lots of factors, and will have time to choose the actual grill, i mostly
wanted to make sure i wasn't being silly to get it done for the fitting part
when that phase is in play, purchasing the actual grill is a whole 'nother
kettle of fish,

thanks, Lee
"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2011-03-02, Storrmmee > wrote:
>> it seems that there is nothing but positive comments, and while we might
>> have to wait on the actual grill for a time, getting the fittings done
>> when
>
> The only downside I can think of is, propane burns hotter. So, if you
> are going to use a grill designed for natural gas, shouldn't be a
> problem. OTOH, If you plan to convert a propane grill to natural gas,
> you may not get the heat output you expect.
>
> Also, it's been my experience in the past, all grills are not created
> equal. Some are just cheap junk. Also, consider there are two basic
> designs. One type simply heats via gas burner, like a gas oven
> broiler. Metal plates between the grills and the burner keep grease
> and such off the burner. The other design generates heat by heating
> lava rocks above the burner. The rocks radiate heat and run
> interference to all the fats/juices. If you get the metal plate kind,
> you may be locked in.
>
> We had a cheapo gas grill that used lava rocks, but came with a
> miserly amt of the rocks. It wouldn't get as hot as I wanted for some
> things, like searing steaks, both because there weren't enough rocks
> absorbing/radiating heat and cuz the rocks level was way below the
> grills. Fortunately, I was able to simply add more lava rocks and
> solved the problem. Not sure you could do that with the metal plate
> design. I suspect some metal plate designs would benefit from
> addition of lava rocks, but it would depend on the how that particular
> plate model was designed.
>
> Some things to consider.
>
> nb