Lp to Natural gas for BBQ

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thats who did the job..works fine

You get what you pay for. You won't find this at HD or Lowes.

Or this one?

Possibly but the quality will be similar.

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.

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.

Hey Pipe;

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