Punomatic
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I get tired of paying exorbitant prices for the one pound propane canisters for my gas grill, so I bought a Tee fitting for my propane tank and an adapter hose that screws on in place of the canister. I have only used this setup once, but my impression was that the fire didn't get as hot with the hose as it did with the canister.
My Tee comes directly off the tank, upstream from the regulator for the house gas. The hose is 10' long. The tank was full when I used this setup. I can't come up with an explanation for the fire being cooler. I only know it was cooler because I generally cook meat by setting the heat level and then timing the cooking. This time, I had to increase both the heat setting and the time in order to finish dinner.
Am I nuts, or is there a good explanation for why the system doesn't work the same on a 20# tank with a hose as it does on a 1# canister? Is the pressure high enough in the canisters to make this difference? There were no kinks in the hose, BTW.
Thanks in advance for your replies. I look forward to learning the error of my ways.
My Tee comes directly off the tank, upstream from the regulator for the house gas. The hose is 10' long. The tank was full when I used this setup. I can't come up with an explanation for the fire being cooler. I only know it was cooler because I generally cook meat by setting the heat level and then timing the cooking. This time, I had to increase both the heat setting and the time in order to finish dinner.
Am I nuts, or is there a good explanation for why the system doesn't work the same on a 20# tank with a hose as it does on a 1# canister? Is the pressure high enough in the canisters to make this difference? There were no kinks in the hose, BTW.
Thanks in advance for your replies. I look forward to learning the error of my ways.