Hi. Can someone tell me the correct fuel to buy for this pit? I read a review that the gel that is recommended on amazon is not correct. Any advice?
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Yes you are correct Allison. You can not use the gel cans. You need to use the ventless fireplace fuel (which, yes, is more of a liquid gel). The gel cans and the ventless fireplace fuel are two different things. Only ever use ventless fireplace fuel. The problem with the ventless fireplace fuel from Real Flame is that you can now only purchase it directly through them (at $80+ for 8 bottles). Amazon was selling it for $50-60. Not sure why Real Flame yanked their ventless fireplace fuel from retailers, but I have also used modaflame ventless fireplace fuel (purchased through Amazon) and it worked great. Yes you are correct Allison. You can not use the gel cans. You need to use the ventless fireplace fuel (which, yes, is more of a liquid gel). The gel cans and the ventless fireplace fuel are two different things. Only ever use ventless fireplace fuel. The problem with the ventless fireplace fuel from Real Flame is that you can now only purchase it directly through them (at $80+ for 8 bottles). Amazon was selling it for $50-60. Not sure why Real Flame yanked their ventless fireplace fuel from retailers, but I have also used modaflame ventless fireplace fuel (purchased through Amazon) and it... » Read More Yes you are correct Allison. You can not use the gel cans. You need to use the ventless fireplace fuel (which, yes, is more of a liquid gel). The gel cans and the ventless fireplace fuel are two different things. Only ever use ventless fireplace fuel. The problem with the ventless fireplace fuel from Real Flame is that you can now only purchase it directly through them (at $80+ for 8 bottles). Amazon was selling it for $50-60. Not sure why Real Flame yanked their ventless fireplace fuel from retailers, but I have also used modaflame ventless fireplace fuel (purchased through Amazon) and it worked great. « Show Less
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i bought Real Flame Ventless Fireplace Fuel. It is in gel form and it works fine.
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You can only use a gel type fuel for this particular unit. We bought this thinking we could use it in the yard for smores.........but it will not work for that. This is more for a decorative look. It is really pretty.............!
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I had to look at the purchase history. I found that returned it because if I remember correctly, it was not the right one (my fault). I ended up buying another table top grill. Just some advice, be sure to turn the gas. At the tank as well. I lost a new tank due to leakage of a bad/ worn out gauge (not this one). Good luck and happy grilling
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Jason, I've had a hard time getting it up to the desired smoking temp when it's cool & windy or just cool. I think one of the problems is that they only recommending using 12 or so starter coals. Yesterday I increased this number to 20 or so and that seemed to work better. I'll keep fooling with it and could see using up to half the coals in the chimney starter. And I've found that I need to have the top holes open more than the 5/16 they recommend. I'd say open them all the way up and then throttle them down. I also think it makes a big difference and significantly slows down the process if the meat isn't close to room temp to start. But I'll tell you, the more I use the device the more comfortable I feel with it. I'm having a retirement get together this coming Sat so started preparing for that this weekend. Using a rib rack I smoked 6 full racks of ribs on Sat and 6 more on Sun. I'd never have dreamed that 6 racks of ribs would fit on the Weber but they did. I baby sat the Sat batch pretty closely but once the Sunday batch was up to speed I only looked at about once/hour to stir the coals, add water & wood. We ate one last evening and it was good but will put the rest in the oven for 2 or 3 hours to get them more tender before serving. I hope that this (long) answer is of some help and encouragement. Dave McCartney, Marion, OH dkmcpa@yahoo.com
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Yep, just get a mid-level regulator and you will be good! I went with a 7psi regulator and can create a ridiculously large flame.
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What kinda gas have you ran? I ONLY use NON ethanol premium. Any small engine is way better off with no ethanol in the gas. Dump out your old gas and get fresh stuff without ethanol. Mine still starts within 3 pulls every time.
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I will have to send you pictures of my set-up later on this week. Briefly I have three Weber carbs and a fuel distributional block from Mr. Gasket and I placed it upstream of this, but if you have fuel injection the pressure is about two or three times what the gauge will register
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I use a $20 thunder range purchased from amazon 5yrs ago. But over the past yrs coming across other stoves they are different in design but use the same type of fuel canister. Be it a $20 range or a $100 range. I looked up a kenyon stove and I think it should be no problem.Chef Ray
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The model I had several years ago never got anything. With the amount I spend on the unit and propane I would say that I paid more than $10 a bug. I have spoke with others that had success with other brands. I would look elsewhere.
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no problem with this at all...... on my 2nd cylinder and never any issues. Great pit, you'll love cooking on it.
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I have a 72 Super Beetle, and a 66, 73 Sedan. As far as fuel .... they are all the same? I have bought two Spectra Premium Fuel Tanks. One for the '73 & one for a '74 Karmann Ghia. They are beautiful tanks. Very pleased with my purchases.
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I had quite a hard time with mine. I took it into a professional mechanic who had to adjust it. Seemed to run fine after that. I haven't used it in months now so there's really no telling if it's still going to work. The mechanic I took it to said you need to find gasoline without ethanol and it shouldn't be more than a month old. Otherwise it wont start or run right. Of course I'm on my second saw now. The first went to hell after about 5 hours of use. Sorry, I don't trust this thing very much. Caused me lots of frustration.
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Lol. You're going to have a hard time finding someplace that will ship you a propane cylinder. Get them from a hardware store's welding section, or but them from the camping section of any major retailer. Walmart comes to mind. They're cheap there. I can also use the one you use for your gas grill.
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That would be a question best answered by the manufacturer. There are BTU rating differences between the two gasses and, for possible safety reasons, I would not be the best person to answer this question.
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Mine was for the 5500. I can say this, these new fuels play hell with these carbs, additives don't seem to help. They need to be exercised monthly, or drained and the the fuel lines blown clear between use. Additives will help with the fuel stabilization in the tank but have not helped with the carburetor bowls. The fuel pick-up is located and the very base of the bowl and there is a very small dia. hole where the altitude adj. feeds the metering rod. This has played havoc on my generator. Good Luck.
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I have used charcoal brickets and fluid with good results. Don't skimp on the size of the pile, as when you spread them out they won't provide sufficient heat. Don't know about other fuel types.
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I believe you need higher quality diesel fuel. The guage on the fuel is cheap plastic and broke within the firt two times using. Now the fuel leaks when you move it. My opinion this is junk. I wish you read my review before buying. The thermometer guages heat immediately around unit, without fan in back unit turns off and on way too often. Unit should have a choice of 25,000 50,000 or 75,000 btu's. I should have bought used at garage sale. J.W.
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I use Coleman 16.4 oz Propane fuel. But at Chicagland Speedway last year for a NSCAR race WE saw one catch on fire, the green paint bubbled off, the smoke was black, and smelled horrible. If I would have not yelled at the guy using the grill there would have been major problems. He had this grill on a waist high table the flames were so high they almost started his canopy on fire. It would have if we didn't spot it in time.