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Don't play with the food on the grill. Flip it once (or twice if need be), that's all.

Be careful. Once your grill gets used you can have one heck of a grease fire and destroy your grill.
I singed my face as a 10 year old (but that was leaving fires on while closing tank valve instead of closing valve then lighting new fire to burn out excess)

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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #460 on: April 27, 2021, 08:13:21 PM »
How much should a plumber charge if no burying but going through brick?
Fwiw, Last time I asked going through brick running 15 ft was about 1k.

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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #461 on: April 27, 2021, 08:19:17 PM »
Natural Gas has nearly 1/2 the energy by volume of propane, so to get the same BTU you'd need to pump double the NG through the burner then the propane.

The way this is usually done is by changing the tiny orifices that feed the propane to the burners to ones with larger opening that feed more fuel volume per second.
Usually these replacement orifices are sized to get you the same final BTU, but sometimes they will be too small, for example if the gas line running to the grill has less flow then anticipated.

It may be possible to either adjust the flow rate with a screw under the burner knobs, or failing that drill out the orifices a touch bigger to make back the lost BTU.

My Nexgrill was able to be adjusted to higher flames with the knob adjusted.

Another benefit of NG is that it rises up instead of sinking like propane, so if you leave it running it'll disperse vs filling your yard/area with flammable gas.

disclaimer: gas is dangerous, get a pro to vet your plan before mucking around.
i had a plumber do the conversion and he did drill the orifices.

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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #462 on: April 27, 2021, 08:21:22 PM »
Fwiw, Last time I asked going through brick running 15 ft was about 1k.
OUCH!!! Line up ten customers and I will fly out and do it for half that.  :)
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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #463 on: April 27, 2021, 08:22:28 PM »
i had a plumber do the conversion and he did drill the orifices.
Did you have a conversion kit or just drill the LP orifices?
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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #464 on: April 27, 2021, 08:27:28 PM »
OUCH!!! Line up ten customers and I will fly out and do it for half that.  :)
Don’t u have to use copper (or other expensive pipe) when running ng?

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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #466 on: April 27, 2021, 08:40:50 PM »
Did you have a conversion kit or just drill the LP orifices?
latter. weber doesn't make a conversion kit

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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #467 on: April 27, 2021, 08:48:28 PM »
latter. weber doesn't make a conversion kit
Good thing I bought NG to begin with.  :)
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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #468 on: April 27, 2021, 08:49:25 PM »
Good thing I bought NG to begin with.  :)
I bought propane because my apartment didn't have a line. I bought my house solely because it did have a line.

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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #469 on: April 27, 2021, 08:50:10 PM »
I bought propane because my apartment didn't have a line. I bought my house solely because it did have a line.

You bought your house because of a gas line?

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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #470 on: April 27, 2021, 09:00:59 PM »
You bought your house because of a gas line?
that and the Japanese weeping tree in the yard

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« Reply #471 on: April 27, 2021, 09:26:15 PM »
that and the Japanese weeping tree in the yard
That would seal the deal for me.  :)
I have a Japanese maple that is coming back to life.
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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #472 on: April 27, 2021, 10:24:43 PM »
Fwiw, Last time I asked going through brick running 15 ft was about 1k.
Wow. I was quoted $500 and I'm looking for more estimates

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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #473 on: April 27, 2021, 10:27:48 PM »
Wow. I was quoted $500 and I'm looking for more estimates
Is you gas line easy to get at. Maybe going to an oven, furnace or water heater?
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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #474 on: April 27, 2021, 10:41:03 PM »
Is you gas line easy to get at. Maybe going to an oven, furnace or water heater?
Gas cooktop is right behind the wall

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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #475 on: April 27, 2021, 11:01:07 PM »
I bought propane because my apartment didn't have a line. I bought my house solely because it did have a line.
That's awesome, did you put in an outdoor kitchen?
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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #476 on: April 27, 2021, 11:04:51 PM »
Gas cooktop is right behind the wall
Easy to get at the piping? If so you are looking at two hours max. Some piping and a hook up kit will be under 100.
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Re: All About Grilling
« Reply #477 on: April 27, 2021, 11:05:02 PM »
That's awesome, did you put in an outdoor kitchen?
maybe one day. for now i'm happy with my weber and pellet grill

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« Reply #478 on: April 27, 2021, 11:13:25 PM »
Easy to get at the piping? If so you are looking at two hours max. Some piping and a hook up kit will be under 100.
Idk. Guess I'll find out when the plumber comes next week...

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« Reply #479 on: April 27, 2021, 11:18:50 PM »
...pellet grill
Is that like a smoker?
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