"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> "Denny Wheeler" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:07:19 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
>> wrote:
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>>>Use of gas is related to heat output. A grill capable of say, 30,000 Btu
>>>will use a given amount of fuel no matter the burner material,
>>>configuration, or shape.
>>
>> Well...that's sort of true. But sort of not. I work for a company
>> which makes one helluva lot of burners--we make wood, gas, and pellet
>> stoves and fireplaces.
>>
>> I promise you that it wouldn't be too hard to design a 30,000 BTU
>> grill that uses 2 or 3 times as much fuel as, say, a Weber 30,000 BTU
>> unit. Bad design's easy to do. :\
>>
>> So, what you said is true if we assume (and that's not necessarily a
>> good thing to do) that the burners are equally efficient--which of
>> course is dependent upon their being designed, and made, well.
>
> Uh, we can't change the laws of physics. It takes a given amount of fuel
> to make 30,000 Btu of heat. Not every grill will utilize that 30,000 Btu
> the same way, but every single one of them will use the same amount of
> fuel to generate it. I didn't write the laws of physics, but we all have
> to abide by them. Propane has 91,044 Btu per liquid gallon no matter how
> good or bad the burner is.
>
Edwin, isn't it BTU/surface area? When a large grill has 36K BTU doesn't it
heat to a lower temp. than a small grill with the same BTU? That's always
been my assumption.

Kent