Longjohn ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Share #1 Posted May 23, 2017 do you use up on your grill in a year's time? I use about six tanks a year, I was trying to figure out how much grilling I actually do but I have no idea. I do know how much gas I use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted May 23, 2017 Share #2 Posted May 23, 2017 Natural gas here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted May 23, 2017 Share #3 Posted May 23, 2017 Holy crap. I use about one tank a summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Share #4 Posted May 23, 2017 I forget. Let me ask Hank Hill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted May 23, 2017 Share #5 Posted May 23, 2017 two to three depending how much I feel like grilling. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted May 23, 2017 Share #6 Posted May 23, 2017 0 Hard wood charcoal only. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted May 23, 2017 Share #7 Posted May 23, 2017 32 minutes ago, Honey Badger said: Holy crap. I use about one tank a summer. That, minus the crap, holy or otherwise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Share #8 Posted May 23, 2017 One or two. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted May 23, 2017 36 minutes ago, Chris... said: Natural gas here You know there are times I think living in civilization would be kind of nice. Have gas heat and cable broadband. Then the rest of the time I feel I have it the way I want it, I love country living. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted May 23, 2017 Share #10 Posted May 23, 2017 Around 4. most in the summer, but one + through the winter months 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Share #11 Posted May 23, 2017 Charcoal..1 or two bags...it is a small grill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Share #12 Posted May 23, 2017 Charcoal..1 or two bags...it is a small grill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share #13 Posted May 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, petitepedal said: Charcoal..1 or two bags...it is a small grill I liked your post both times you posted it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parodybot Posted May 23, 2017 Share #14 Posted May 23, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Share #15 Posted May 23, 2017 5 o6 tanks and maybe one more for the smoker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Share #16 Posted May 23, 2017 1 hour ago, parodybot said: LOL..the subtitles are a whole different movie BTW...I figured how to get my "Like" % up. Just insert number here and LJA will like it. Here let me show you 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Share #17 Posted May 23, 2017 Two tanks and four bags hardwood. The gas grill is for quick meals the Weber is for when I'm cooking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Share #18 Posted May 23, 2017 1, 2, as many as it takes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Share #19 Posted May 23, 2017 Natural gas here, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted May 23, 2017 Share #20 Posted May 23, 2017 11 hours ago, Longjohn said: I use about six tanks a year, For grilling alone, maybe twice that. Throw in brewing and syrup and I spend a lot of time and money at TSC getting tanks filled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share #21 Posted May 23, 2017 1 minute ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: For grilling alone, maybe twice that. Throw in brewing and syrup and I spend a lot of time and money at TSC getting tanks filled. Sounds like you are ready for a bulk tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybeegb Posted May 23, 2017 Share #22 Posted May 23, 2017 About two years to a tank, or more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Share #23 Posted May 23, 2017 I had a series of propane grill before the NG one I have now. I bought an extra tank, so that I could always have a full tank on standby. The usual result was filling both bottles at the same time while Wo2 finished cooking the meal on the broiler. I used to leave the grill on after cooking to burn off the residual organics and/or put something back on for someone who preferred shoe leather to food. The occasional result was an empty bottle the next time I wanted to grill & a trip to tha HW store with two bottles. I've given that practice up to the ants. I was talking to a coworker the other day, he has a buddy with a big, fancy house & an ODK. On or about Valentines Day his wife looked out the kitchen window at the gently falling snow and notice it hit the top of the grill with a sizzle. "Honey, do you have the grill on?" asks she. "No dear, why do you ask?" "When's the last time you cooked outside?" "For the Georgia/Florida game when we had everyone over" Yep, it had been on fo 2+ months. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share #24 Posted May 23, 2017 12 minutes ago, 2Far said: Yep, it had been on fo 2+ months. This made me LOL. I have had days that I went to light the grill and it was still lit from the night before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted May 23, 2017 Share #25 Posted May 23, 2017 25 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Sounds like you are ready for a bulk tank. When my furnace dies, I may go that route. I finally went to a gas stove a couple of years ago and have a 40 pounder for that. I fill it 3-4 times a year. During the summer, the grill gets used almost daily - sometimes as a surrogate oven, when I don't want to heat the house up. During maple syrup season. I go through a tank a week when the sap is running. (My boss was asking about how the sap run was going and I said "The likelihood of a sap run is inversely proportionate to the amount of propane I have on hand....and I'm just about out...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted May 23, 2017 Share #26 Posted May 23, 2017 17 minutes ago, 2Far said: I bought an extra tank, so that I could always have a full tank on standby. T Yeah. I bought a second tank so that I could have two empty ones, too... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share #27 Posted May 23, 2017 1 minute ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Yeah. I bought a second tank so that I could have two empty ones, too... Gas grills used to come with a new tank included. The grills would burn out, the tanks last. I must have a half dozen of them plus a couple in the motor home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Share #28 Posted May 23, 2017 37 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Gas grills used to come with a new tank included. The grills would burn out, the tanks last. I must have a half dozen of them plus a couple in the motor home. Yeah, I had a small collection eventually, I gave most of them up to friends, etc. BTW, professional movers won't allow a propane tank in the moving van, I think I gave my neighbor in Birmingham 3 tanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted May 23, 2017 Share #29 Posted May 23, 2017 2 or 3 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted May 23, 2017 Share #30 Posted May 23, 2017 None. If I grill I use wood or charcoal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share #31 Posted May 23, 2017 My father in law used to have us over for a picnic sometimes. He passed away two years ago. Mom doesn't get out much so last summer we decided to have a picnic at her house. She said she had a grill but we might need gas. I got out dad's grill and turned it on and it still had gas. We grilled a couple times for her and it eventually ran out. When I was changing over the tanks I noticed dad's tank was from three regulation changes ago. It still had the valve that you could open and let the gas out in the room and blow something up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted May 23, 2017 Share #32 Posted May 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Longjohn said: the tanks last But they go out of date and have to be tested and recertified, like one of the ones I currently have. That's when you go to one of the exchange places. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share #33 Posted May 23, 2017 7 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: But they go out of date and have to be tested and recertified, like one of the ones I currently have. That's when you go to one of the exchange places. Walmart is best place for that. I exchanged some really old rusty out dated tanks there and they didn't bat an eye. There are some of those out in dad's shed if anyone needs one to exchange. I have more than enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted May 23, 2017 Share #34 Posted May 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Longjohn said: Walmart is best place for that. I used to go to Lowe's, but got tired of standing around out front for 20 minutes....and then going back in to remind them to page someone. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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