As many of you, I have been drooling over this grill for over a year. Your postings have confirmed my thoughts and I have already received financial approval. I will be getting this grill within the next 2 weeks. The question I have, and also saw that someone else asked but have not seen a response, has anyone done a "permanent" or "semi-permanent" installation with an LP heated house? My house is only a year old and is heated by LP. We have a 1000 gallon tank buried in the yard. All of the discussions of plumbing type and size encourage me to offer some detail as to our setup. There is a regulator on the side of the house that drops the pressure to 2 PSI. Inside there is a regulator attached to a manafold that provides individual taps for every appliance (2 furnaces, water heater, stove, dryer, and a dedicated run to the deck for a "future grill") All of this is done with a somewhat flexible 1/2" yellow (I guess vinyl) coated copper. That main regulator is supposed to be able to support all of the appliances and maintain the 14" of pressure. Outside is a stub of 1/2" black pipe to which I need to connect. My plan is a temporary connection (soft hose) upon purchase and a permanent one when I can build this unit in. I agree with the concerns of leaks and will obviously put a shut-off valve before any soft hose. I saw mention of a hose kit from HD for $35. This is listed as an NG hose but at roughly 1/2 PSI I assume it will work for LP? Any thoughts or input would be appreciated. Thanks, Lee

Of the four barbecues you mentioned, IMHO the only one worth buying is the Napoleon. Why? Napoleon offers a limited lifetime warranty on their grills and is built as such. MHP is cheaply made and Broilmaster was great 30 years ago, but now its no better than Fiesta. If you do high heat grilling a lot (90% or more of the time) you should consider the infrared sear burner. If not, don't buy it. You give up half your space for a burner you can only use a fraction of the time. The turn down on ceramic infrared burners is very small and using that part of the grill when that burner is off can cause the ports to plug with grease.

Hi Snookums, We are looking at Cal Spas for a prefab BBq. Ultimately, I may have someone build it to my specs, but we are having Swan run gas and electric to the spot, so either way, I'm sure it will be great.

quote" Is there enough gas pressure to run both bbq grill and firepit at the same time? "quote No. You'd be best served placing a tee at the meter on the low pressure side where it enters the home and running at least a 3/4 line. Second best would be putting a tee into the gas pipe coming out of the side of the heater and running at least a 3/4 pipe. I always run mine on a 1" low pressure line. Whatever you do don't plumb in a skeleton keyed valve for a log lighter. Get a skeleton keyed full port gas ball valve. See ya, Kelly