Propane tank

[Rms78645]

This is my first experience with propane. How long can I expect a tank to last with my Big Easy SRG? I am going to be putting 20# of pork butt on the grill Saturday and I'm concerned that I will run out midway through the process.

Thanks in advance

[pz]

By no means am I well versed on the SRG (even though I use one), but the gas consumption appears to be no worse than my gas grill.  I've done 3-4 cooks (including a pork butt) on the same tank and it is still relatively full

I'm confident that others (TMB) that are experts will weigh in.

[Pam Gould]

Hi..Two Pockets has all the info you need one how the propane burns and how long..I just keep a spare tank around.  Pam     .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

[RAD]

Don't use the exchange places to fill your tank because they only fill them 3/4 full to save money and you end up turning your new tank for one that is old and has been painted. Find a refill station and use it.

I'm with PAM. I keep a couple of tanks around.

[muebe]

A standard propane tank has approx 433,000 BTUs

A Big Easy SRG uses around 18,000 BTUs an hour on high.

433,000 divided by 18,000 = 24 Hours

I am not sure what it uses on low but expect at least that amount of time on a full tank.

[TMB]

If your worried about running low or out of propane get one of these    http://grillgauge.com/

I have two and both have been dead on.   I have 4 tanks so I keep an eye on them with the Grill Gauge when I start my cooking

[muebe]

If your worried about running low or out of propane get one of these    http://grillgauge.com/

I have two and both have been dead on.   I have 4 tanks so I keep an eye on them with the Grill Gauge when I start my cooking

Or you can do this mod

http://www.letstalkbbq.com/index.php?topic=67.0

I never run out of fuel on my Big Easy!

[TMB]

If your worried about running low or out of propane get one of these    http://grillgauge.com/

I have two and both have been dead on.   I have 4 tanks so I keep an eye on them with the Grill Gauge when I start my cooking

Or you can do this mod

http://www.letstalkbbq.com/index.php?topic=67.0

I never run out of fuel on my Big Easy!

Wish I could but I'm so far out we don't have gas out our way

[TwoPockets]

In the never ending quest to protect us from ourselves it is now mandated you can only fill a propane tank to 80% capacity so a tank that used to contain 20lb can now be filled only to 16lb.  One pound of propane can put out 22,000 btu of heat so a tank with the full 16lb will have 352,000 btu in it. So it is a matter of looking at the btu output of your burner and dividing it into the amount in the tank. The SRG has low and high settings so I would look at the high setting and go from there.

That said, a properly filled 20lb tank will have 16lb. The propane dealer we use at work for our propane exchange sales fills to 15llb for "safety" reasons. I keep 3 tanks on my deck and I have the propane gauges that Tommy mentioned so I haven't run out of propane yet even with 2 or 3 cookers going.

[RAD]

I have the same one as Tommy. Mike is just showing off.

[Rms78645]

I was wondering about the exchange places.

 Sounds like I should be ok for my butts this weekend!

Thanks everyone for your responses!!!

[TMB]

I was wondering about the exchange places.

 Sounds like I should be ok for my butts this weekend!

Thanks everyone for your responses!!!

Costco fills them here for 9.95 a tank can't beat that.   I find your local propane dealer will do you better than the trade in places will.

[nylic76]

Costco here was $9.99 about  year ago but is now $12.99.  Still better than Lowes, etc at about $20.