Ian-Kentucky
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Links to regulator and adapter deleted.
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New Q2200 owner with Griddle question
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Ed P
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W-o-o-o-o-o boy are you gonna have fun! I assume you mean 0-5PSI regulator? Working pressure on these is 11"WC, which is about 0.4PSI. It's going to be touchy getting it down to an usable pressure before you blow the flame away from the burner. And I've always wondered how these little Qs end up with the sides so bowed the grates won't stay up...now I know.
Ian-Kentucky
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If it doesn't work well, I'll revert back to a stock setup. We'll see how it goes.
Ian-Kentucky
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Ok, you convinced me. Order cancelled.
Ed P
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Is that hot enough for breakfast for 6? Trying to establish a target temp here.
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Joe Anshien
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No idea about breakfast as I do that in a carbon steel fry pan on the range. I was trying to perfect my smash burgers.
Ed P
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How did it work for smash burgers?
Joe Anshien
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Quite good. But then I replaced the Q with the Broilmaster and found a the Blue Rhino folding griddle. I like not having to pull the grates or and flavorizers (on the Napoleon) to use a griddle which you basically have to do to get flame to griddle to really make it work.
Joe Anshien
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You guys are just so mean. You scared him enough to even remove the links;-( I wanted to see some jet flames on that griddle.
Ed P
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He's lucky Larry's not around.
Ed P
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But let's do this. How many square inches is that Blue Rhino griddle In total? I see that the Broilmaster P3 is 20k per side, so both sides running, yes?
Richard in NS
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Ian, try filling just half your griddle with smash burgers and then flipping them to the other hot half. While you are eating those let the griddle heat up again and repeat. The Q2000 does not heat up as hot as the Q1200 and Q3200 so it might not have the umph to recover after cooking on one area. I find I have to do this using the regular grates when searing a steak as well.
Ed P
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Q1200 = 189 sq.in. cooking area, 8.5k burner, 8500/189 = 45BTU/sq.in
Q2200 = 280 sq.in., 12k burner, 12,000/280 = 43BTU/sq.in.
Q3200 = 468 sq.in., 21.7k burner, 21,700/468 = 46BTU/sq.in.
Larger grill = larger surface area for heat loss. The Q1200 is the hot rod of the 3.
By comparison, the BM P3 is 695sq.in., 40k burners, 40,000/695 = 58BTU/sq.in.
Weber Genesis 1/2/3/4/5 = 507sq.in., 35k burner, 35,000/507 = 69BTU/sq.in.
Weber Genesis Silver B/C = 507sq.in., 48k burner, 48,000/507 = 95BTU/sq.in.
For Ian to get 58BTU/sq.in. out of a Q2200, he would need a 16k burner, or about 33% more oomph.
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Richard in NS
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I am sure your numbers are right Ed. All I know is that I have a Q120, Q220 and Q3200 and the Q220 is noticeably cooler that the other two, which correlates to your figures.
Ed P
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I've noticed that same thing, too. I thought the Q200 I had was pretty anemic and I was looking for a way to account for it...that was the easiest way (for me, anyway!) to compare the performance of the different Qs.
Joe Anshien
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What would the result be of drilling out the orifice a tiny bit?