FaultyGas BBQ

Could an insect have got in to the hose or the gas jet ?

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Yes HG.  The hose should  have a validity date on it like your motorhome's.  If it does not, or is out of date, then replace. 

Thanks for the comments. I have had an insect in the hose before but not this time! Hose definitely out of date so will replace before proceeding. Also, I can connect to the motorhome external BBQ point so I will try this which will eliminate the regulator.

We use a Weber Q2000 at home and a Q 1000 in our van. Both get very encrusted after frequent use, occasionally needing a good scrape down inside. Over winter the burners and jet areas can develop some encrustations of their own, which are difficult to access. A little attention with a modified suade brush, with brass bristles may help. Cellulose thinners seems to work well as a solvent for many oily substances too. Once lit and given a chance to stabilise for a few minutes, any residue seems to burn away and give a steady flame. You don’t need to be warned against lighting them before the cellulose thinners has evaporated, do you.

As an aside, have you seen the Weber price rises generated by the pound falling against the dollar?

We have a Weber Baby Q at home and a Weber Go Anywhere for the motorhome. The latter uses a gas canister but for the Q, I replaced the canister with a direct connection to a 27mm snap-on regulator.

Today I had a long discussion with a Weber parts seller. Weber now do an adaptor (not cheap). One end has a snap-on 27 mm regulator which fits patio gas or BP Gas (Gas Light which I have at home). The other end screws directly into the Go Anywhere or into the regulator on the Q. This sounds wrong because the Go Anywhere already has a regulator but apparently that’s OK.

For anybody still awake, the problem is that the motorhome has an external BBQ point with a built in LPG tank so I cannot use the snap on regulator. The only solution is to cut the Weber adaptor hose and have a “tail” with a quick release connector so that I can have either the snap on regulator to use at home or the male for the motorhome BBQ point. It’s about £60 worth of kit so I am thinking about it!

I got lost in the detail, but I think that we’ve done the same. Both BBQs have a short tail with a standard gas line male connector at the end. Following which we have a straight length of hose with a caravan external socket at one end and a standard gas line female at the other. For home use we have a similar but short hose coupled to a patio gas compatible regulator with a standard gas line female at the other. Somewhere in the garage roof we have a rarely used Cadac Safari with a similar male and a camping gaz regulator with a female in line connector. In short, any burner can be connected to any gas source just by plugging it in. I can’t recall costs because it’s evolved over time.

I had exactly the same problem with our Baby Q.  Although I have found the BBQ very easy to keep clean, the burner does become clogged over time.  I took the burner our completely and then prodded each hole with a paper clip or something similar.  Admittedly, it did take forever to do, but it did the trick and it's now working fine - until the next time!

I ordered a new hose with Weber adaptor as mine is 15 years old but whilst researching it I came across an interesting American video. I noticed that when I switched the gas on, the regulator clicked quite loudly. According to this video, regulators have a cut-out which can be triggered by sudden gas movement. It’s a safety precaution in case of a sudden loss of gas. It causes reduced pressure and coughing and spluttering of the BBQ. Anyway, I followed the instructions to close all the valves then open very slowly and next time it worked. Maybe coincidence.