BEST
SUMMER
EVER
HUFFINGTON
05.26.13
CRAIG GOLDWYN
LIFESTYLE
FOOD
SHUTTERSTOCK / INC
is lost and more wood is needed
than on a tighter grill. Because the
mechanisms are more complex,
gas grills tend to be more expensive than comparable charcoal
grills, assembly of new gas grills is
more complex that charcoal grills,
and there are more parts to break
and be replaced.
THE TWO TYPES OF GAS
With gas grills you have your
choice of liquid propane (LP) or
natural gas. LP gas comes in 20
pound steel tanks. If you have an
LP grill you should always have a
full backup tank on hand. Nothing is more annoying than setting
a chicken on the grill, cranking up
the lawn mower, and returning in
30 minutes to discover that the
tank ran out and the bird is raw.
Propane gas is ideal for grills
because, when pressurized, it
compresses and turns to liquid,
making it easy to store in tanks.
It also contains more cooking
energy than natural gas as measured in British Thermal Units
(BTU). A BTU is the amount of
energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water
1F. There are about 2,500 BTU
in one cubic foot of propane and
only about 1,000 BTU in one cubic foot of natural gas.
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CON: With
charcoal
grills, there
can be flareups that burn
the food,
which is a
health risk.