propane or butane

[mickcoulson]

hi.... hope i've got the right topic.......... i have just bought a new barbeque and the regulator is for a propane gas bottle. my old barbeqe had a butane regulator and butane gas bottle. is it permissable to change over the new propane regulator and put my old butane regulator on rather than have to swap my half full butane gas bottle to a propane one. i would think the barbie will run on butane or propane as long as the correct regulator was used.
cheers
mickcoulson

 

[Stivino]

I know someone who runs a caravan business and what you would like to do is common practice. Because patio gas (Propane, which is what barbies run on) is dearer, they swop the regulators on the barbies so that they'll take butane.
Propane is more suitable for outdoor use, because it has a lower boiling point, i.e. it gives off gas at a lower temp than butane but I think the burning properties are similar enough to allow them to be interchanged.
HTH

 

[kevindgas]

yes you can use patio gas, butane or propane they will all burn your sausages and cremate your burgers

 

[wotan]

might as well cook indoors, gas barbques don't impart any flavour to the food.

Wotan

 

[HERTS P&D]

Its the fat from the food that drips down and goes back into the heat that makes the food taste like a barbque.

Andy

 

[mickcoulson]

Its the fat from the food that drips down and goes back into the heat that makes the food taste like a barbque.

Andy

glad you mentioned that... my old barbie had volcanic rocks above the burner and the fat dripped onto these. my new one is just a burner. i've kept the rocks , do you think it would impede my new barbie if i put the rocks in ( not sure if it's meant to work with rocks )
mick