Was looking at Lowes this morning at bigger BBQ's. I thought I'd like to
have one I could connect to the house Natural gas with a quick connect. Can
you convert these BBQ's? They do have a commercial one that is Natural gas
but about $100 more. But maybe if converting an LP to Natural would run
about the same, maybe it wouldn't be worth doing it. The commercial was also
bigger than I want. I'm just tired of dealing with the tanks. Thanks.

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Paul O.

"Paul Olmsted" wrote in message
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Was looking at Lowes this morning at bigger BBQ's. I thought I'd like to
have one I could connect to the house Natural gas with a quick connect.
Can you convert these BBQ's? They do have a commercial one that is Natural
gas but about $100 more. But maybe if converting an LP to Natural would
run about the same, maybe it wouldn't be worth doing it. The commercial
was also bigger than I want. I'm just tired of dealing with the tanks.
Thanks.

Most every brand makes a kit for conversion. Check out the web page of the
one you are interested in. Go to some place other than Lowes for a good
selection of quality grills instead of the mass market stuff. Propane
dealers and some garden shops carry better quality brands.

In article , "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:

"Paul Olmsted" wrote in message
m...
Was looking at Lowes this morning at bigger BBQ's. I thought I'd like to
have one I could connect to the house Natural gas with a quick connect.
Can you convert these BBQ's? They do have a commercial one that is Natural
gas but about $100 more. But maybe if converting an LP to Natural would
run about the same, maybe it wouldn't be worth doing it. The commercial
was also bigger than I want. I'm just tired of dealing with the tanks.
Thanks.

Most every brand makes a kit for conversion. Check out the web page of the
one you are interested in. Go to some place other than Lowes for a good
selection of quality grills instead of the mass market stuff. Propane
dealers and some garden shops carry better quality brands.

... at substantially higher prices, of course.

There is a much wider selection of much better grills at Home Depot than at
Lowes.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

"Paul Olmsted" writes:

Was looking at Lowes this morning at bigger BBQ's. I thought I'd like to
have one I could connect to the house Natural gas with a quick connect. Can
you convert these BBQ's? They do have a commercial one that is Natural gas
but about $100 more. But maybe if converting an LP to Natural would run
about the same, maybe it wouldn't be worth doing it. The commercial was also
bigger than I want. I'm just tired of dealing with the tanks. Thanks.

I'm surprised more people don't go this route.

I got mine online at Dickson Supply.

I don't think a conversion is the right way to go.
Most of the bottled gas models are on wheels.
With NG you want something that doesn't move around.

"Paul Olmsted" wrote in message
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Was looking at Lowes this morning at bigger BBQ's. I thought I'd like to
have one I could connect to the house Natural gas with a quick connect.
Can you convert these BBQ's? They do have a commercial one that is Natural
gas but about $100 more. But maybe if converting an LP to Natural would
run about the same, maybe it wouldn't be worth doing it. The commercial
was also bigger than I want. I'm just tired of dealing with the tanks.
Thanks.

I found it was cheaper to buy a natural gas grill than to try to convert a
LP grill.
I suspect they only make expensive ones in NG because that is what sells.

Paul Olmsted wrote:

Was looking at Lowes this morning at bigger BBQ's. I thought I'd like to
have one I could connect to the house Natural gas with a quick connect. Can
you convert these BBQ's? They do have a commercial one that is Natural gas
but about $100 more. But maybe if converting an LP to Natural would run
about the same, maybe it wouldn't be worth doing it. The commercial was also
bigger than I want. I'm just tired of dealing with the tanks. Thanks.

Hi,
Up here in Canada, NG ones are about $50.00 more. Just buy a model made
for NG hook up. My gas outlet was already on my patio w/ball valve. I
just installed quick connect fitting with a length of hose. I can move
around the BBQ quite a bit. No more lugging around tank to refill.

"Paul Olmsted" wrote in message ...
| Was looking at Lowes this morning at bigger BBQ's. I thought I'd like to
| have one I could connect to the house Natural gas with a quick connect. Can
| you convert these BBQ's? They do have a commercial one that is Natural gas
| but about $100 more. But maybe if converting an LP to Natural would run
| about the same, maybe it wouldn't be worth doing it. The commercial was also
| bigger than I want. I'm just tired of dealing with the tanks. Thanks.
|
| --
| Paul O.
|
|
|

All you need to do is get a new orfice. NG is about 1/2 the btu output of propane so the orfice should be 2 times as large. There is a bit more to it than that so just reaming out the current orfice will not get the desired results. These changes usually cost about $40.

See your local BBQ dealer.

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PDQ

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All you need to do is get a new orfice. NG is about 1/2 the btu output of
propane so the orfice should be 2 times as large. There is a bit more to
it than that so just reaming out the current orfice will not get the
desired results. These changes usually cost about $40.

I took the 5 burner manifold from our "Aussie" grill into the local BBQ
shop and they drilled out our 5 old orifices to a larger size.

See your local BBQ dealer.

Thats who did the job..works fine

R

"Doug Miller" wrote in message

.. at substantially higher prices, of course.

There is a much wider selection of much better grills at Home Depot than
at
Lowes.

You get what you pay for. You won't find this at HD or Lowes.
http://www.napoleongrills.com/Websha.../Benefits.html

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:52:18 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message

.. at substantially higher prices, of course.

There is a much wider selection of much better grills at Home Depot than
at Lowes.

You get what you pay for. You won't find this at HD or Lowes.
http://www.napoleongrills.com/Websha.../Benefits.html

Or this one? http://www.rhpeterson.com/firemagic/

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Doug Miller wrote:


There is a much wider selection of much better grills at Home Depot than at
Lowes.


Possibly but the quality will be similar.

"Rudy" wrote in message news:s0C0g.30268$7a.24055@pd7tw1no...
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| All you need to do is get a new orfice. NG is about 1/2 the btu output of
| propane so the orfice should be 2 times as large. There is a bit more to
| it than that so just reaming out the current orfice will not get the
| desired results. These changes usually cost about $40.
|
| I took the 5 burner manifold from our "Aussie" grill into the local BBQ
| shop and they drilled out our 5 old orifices to a larger size.
|
| See your local BBQ dealer.
|
| Thats who did the job..works fine
|
| R
|
|

Just reaming out the orfice will allow enough NG to get to the burner, but, because the air/fuel mixture is not altered, the reamed barbie will not attain the desired temperatures.

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PDQ

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"PDQ" wrote in message
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"Rudy" wrote in message
news:s0C0g.30268$7a.24055@pd7tw1no...
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| All you need to do is get a new orfice. NG is about 1/2 the btu output
of
| propane so the orfice should be 2 times as large. There is a bit more to
| it than that so just reaming out the current orfice will not get the
| desired results. These changes usually cost about $40.
|
| I took the 5 burner manifold from our "Aussie" grill into the local BBQ
| shop and they drilled out our 5 old orifices to a larger size.
|
| See your local BBQ dealer.
|
| Thats who did the job..works fine
|
| R
|
|

Just reaming out the orfice will allow enough NG to get to the burner, but,
because the air/fuel mixture is not altered, the reamed barbie will not
attain the desired temperatures.

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PDQ

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You may also need to replace the valves so they operate over the desired
range. Since you need 2x as much NG. High on a propane knob will only be
medium with NG. It depends on your model. For highest efficiency, even the
holes in the burner should be considered.

"PipeDown" wrote in message ink.net...
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| "PDQ" wrote in message
| ...
| "Rudy" wrote in message
| news:s0C0g.30268$7a.24055@pd7tw1no...
| |
| | All you need to do is get a new orfice. NG is about 1/2 the btu output
| of
| | propane so the orfice should be 2 times as large. There is a bit more to
| | it than that so just reaming out the current orfice will not get the
| | desired results. These changes usually cost about $40.
| |
| | I took the 5 burner manifold from our "Aussie" grill into the local BBQ
| | shop and they drilled out our 5 old orifices to a larger size.
| |
| | See your local BBQ dealer.
| |
| | Thats who did the job..works fine
| |
| | R
| |
| |
|
| Just reaming out the orfice will allow enough NG to get to the burner, but,
| because the air/fuel mixture is not altered, the reamed barbie will not
| attain the desired temperatures.
|
| --
| PDQ
|
| --
|
| You may also need to replace the valves so they operate over the desired
| range. Since you need 2x as much NG. High on a propane knob will only be
| medium with NG. It depends on your model. For highest efficiency, even the
| holes in the burner should be considered.
|
|
|
|
|

Hey Pipe;

Nice to know there is somebody who actually agrees with me.

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PDQ

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