I recently moved and am in the market for a new grill for the new house. I am focusing on the Weber Summit 670, but have a decision to make...natural gas or propane. My house has natural gas and there is even an outlet in the back yard that I can use to hook up to a grill (though I might need a 10' hose to get from the outlet to the grill). At my old house, I used propane. Question is...other than the convenience of not having to take the propane tank out to get recharged every couple of weeks, is there a benefit to having one vs. the other?
Thanks!
Equipment
Primo Oval xl
Slow n Sear (two)
Drip n Griddle
22" Weber Kettle
26" Weber Kettle one touch
Blackstone 36†Pro Series
Sous vide machine
Kitchen Aid
Meat grinder
sausage stuffer
5 Crock Pots Akootrimonts
Two chimneys (was 3 but rivets finally popped, down to 1)
cast iron pans,
Dutch ovens
Signals 4 probe, thermapens, chef alarms, Dots, thermapop and maverick T-732, RTC-600, pro needle and various pocket instareads. The help and preferences
1 extra fridge and a deep chest freezer in the garage
KBB
FOGO
A 9 year old princess foster child
Patience and old patio furniture
"Baby Girl" The cat
Big Joe III
Big Green Egg lg
Grill Dome lg (at camp and it sucks!)
Gas:
Modern Home Products WNK
RecTeq Matador w/WOK
Blackstsones (at home & camp)
Yakatori: Konro XL
Electronics/Tools:
FireBoard - Original, II, and Spark
Fans - Pit Viper, Pit Bull, FireBoard
Temp measurement - Thermapens (all), DOT, timers, . . .
KJ rotisseries (L and XL)
Lots of cast iron, woks, etc.
GrillGrates® and SearMagic®
Sous Vide Water Immersion Oven
Kindling crackers (at home & camp), axes - Gransfor, other favs
Just like most everyone here, a lot of other stuff!
Go with the natural gas! It is effective and convenient when you have it already there.
When we had our house built, I had a gas outlet put at the covered back porch/patio. It is mighty handy not having to mess with propane bottles for my gas grill.
Last edited by Alphonse; January 27, 2020, 07:34 PM.
The only concern with natural gas is if you leave it on you could end up with a very large gas bill. We have natural gas but we keep our grill covered when not in use.
When I moved into my house it had NG pipes to the patio for a bbq. I have LOVED it. I converted my Weber and the Smoke Vault chugs away on NG. The flat tops are NG compatible too. Make sure you have a shut off valve on the line for safety. You can buy conversion kits to switch back to propane if you move, but it will likely void any warranty.
I'd gladly hook my griddle up to NG and be done. But I live in the country, no gas piped in, no cable, heck not even a sewer line. So I have to keep the tanks and make the trips to refill.
ComfortablyNumb Can't you pipe some of that methane we hear about, from the cows' bottoms to your grill? Seems like you should have all the gas you need!
Retired, living in Western Mass. Enjoy music, cooking and my family.
Current cookers Weber Spirit 3 burner. A 22" Kettle with vortex SnS and OnlyFire pizza oven. A Smokey Joe and the most recent addition a Pit Barrel Jr with bird hanger, 4 hooks and cover. ThermoWorks Smoke 2 probe, DOT, ThermoPop and a Thermapen Mk4. Recently added 2 TempSpike wireless meat thermometers.
I would go with what you have. My home is is propane for heat, hot water and fire place. Had a bulk install done. No more tanks. Since you've got the outlet and it's NG, just do it.
I've had NG in the past and it was nice to NEVER worry with having a 20 lb propane tank go belly up in the middle of a cook. I still have the hookup, but my current grill is setup for LP, and Weber doesn't support switching it. I could certainly do so, but the old hookup is also a good ways from where my grills are today.
thanks everyone for the advice. Figured it might make sense to go with NG, but having never grilled with it, just wanted to make sure there wasn't some sort of unknown issue.
My toys:
Weber Summit Charcoal Grilling Center (WSCGC) aka Mr. Fancypants
Pit Barrel Cooker (which rocks), named Pretty Baby
Weber Summit S650 Gas Grill, named Hot 'n Fast (used mostly for searing and griddling)
Weber Kettle Premium 22" named Kettle Kid, eager to horn in with more cooks in the future
Camp Chef Somerset IV 4-burner outdoor gas range named AfterBurner due to its 30kBTU burners
Adrenaline BBQ Company Gear:
SnS Low Profile, DnG, and Large Charcoal Basket, for WSCGC
SnS Deluxe for 22" Kettle
Elevated SS Rack for WSCGC
SS Rack for DnG
Cast Iron Griddle
Grill Grate for SnS
Grill Grates: five 17.375 sections (retired to storage)
Grill Grates: six 19.25 panels for exact fit for Summit S650
gasser
Grill Grates for 22" Kettle
2 Grill Grate Griddles
Steelmade Griddle for Summit gas grill
Fireboard Gear:
Extreme BBQ Thermometer Package
Additional control unit
Additional probes: Competition Probes 1" (3) and 4" (1), 3 additional Ambient Probes. 1 additional Food Probe
2 Driver Cables
Pit Viper Fan (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Pit Viper Fan new design (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Thermoworks Gear:
Thermapen MK4 (pink)
Thermapen Classic (pink too)
Thermoworks MK4 orange
Temp Test 2 Smart Thermometer
Extra Big and Loud Timer
Timestick Trio
Maverick ET 73 a little workhorse with limited range
Maverick ET 733
Maverick (Ivation) ET 732
Grill Pinz
Vortex (two of them)
18" drip pan for WSCGC
Ceramic Spacers for WSCGC in Kamado Mode: 2 sets each 1/2", 1", 2". The 2" spacers work best with the 18" drip pan. The 1+1/2 inch spacers work best with the 14 inch cake pan.
Two Joule Sous Vide devices
3 Lipavi Sous Vide Tubs with Lids: 12, 18 and 26 quarts
Avid Armor Ultra Pro V32 Chamber Sealer
Instant Pot 6 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Instant Pot 10 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Charcoal Companion TurboQue
A-Maze-N tube 12 inch tube smoker accessory for use with pellets
BBQ Dragon and Dragon Chimney
Shun Classic Series:
8" Chef Knife
6" Chef's Knife
Gokujo Boning and Fillet Knife
3 1/2 inch Paring Knife
Cooking gadgets
Weber Summit Charcoal Grill Center
Weber Summit Platinum D6
Blue Rhino Razor
Dyna-Glo XL Premium Dual Chamber
Camp Chef Somerset IV along with their Artisan Pizza Oven 90
Anova WiFi
Thermometers
Thermapen Mk4 - ThermaQ High Temp Kit - ThermaQ Meathead Kit - ThermaQ WiFi - ThermoWorks IR-GUN-S - ThermoWorks Signals & Billows - ThermoPop -ThermoWorks ProNeedle - ThermoWorks TimeStick Trio x2 - and a Christopher Kimball timer - NO, I do not work for ThermoWorks...I just like their products.
Other useful bits...
KitchenAid 7-qt Pro Line stand mixer
A Black & Decker food processor that I can't seem to murder
A couple of immersion blenders, one a "consumer" model & the other a "high end" Italian thing. Yes, the Italian one is a bit better, but only marginally
Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus 8-qt + accessories like egg-bite & egg holders
All-Clad pots & pans, along with some cast iron...everything from 7" Skookie pans to 8.5qt Dutch ovens
Weber GBS griddle, pizza stone, and wok
Knives range from Mercer to F. Dick to "You spent how much for one knife? One knife?!" LOL
As long as you get the NG version of that grill you would be good to go...it will have the burners designed for the difference compared to LP. (See fzxdoc post above.)
I’d have to have a new line installed, along with changing/drilling out burners/valves/etc...so for now, I’ll stick with LP tanks. NG would be convenient though...so long as I didn’t want to rearrange stuff, like when I bring a new cooker into the mix.
That is my biggest issue with it. The NG hookup is at the end of the house, on the outside of the fireplace, Teed off the pipe to the gas logs in the fireplace. It's only useful if I want to grill next to the wood pile (I got rid of the gas logs) and the trashcan, isolated at the end of the house. I've made a nicer outdoor cooking area next to the pool, so that I can hang out with a ceiling fan, seating, tables, etc, so just deal with propane tanks for now.
I get that. One of my previous houses had a gas line "conveniently" located...so long as that was where I wanted the grill. LOL Eh, no.
And then there's the whole MCS issue. I just picked up a CampChef Somerset IV. That meant A) a bit of rearranging...and B) yet another gas line should I want to change my gasser & griddle over to NG. IDK, it's just seems so much easier to simply exchange tanks as needed. And since I ALWAYS keep a full spare on hand it's not really an issue.
Yeah surfdog, I've decided I value portability and being able to shuffle and rearrange cookers too much to be tied to that once spot. Now my previous house had a NG hookup for the grill, and I recall being tethered to a 10 foot red rubber line or something like that, with the quick connects at each end. It worked out as long as I kept that hose out of way at the edge of the deck. Like you, I always have a spare on hand.
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