Howdy
About to move and thinking about switching my Genesis to Natural gas. I have done my research and have a few questions.
I have read natural gas runs at lower pressure which means less heat, will I notice much difference? I love my Genesis for the heat and speed it cooks.
I think natural gas will be a about a third cheaper, is this right? I cook on the weber about 80% of the time. I'm mainly doing it for the convenience factor but are also interested in cost benefits.
Do I contact a gas fitter to sort out pipes etc?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Cheers
Converting Weber Genesis to Natural Gas
Re: Converting Weber Genesis to Natural Gas
Hi Twist,
I don't have any experience with this myself but others have done this in the past.
I have put a link below to a thread on the same topic.
Hope it helps
http://www.aussiebbq.info/forum/viewtop ... f=3&t=2034
Cheers
Choicebro
I don't have any experience with this myself but others have done this in the past.
I have put a link below to a thread on the same topic.
Hope it helps
http://www.aussiebbq.info/forum/viewtop ... f=3&t=2034
Cheers
Choicebro
Re: Converting Weber Genesis to Natural Gas
Perfect, that answers all my questions.
Sounds like I will still get plenty of heat.
Gonna price it up and will probably do it.
Thanks for that Choicebro.
Sounds like I will still get plenty of heat.
Gonna price it up and will probably do it.
Thanks for that Choicebro.
Re: Converting Weber Genesis to Natural Gas
Hi,
I bought a Genesis and had it put on natural gas straight away and love it, The only thing I have found is that it takes a good 10 minutes longer than my old Beefeater to get hot.
cheers Darren
I bought a Genesis and had it put on natural gas straight away and love it, The only thing I have found is that it takes a good 10 minutes longer than my old Beefeater to get hot.
cheers Darren
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Re: Converting Weber Genesis to Natural Gas
Yeah Beefeater are set up much different with the Aussie open style grilling so the burners are so much closer to the grill & hotplate.cumagutsa wrote:Hi,
I bought a Genesis and had it put on natural gas straight away and love it, The only thing I have found is that it takes a good 10 minutes longer than my old Beefeater to get hot.
cheers Darren
The hoods on them are only for roasting temps and not for high heat grilling like the Webers.
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Re: Converting Weber Genesis to Natural Gas
I had my E320 Genesis converted to NG on Friday - $264 by Weber tech including new manifold, jets and hose; $88 for any future LG/NG swap now that I own both sets of manifolds and jets.
On LPG the Genesis would typically top out at 300-320*C depending on weather. Today on NG it reached 315*C with ambient ~30*C, so pretty much the same performance. The only differences I've noticed are:
1) It's a bit louder due to increased gas flow; you now notice the hiss of the gas which I didn't with LPG (not an issue IMO).
2) With 950 Pa pressure on my feed (recommended 1000 Pa) there is a drop in underhood temperature if the side burner is fired up as well as the three main burners. Not an issue unless you need to sear and use the side burner at the same time; even then it still held >300*C underhood temperature so not a huge difference.
Not having to worry about gas bottles is brilliant though. Haven't been using it much lately due to the hassle of swapping bottles over but have already cooked a lamb roast for Friday night dinner and pizzas for lunch today
On LPG the Genesis would typically top out at 300-320*C depending on weather. Today on NG it reached 315*C with ambient ~30*C, so pretty much the same performance. The only differences I've noticed are:
1) It's a bit louder due to increased gas flow; you now notice the hiss of the gas which I didn't with LPG (not an issue IMO).
2) With 950 Pa pressure on my feed (recommended 1000 Pa) there is a drop in underhood temperature if the side burner is fired up as well as the three main burners. Not an issue unless you need to sear and use the side burner at the same time; even then it still held >300*C underhood temperature so not a huge difference.
Not having to worry about gas bottles is brilliant though. Haven't been using it much lately due to the hassle of swapping bottles over but have already cooked a lamb roast for Friday night dinner and pizzas for lunch today