charcoal, hot ash, smudge pots.......no... a bonfire!
but not just one bonfire ... TWO bonfires!!!
if it was in his back yard he could have used hot water bladders.
he would have to trade the bladders out every few hours, but still ...
There are so many stupid people in Illinois, that if you have average intelligence, you are ahead of the game and / or shunned because you have a clue. In this case bonfire man did not.