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Shawn Martin[_5_]

Joseph Meehan wrote:
> wrote:
>
>>Theres a discussion on alt.home repair, about convertiung natural gas
>>grills to propane. My experience is the propane contains more BTUs and
>>seers steaks better.
>>
>>A good friend works at sears and reports they hate selling natural gas
>>grills, since so many get returned with not hot enough complaints.
>>
>>So I would appreciate the experts here at the barbecue group to give
>>us their opinions.
>>
>>my opinion is that even with different orfices propane will be hotter
>>thn natural gas.....
>
>
> I would suggest that the difference in fuel is about 3% of the equation
> and the difference of design is 97%. You don't use the same orifice for
> both fuels so the results should be very similar.
>

Agreed. If proper orifice is used for either gas, they "should" put out
roughly the same heat. BTUs