Kevin Means
Site Team
In the last five years, we've had two BBQ regulators fail in the same way - their regulators froze - they actually iced over and started leaking propane at a pretty high rate. They were portable BBQs, each about three years old, and were hooked to the RV's LP tank with something like an Extend-A-Stay.
One failed while I was cooking, and the other failed when the BBQ wasn't even being used. They started hissing (leaking propane) and the hissing gradually got worse. Ice formed on the regulators and they were done for. Turning the knobs on and off didn't stop the leaking.
Neither were "cheap" BBQs, but that certainly doesn't mean they had high quality regulators. We've had full size BBQs at our house for decades, but none of their regulators ever failed, and we've used them a lot more than we've used our portable BBQs. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Kev
One failed while I was cooking, and the other failed when the BBQ wasn't even being used. They started hissing (leaking propane) and the hissing gradually got worse. Ice formed on the regulators and they were done for. Turning the knobs on and off didn't stop the leaking.
Neither were "cheap" BBQs, but that certainly doesn't mean they had high quality regulators. We've had full size BBQs at our house for decades, but none of their regulators ever failed, and we've used them a lot more than we've used our portable BBQs. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Kev