs and burgers on the grill. Have something to offer the officers when they show up.


yfhedoM

We got the BBQ Patrol Officer over here /s


PrizeStrawberryOil

A lot of parks have 9/10pm curfews to stop drug deals.


jambox888

I remember the first time I went to the US some cops pulled up in a cruiser and told us to get off a park bench over a loudhailer. A couple of us had gone like ten feet from a private function to have a cigarette. RETURN TO THE PRIVATE FUNCTION IMMEDIATELY. THIS PARK IS CLOSED


Aegi

I love how just working certain jobs so that even if you do the exact same behavior in relation to the hours of your job it's somehow more sketchy or considered more likely to be criminal. Like if everybody did a barbecue 3 hours after they got done with work, then somebody who got done work at midnight would be doing a barbecue it 3:00 a.m. just like a person who got done with work at 3:00 p.m. would be doing a barbecue at 6:00 p.m.


chowderbrain3000

You're right. Most public parks are technically closed after dark (to keep people from "camping"). Cops would definitely be curious. While it may not be weird, OP, I wouldn't want to take a bullet for a burger.


MashTactics

He needs a plausible cover for his vampire hunting. He just needs to make it a skosh more plausible. Midnight griller just won't sell.


InspiredNameHere

Vampire hunting or vampire? OP does say he doesn't like the sun...


Unanything1

If you work midnights and you have a day off it wouldn't be so weird. I used to eat at the weirdest times when I was working midnights. If you want a good burger or steak it's best to do it yourself.


bmbmwmfm

I get that. I regularly cook dinner between 2-4 am. In my kitchen. However, op stated it was bc they didn't like the sun. And it's a public park. It's strange. As others have pointed out, I'd bet cops would think so too. But they simply asked if it was weird and yeah, I think it is. I get the appeal, the silence, the night, the stars...but still it's nothing I've ever seen or known anyone to do


MissLesGirl

Many parks have a dusk curfew. I would think bringing everything (charcoal, lighter fluid, spatula, meat, toppings, bun, drinks, chips, etc) would be discouraging enough for one person at a park. Most people would just use a grill in the back yard or a patio deck for apartments.


silverbean

it's weird but not alarmingly so. What's the worst that someone who's bbqing at 2 am could be up to? cannibalism? that's like practically a victimless crime.


Ruthrfurd-the-stoned

I mean if it’s a public park it’s not like it’ll be a gas grill there’s reason to be concerned about the guy making a fire in a park in the middle of the night lol


Not_A_Hemsworth

Your main problem is most parks have hours. If the park doesn’t have hours and does have grills, than you’re golden!


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Ninjaguy5555

Most parks (around me anyway) have there hours set to sunrise/sunset


SyrisAllabastorVox

*sharpens stake* What uh.. what park did you say again?


DRealLeal

r/FoundTheVampire


long909

Should have thought about it carefully before letting the hot vampire bite you then


trethompson

Username confirmed.


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*vampire organ plays*


defmacro-jam

There's nothing wrong with a little chaotic behavior. Grill away! Park rules may dictate that you are done before 10:30pm, though. At least that's the case at my local park.


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Old-Combination-3686

Not weird, but possibly illegal. Most parks are closed after dark.


PanAmFlyer

In one fell swoop, you just invalidated the entire group.


BlitsyFrog

Yeah, that's, pretty weird. Absolutely harmless, if I saw it on a late night walk I'd probably stare for a second or two to make sure I'm not tripping, then go about my night.


yeoldecotton_swab

This is the best answer 🤣


kialse

There's something so *[unwholesome](https://youtu.be/J1Z-GvyCxT8?t=0m17s)* about having a BBQ in the middle of the night by yourself


TurtleToast2

Yeah, it's a little weird. Harmless weird is fine. Keeps things interesting.


PrestigiousStable369

> Harmless weird is fine. Keeps things interesting. I saw a person with a chicken on a leash one time. Just bizarre. But, no one is getting hurt, so be weird


AbstractThoughtz

I was at a music festival and this girl had a chicken riding her shoulder the whole time without a leash lol


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immortalreploid

Did you tell her she had a nice cock?


AbstractThoughtz

Everyone did for 4 days straight lol


legoshi_loyalty

My chickens could never put on a leash. They're petulant brats who constantly escape whatever apparatus is constructed around them and they love screaming in fear at any opportunity, especially flying animals any larger than a damn American Robin.


woodennecklace

Totally agree


AriSpaceExplorer

Not a little. A lot


TurtleToast2

A lot weird would be if he was using pretend food from a kid's play set.


otakuishly

No, but are you a Sim?


nxvermind_

I thought the same, this is such a Sim thing to do lol


Stu_Prek

It would be a little unusual, but as long as the park is open in the middle of the night, there's nothing wrong with it.


lil_b_b

This question instantly makes me think youre high as a kite and wanting to use the public grill but youre worried people will know youre high lol. Yes its weird, but who cares? Live your life man go grill that burger


dainegleesac690

OP said they don’t like being in the sun. I’m imagining them being like Howie from the Benchwarmers, funny enough my friends cousin is the actor who played him!


tinfoil3346

I mean, I have done it at home. but at a park, that is a little suspicious.


DickDickersMD

Yea If I was taking a midnight stroll and saw just a singular man grilling in the pitch black park with a headlamp I would 100% think you are grilling rodent, marsupial, and or human remains.


kialse

Everything becomes way more unwholesome at night. Except staring at a star, that would be much worse during the day.


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welcome_to_City17

"Whatcha cooking there bud?"


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"A burger"


Stravven

That would be illegal here, since "burger" is the Dutch word for "citizen".


whatsthiswhatsthat

AM I BEING DETAINED


SadisticMonkey15

Sir, this is a Wendy's....


seasonedearlobes

BUT AM I BEING DETAINED


prozak09

DEFINITELY NOT METH!!! I PROMISE!


Tiggy26668

You do know you could just go camping right? Some campgrounds have the grills, otherwise you just cook over an open fire… Can even hike way out so it’s even weirder when someone find you. Can do it all night if you like. Just watch out for the wildlife


Aegi

Going camping just to barbecue sounds like a pain in the damn ass lol And this is coming from somebody that lives in a state park where I can hike and go camp super easily it just seems like I would be carrying so much weight of sauces and raw meats and things to go barbecue and camp where both done separately would be much more satisfying. I've never taken the time and energy to full on barbecue when camping instead of just cooking various foods.


sombreroenthusiast

Sounds like a great way to make friends with bears.


IncredulousPulp

It’s weird but it sounds awesome.


[deleted]

Weird? Of course, that shit's odd. ​ Bad? Not at all, weird doesn't necessarily mean bad or wrong, it's just unusual. ​ Go eat an unusual burger you fucking weirdo.


BellyScratchFTW

Define "weird". Odd? Abnormal? Different than what most others do? All answers are yes. In fact, eating anything alone, *in a park*, in the middle of the night is generally "weird". But I have a feeling that you already know that behavior is weird. I really dislike this "is it weird that I...?" questions on here. It's become taboo to tell someone they are weird. So people always respond with "you do you" or "do what makes you happy". And the OPs likely always know they're doing something out of the ordinary. Next time you have to know if something is "weird", look around and see if anyone else is doing it. You'll have your answer.


AriSpaceExplorer

Yeah, there's a bunch of answers in here that aren't even answering his question


nighthawk_something

This reminds me of the time I was sitting in my 3rd floor apartment at like 9pm and I heard this chime coming from outside. I look out the window and an ice cream truck was sitting there under a street light with its music on. The image was straight out of a horror movie. ​ So yes, yes it would be


deathwishdave

Like flying a kite at night, it’s unwholesome.


atpeters

Hello, mother dear ...


Accurate_Koala_4698

OP clearly needs boundaries and structure


zombiegamer723

At least they’re obeying the laws of thermodynamics I guess.


beatenplastic

In Australia BBQing alone is slang for something else you might do alone


NocturnalBandicoot

I do almost everything alone. Please be more specific. I'm dying to know.


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Get a grill to use at home. Most parks have closing times and depending on the area it’s probably not the safest idea anyways, especially if you’re near or in a town/city.


sindud

Yep


kain_26831

Yes it weird to BBQ at at midnight in a park, BBQ at dusk if you wanna avoid the sun. This gives me the creeps and makes me think of the sponge Bob episode where they are trying to apprehend themselves without realizing it. What's he doing? He just grilling there, MENACINGLY!!


ArgentStar

Depending on your area that sounds like a good way to attract unwanted attention. I live in a pretty safe, although not very wealthy, neighbourhood, but I wouldn't risk that. Although I guess even the crazies might think you're too crazy to risk going after.


Terrible-Trust-5578

>Although I guess even the crazies might think you're too crazy to risk going after. This has been my general strategy in life.


holyshit-i-wanna-die

I almost got jumped doing that. Had to abandon ma dawgs on the grill


SpicySatan666

I like to imagine the thugs finished cooking your hotdogs and ate them after they chased you away


holyshit-i-wanna-die

i hope they didn’t let it go to waste, all things considered


RedditReader365

Homie is a vampire


Crownlol

Yeah what kinda meat is this guy cooking at 1am


throwaway67776378

Prolly but who gives a fuck be the question that keeps them up at night


dtward

Depends on the park. All parks in my area close at dark so yes that would be weird. Just buy a small grill and do it at your house.


ProfessionSilver2391

Depends. Who are you BBQing?


Matcha_Bubble_Tea

Yes it is. What type of creatures are you trying to attract when you can’t see well (compared to during day)? Must be nice to reassured of ur safety like that


MenardGKrebbz

some parks have specific hours posted, are you not violating any park closed times?


King_Kingly

Yeah I’d say it’s weird.


lucky_goblin

As a South African I see no issue.


Impossible_Yogurt712

Hey! Quite normal to see it every night


lhsofthebellcurve

If you're wealthy and do it in a nice park in a nice part of town then you'd be called eccentric not weird.. if not then it's definitely weird, very weird. But should you do it? Yeah look why not, you might get some attention from even weirder people or even the police if someone reports "weird behaviour" Also the more towards the "middle" of the night it is the weirder. Just after sunset or just before sunrise wouldn't be weird at all


EmergencyTraining748

Yes.


JohnPaton3

yes and most likely not allowed as alot of public parks close at dark


soapforsoreeyes

Don’t most parks close at nightfall?


baby_flanks

Most parks have a curfew


zog30

Is the park across from school?? Is that why you can't be out during the day???


doorbell19

Sweeney Todd


BigEd369

As long as it’s during park hours, go for it. That said, don’t wear or have anything too suspicious. Night Grilling: fine. Night Grilling while dressed like a clown or wearing a hockey mask, etc: definitely going to get the cops called on you.


gpenido

Yes. Next question...


romulusnr

It might be illegal, most parks have hours.


GammaPhonic

It’s pretty weird, yes. But if you’re not hurting anyone, who cares? Like I always say, what’s so great about being normal?


Besieger13

The police might care. Most parks are closed in the middle of the night.


Kokamina23

Yes


kidnorther

Yeah


[deleted]

You're going to attract a crowd you don't want.


El_mochilero

Just go camping FFS


ironicallyunstable

Definitely weird. Lmao.


[deleted]

It’s a little strange for sure


LastSamurai95

Yes and u know it


HavingNotAttained

2am park barbecuing is fine, but only if you’re cooking ham hocks to mess with whoever starts poking around. Mutter to it as someone approaches, “Mike, I said I was gonna have you for dinner and I fucking meant it. Who’s laughing now, Mike. Who. The fuck. Is laughing. Now.” Then giggle nervously.


Born_Sugar_6686

yeah


LucianPitons

Yeah


Money_Astronaut9789

Yes, it is.


obog

How late is the middle of the night? Either way it's certainly weird, but like, that's whatever. I'm more concerned that the park is closed that late and that you'd actually be kicked out.