Lp to Natural gas for BBQ

[Paul Olmsted]

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.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

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.

[Doug Miller]

.. at substantially higher prices, of course.

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

[Dan Espen]

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.

[Toller]

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.

[Tony Hwang]

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.

[PDQ]

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.

[Rudy]

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

R

[Edwin Pawlowski]

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

[Don Wiss]

Or this one?

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

[George]

Possibly but the quality will be similar.

[PDQ]

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.

[PipeDown]

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]

Hey Pipe;

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