using outdoor gas grill for everyday cooking.

[Semidevil]

if I use an outdoor gas grill for daily cooking, will it raise my gas bill substantially more then my electric bill if I used my conventional electric cooking range?

our cooking ingridients cause a lot of smoke and smell in the house, so I was wondering if I buy an outdoor grill with a side burner, and use that as my primary cooktop, how will it fare when I compare the electric bill and gas bill.

 

[se7en]

I use propane costs about $10 to fill up. One tank will usually last me several months and on average I cook on it 2-3 times a week. During the summer I use it a ton but I have yet to break into 3 tanks for the whole season.

 

[summit]

gas is generally cheaper than electric for cooking. cooking with gas also makes cooking better because you have even heat and you dont have to worry about those hot coils.

 

[imported_weadjust]

Originally posted by: se7en
I use propane costs about $10 to fill up. One tank will usually last me several months and on average I cook on it 2-3 times a week. During the summer I use it a ton but I have yet to break into 3 tanks for the whole season.

$10 for a fill up is cheap. I'm paying $16.00 for a 20 lb. tank to be filled.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: weadjust

Originally posted by: se7en
I use propane costs about $10 to fill up. One tank will usually last me several months and on average I cook on it 2-3 times a week. During the summer I use it a ton but I have yet to break into 3 tanks for the whole season.

$10 for a fill up is cheap. I'm paying $16.00 for a 20 lb. tank to be filled.

Seriously...where is he filling up at? Even BJ's with the membership discount is more than $10.

 

[Heller]

Originally posted by: weadjust

Originally posted by: se7en
I use propane costs about $10 to fill up. One tank will usually last me several months and on average I cook on it 2-3 times a week. During the summer I use it a ton but I have yet to break into 3 tanks for the whole season.

$10 for a fill up is cheap. I'm paying $16.00 for a 20 lb. tank to be filled.

22 here @ walmart.

blue rhino, we just swap out tanks, i gave them my empty tank +$22 and in return i get full tank.

 

[imported_Nacelle]

You can get it cheap at the local oxygen company. Not the medical oxygen companies. But, the ones that sell to factories, for welding.

 

[Kelemvor]

Check around for fill ups. Wal Mart, Sams, Grocery stores, Gas stations, etc. I can get it anywhere from $10-$15-$25. It's all the same so just go wherever it's cheapest.

 

[Rubycon]

Get it re-orificed to run on natural gas and run a pipe outside? (code/law permitting) Or you could get one of those 2kW sandhog water heater elements and some lava rocks (you'd need 240V two wire service) and make an electric grill. (ducks from electric grill haters)

 

[Slew Foot]

I get my LP gas from the gas station, about $12 to fill the 5 gallon tank.

 

[BoomerD]

IIRC, my 20 lb. tank runs about $15 to fill. (the bastards have a minimum service fee, so you pay the same from .1 gallons to 5 gallons.)

OP, while grilling might be relatively efficient, the side burners are usually horribly inefficient. Lots of valuable BTU's get wasted by every little breeze that blows by.

 

[LS21]

aside from the gas grill, i wonder about the energy/price efficacy of the portable butane burners... hell, i wanna use one atop my stovetop because electric coils are BUNK

 

[BoomerD]

A portable butane burner isn't too safe to use in the house...ever heard of carbon monoxide?

With proper ventilation, it MIGHT be ok, but I'd be dammed careful...

 

[summit]

i thought op mentioned outdoor? hence cooking food outdoors w/ a burner off the grill

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Summit
i thought op mentioned outdoor? hence cooking food outdoors w/ a burner off the grill

Originally posted by: LS21
aside from the gas grill, i wonder about the energy/price efficacy of the portable butane burners... hell, i wanna use one atop my stovetop because electric coils are BUNK

 

[summit]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Summit
i thought op mentioned outdoor? hence cooking food outdoors w/ a burner off the grill

Originally posted by: LS21
aside from the gas grill, i wonder about the energy/price efficacy of the portable butane burners... hell, i wanna use one atop my stovetop because electric coils are BUNK

missed that post... Portable Butane good for indoor/outdoor use. I've seen these used at asian places (shabu shabu) indoors and since its butane, it burns completely to CO2.

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: Summit

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Summit
i thought op mentioned outdoor? hence cooking food outdoors w/ a burner off the grill

Originally posted by: LS21
aside from the gas grill, i wonder about the energy/price efficacy of the portable butane burners... hell, i wanna use one atop my stovetop because electric coils are BUNK

missed that post... Portable Butane good for indoor/outdoor use. I've seen these used at asian places (shabu shabu) indoors and since its butane, it burns completely to CO2.

those canisters do not last very long though.