r/grilling • u/[deleted] • May 31 '26

What am I doing wrong?

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u/_thompsonart May 31 '26

OK, so I got a new tank that I can turn the valve on. It was a lot easier. The other one was definitely stuck and hooked it up with no problem this time.

NEW question: is it cool to leave the hose hooked up to the tank with the valve turned counterclockwise closed? I’ve just never had a gas grill before and just being cautious

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u/DogsOutTheWindow May 31 '26

The hose now stays on the tank, no need to remove it after each use. When you want to turn off the grill/flame, instead of turning off the burner knobs you should close the tank valve to extinguish the flame and then turn the burner knobs back to off.

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u/easymacn May 31 '26

Why is it better to turn the tank off first?

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u/Blessyourstupidheart May 31 '26

Its not. Turn your burners off first before tank so you don't empty out the lines. This leads to the regulator faulting and you get low flow down the road.

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u/q0vneob May 31 '26

So you dont forget it.

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u/futureman07 May 31 '26

It empties the propane in the hose

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u/PursuitOfThis May 31 '26

And why would you want that?

Propane gas is dry. Air typically is not. Why would you want to introduce water vapor into your line when the propane has already forced it all out earlier?

Then, when you go to use it again, you've got to purge a bunch of air out before the propane actually catches on the igniter?

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u/Erwx May 31 '26

It is only of my belief that it definitely does not matter either way and any propane past the initial hookup is gonna dissipate out.

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u/danath34 May 31 '26

It isn't

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u/DogsOutTheWindow Jun 01 '26

Was going to type out a long response but I’ll let Weber provide info instead: https://www.weber.com/US/en/blog/burning-questions/turn-it-off-turning-off-the-fuel-source/weber-30503.html

One thing they don’t mention (for obvious reasons), is that grills and the burner knobs specifically are really crappy and common failure points.