Gas grill run by natural gas!

[Retired LTC USAR]

I had always said that if I ever purchased a house that heated with natural gas, i would have a gas grill that used natural gas instead of propane.

When I we purchased our house some 13 years ago, it was heated using natural gas. About two years later when the grill were on ale in the fall, I purchased a Duquane gas grill and had it converted to "cook" using natural gas. All that had to be done was to change the jets.

Had it put on my deck and a plumber ran the line from the meter to the grill. The nice thing is that I never run out of gas.

Any one else use natural gas to power their grill?

 

[safearm]

I use LP for the stove top, hot water heater, and central heat. I also have a plumbed-in line that leads to the patio where I can connect my grill. It's not the same as a natural gas service like you have, but it's just as convienient, i.e., no swapping tanks.

 

[cass]

Yep, when we lived in the city, our home had a natural gas outlet on the patio. We bought a grill that was already set for natural gas, and it was OK. I still preferred to do steaks and burgers over charcoal. There's just something about wood.

 

[2152hq]

My step son has his set up and running on NG on his back deck. The gas outlet pipe and hook up was all ready there when he bought the place so the previous owner was likely using it as well.
He likes it and uses it all the time. He especially likes the convenience of not having any propane cylinders to mess with.

If I found I had such a convenient hook up like that, I'd probably go back to bullet casting. I'm not much of a grillin' guy.

 

[mkk41]

Did it at my Dads house. Had to re-jet the grill for nat-gas.

 

[dmar]

A few years ago, I put in an outdoor fireplace, with a built in natural gas grill on one side, and a slate counter on the other; works great! Gotta love never having to fill up a propane tank...

 

[longranger]

10 Firehouses in the city I worked in had NG BBQ's,not impressed with the flavor they impart.Charcoal is my first choice.

 

[Farmer17]

I know some people who got a $500 gas bill in the middle of summer because their grill had a leak and no one new about it. Changing propane cylinders takes under a minute, so I think I'll just play it safe.

 

[tripledipper]

Live in an all electric house but got connected to NG anyway just for my fireplace and grill. Love them both.

 

[HAWKEYE10]

I have a natural gas grill now and like it very much. Before this one I had a grill that ran on LP. One of the 500 gallon tanks. It's been 30 years or so and never a problem. Don

 

[Frank237]

We just converted to LP for the heat in our home. Had our heating Guy plumb a quick disconnect LP line to the back deck. Now NO MORE propane bottles. And the grill is now so much lighter to roll around too.

 

[Bob R]

Growing up in Oklahoma we had NG grill, a gas light in the yard and some houses even had NG central air conditioning unit. Of course, that was back when they were practically paying you to use the stuff.

bob

 

[mtgianni]

I have had a gas grill for 10+ years now. But I also run a gas boiler, water heater, fireplace, dryer, stove and lead melting pot. As a gasman with a couple of utilities since 1980 I have seen few problems other than not turning them off. I shut mine off when I am done both at the grill and with the ball valve at the patio decking.

 

[ladder13]

Keep the grill AWAY from the house.

 

[BarbC]

I heard of someone who looked out at his patio one cold snowy day to see that no snow was sticking to his natural-gas grill. He had forgotten to shut it off after the last cookout 2 months ago.

 

[rburg]

I swore I was going to do that when we moved in here in May. Haven't gotten around to it yet. Could be that I go past a fill station where it only costs $10 to fill the 20# tank, and we're still working on the first one.

My plan was grand. I was going to take the extra Tee I had put in and run a gas line out toward the deck. Put in another Tee and a shut off for the fireplace. I wanted to use gas as a starter, like CrackerBarrel does. Then extend the line outside, with 2 more legs. One over to the grill and the other so I could set up a firepit. The kind that uses broken glass like windshields and where the flame kind of jumps around. My one kids FIL has offered to do the dirty work, and I guess I should take him up on it.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I have one of these. Doesn't need to be refilled.

 

[HGWT]

I have my gas grill and gas fire pit hook to natural gas. I have quick disconnects to each so I can move the fire pit to different area in the backyard. Works out real well!

 

[goldenlight]

When I bought my house in 1979, it came with a dual (two separate burners, top, etc) natural gas grill, just outside the back door.

I have has to replace the burner itself twice, and i took parts of one side to fix the other, but it still works.

It's nice to just turn it on and cook on it!

Barbecue doesn't taste as good as when it's cooked over charcoal, but it's really convenient!

I've cooked on it in January, when the outside temperature was 20F.

It takes longer to cook, but it sure is nice!