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>
> Just got my first gas BBQ and have a real basic q:
>
> Should the tap on the gas bottle be all the way open when cooking? A
> quarter turn seems to give the same amount of flame as full open is
> (maybe 3 or 4 turns) and I wonder if I'm just wasting gas otherwise.
> Maybe once these are open at all the pressure is pretty much the same
> no matter *how* open the tap is so it doesn't matter.
>
> Also when BBQ recipes specify time of grilling, do they usually mean at
> full heat or moderate?

It doesn't really matter how much you open the valve past a half turn or
so. If you open it too little it can restrict gas flow, but past that
it's all the same for a regular propane tank. It certainly doesn't waste
any gas since the burner valves on the grill determine the actual gas
flow.

Pete C.