I was told the other day that gas BBQs attached to the van's regulated gas supply don't perform as well as the gas BBQs connected directly to the gas bottle as in the "home" BBQ. Is there any truth in this?
As explained to me by the Jayco sales person. Your normal gas BBQ will have a regulator fitted to it. If you want to run the BBQ off the regulated supply from the van, the regulator on the BBQ has to be removed.
I have a BBQ on the rear of my motorhome served by a gas splitter, from after the regulator, the other part of the splitter serves gas to the interior gas hob, oven/grill, and the water heater if we are not on power. We have never noticed any difference of the flame on the hob etc whether the BBQ is on or off. We have used this system for 3 years whilst covering more than 50k kms.
The BBQ which I used on my boat for 4 years prior, with a direct gas supply, appears to be have no difference in the flame or the cooking times.
I use the splitter as my gas cupboard has room for only one gas bottle.
I also have a bayonet fitting at front left side of my van and hooked up my Q to it late last year and felt that as the Q was at the front it was supplied first with gas and the big 2 door fridge/freezer wasn't getting full gas supply down closer to back of van and shut off. It was at the same time as I was having trouble with the fridge but didn't think it was related so stopped using Q on bayonet, just directly from it's own gas bottle with a Reg.
Since the fridge has been fixed many moons back I haven't connected to bayonet again as the need just hasn't been there but will do so when I leave here in Townsville and start using the Q again. I use my daughters when needed while here.
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Hi Fellow camper
I use an external gas bayonet on the side of the van ( with out a regulator) when its suitable, and have noticed its not as hot, But it works fine.
I think its because of the longer gas line and it loses some pressure / flow over that distance. Just my opinion.
The Q comes fitted with a reg, so presume you would need to get a new house made without one.
Our van has a bayonet fitted for a BBQ but its attached so far underneath, that I would need to lie down to plug the BBQ in. Too much trouble, so I carry a 3rd 9kg tank which sits snugly in a plastic milk crate to stop it tipping over when on the move and damaging other stuff. I also means that I can use the 3rd tank on the van if it was necessary
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The Q comes fitted with a reg, so presume you would need to get a new house made without one.
Our van has a bayonet fitted for a BBQ but its attached so far underneath, that I would need to lie down to plug the BBQ in. Too much trouble, so I carry a 3rd 9kg tank which sits snugly in a plastic milk crate to stop it tipping over when on the move and damaging other stuff. I also means that I can use the 3rd tank on the van if it was necessary
When I bought my van, the bayonet was in such a position that I'd be lying on the ground to hook it up, so I got the dealer to install it onto the side of the van and it works great. Also I haven't noticed that it cooks on a lower temp than via a gas bottle.
Thanks everybody for your feedback. Some good advice as always. I'll have a look at the Webber baby Q and see what the sales people say. Might be interesting.
Simple answer is that you remove the gas line that comes with the Baby Q and replace it with one (at a cost!!) that has a bayonet fitting and no regulator, attach it to the fitting on your van and you are cooking with gas.
