Go back to wood :)
I have had the displeasure of cooking on propane and natural gas at
friends houses, the natural gas units always seem to get much hotter
than propane and also had better flame/heat control. If the end of the
world was coming and there were no more trees the only thing I would
personally consider is gas. Assuming you got a gas unit, look into your
supply line, when I moved in here I had a gas line out to my garage and
it was too small for my heater because of the distance we had to put in
a larger line for the heater, you seem to have the same symptoms with
your outdoor cooking unit (its not a BBQ unless its wood :) sorry could
not resist). Gas just seems way better than Propane, apologies to Hank
of King of the Hill.
mike (2 wood BBQs, one Charcoal and one wood Pizza Oven so you know
I am biased)
On 4/1/2011 8:05 PM, Jim Stone wrote:
> I will soon be replacing my BBQ grill and need to decide if I should stay with
> natural gas or switch to propane. This may seem like a strange thing to
> ponder, given the fact that we already have a gas line in place, but our
> experience to date with natural gas is less than satisfactory. There was
> already a grill on our porch when we bought the house, a big old Charbroil.
> It worked ok, but never seemed to get quite as hot as our old propane grill
> had. The Charbroil gave up the ghost at about the same time as my parents
> moved and we were given their relatively new (circa 2005) Weber Genesis grill
> that also ran on natural gas. We have never been happy with that; it just
> doesn't get hot enough to do a good job with steaks and burgers. Worse than
> the Charbroil. My mother also complained about this when they had it.
>
> I've researched gas grills online and find fairly consistent pros and cons,
> but lower heat output doesn't seem to be one of the cons associated with
> natural gas. Does anyone on this list have experience with natural gas? Have
> I just had bad luck with the two natural gas grills I've owned? I certainly
> like never having to run out and get tanks refilled, but don't want to buy an
> expensive grill that can't cook a great steak.
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