New Barbecue (and problem....Gas-Bottle;Bottle Gas!)
Discussion
Had the excitement this afternoon of putting together my new toy....
(note - it's only up against the wall/fence in its "parked" position - it won't be fired up there!!)
Can't wait to get it fired up because all sorts of meats, our freshly picked zucchini, halloumi, corn on the cob mushrooms and peppers and onions all find their way onto our BBQ favourites. Mrs Beano was pushing for me to get a bigger model, our poor old ten-year-old gave up igniting years ago and is generally rusting away but gave us great service! I think she just wants to get me doing more of the cooking! Did I mention it has a rotisserie as well!!! It's even got a solid griddle so I could do a whole breakfast including fried egg!
My only problem at the moment is I never realised the regulator fittings were different sizes. The New one appears to be 27mm and the old was clearly smaller. Am trying my best to get the old regulator separated from its tube, but the jubilee clip has rusted solid of course.....and not even copious amounts of WD40 have shifted it yet.....
Anyway, what bottles fit the 27mm size fitting? We're used to getting the 7kg bottles which are the right fit for the old regulator. What size do you use?
Perhaps I should just get a new regulator that fits the usual bottles - in any case I'm not worrying over the holiday, I need to get some new jubilee clips because the supplied ones are a useless design and just won't screw tight properly, so I will be getting that fixed before firing up anyway.
(note - it's only up against the wall/fence in its "parked" position - it won't be fired up there!!)
Can't wait to get it fired up because all sorts of meats, our freshly picked zucchini, halloumi, corn on the cob mushrooms and peppers and onions all find their way onto our BBQ favourites. Mrs Beano was pushing for me to get a bigger model, our poor old ten-year-old gave up igniting years ago and is generally rusting away but gave us great service! I think she just wants to get me doing more of the cooking! Did I mention it has a rotisserie as well!!! It's even got a solid griddle so I could do a whole breakfast including fried egg!
My only problem at the moment is I never realised the regulator fittings were different sizes. The New one appears to be 27mm and the old was clearly smaller. Am trying my best to get the old regulator separated from its tube, but the jubilee clip has rusted solid of course.....and not even copious amounts of WD40 have shifted it yet.....
Anyway, what bottles fit the 27mm size fitting? We're used to getting the 7kg bottles which are the right fit for the old regulator. What size do you use?
Perhaps I should just get a new regulator that fits the usual bottles - in any case I'm not worrying over the holiday, I need to get some new jubilee clips because the supplied ones are a useless design and just won't screw tight properly, so I will be getting that fixed before firing up anyway.
The red regulator is for a propane/patio gas bottle (red or green bottle)
The other regulator is for a butane bottle (blue bottle)
EDIT: the "green with red handles" patio gas cylinders are the ones to go for with your red regulator - they come in 5kg and 13kg sizes, and they have built in "fuel remaining" indicators.
The other regulator is for a butane bottle (blue bottle)
EDIT: the "green with red handles" patio gas cylinders are the ones to go for with your red regulator - they come in 5kg and 13kg sizes, and they have built in "fuel remaining" indicators.
Edited by calibrax on Sunday 25th August 18:39
K12beano said:
My wife is part American, with family in NC! So I use the Zee-word along with a pronounciation of to-may-to and Ca-Rib-ean... at will ...
It really winds her up .... 
The grill looks good. What's "Swiss" about it, other than the price?
Plenty of s/s there to keep clean. Good luck "grilling".
anonymous said:
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Yep, I mean, who the f
k ever cooks anything decent using gas? I bought a new Weber Gas BBQ in May.
It's by far the best one I've ever owned & with 3-4 nights a week use in summer, I've been through a few.
I did some research before hand - 10 year warranty on burners & 2-25 year warranty on other parts.
So far, it's been excellent. It cooks very well with less gas than previous models & has some great features.
I'm not a connoisseur though, just a normal mortal.
OP, your kit looks mint
Sorry, calibrax, you blind old duffer.
I know there's a lot of hate on here for 'gas grills' (see, I didn't call it a BBQ!), but they are convenient, and easy.
I'm jealous of the s/s one the OP has - mine being 'only a Weber'.
Charcoal needs more prep, "FIRESTARTER!" but I do like the look of the "egg" BBQs, but not their price!
I know there's a lot of hate on here for 'gas grills' (see, I didn't call it a BBQ!), but they are convenient, and easy.
I'm jealous of the s/s one the OP has - mine being 'only a Weber'.
Charcoal needs more prep, "FIRESTARTER!" but I do like the look of the "egg" BBQs, but not their price!
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