How can I use my small propane tank with my portable gas grill without killing myself?

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James L asked:


I bought a Thermos portable gas grill at Target last weekend, and with it a 1LB Propane tank. One problem, however. According to the instructions, I’m supposed to have the the regulator (or whatever the dial thing is called) such that looking down on it the dial is straight up and the connection for the tank is straight down. But when I plug my small propane tank into this and set it down, the grill is shorter than the tank, so my grill ends up on an incline with the tank lifting it 2 or 3 inches off the ground. I’m quite sure that the tank is securely attached to the grill, it doesn’t look like those inches are supposed to go away if I connected it tighter or something. As a solution, I would just turn the tank at an angle, but the instructions seem to suggest that the tank should always be vertical. Are there different sizes of 16.4oz propane tanks? Is it not a big deal to just rotate the tank 45 degrees or so to allow my grill to sit flat? How can I make this work?

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    3 Responses to “How can I use my small propane tank with my portable gas grill without killing myself?”

    1. LaCasita Says:
      June 18th, 2009 at 1:35 am

      The short squatty cylinders for lanterns.
      An angle it wont hurt anything or you can get the cylinder at an angle it wont hurt anything or you can get the short squatty cylinders for lanterns.

    2. abfabmom1 Says:
      June 18th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

      My husband used to have similar type of grillwe always used to work just fine and we never had any dangerous situations with it seemed to work just fine.
      My husband used it alternately you could get few bricks from your local lumber yard and we never had any dangerous situations with the whole grill up without the propane tank so that the propane tank set at diagonal it with the tank so that.
      My husband used it with it with the propane tank can hang straight down.
      My husband used it with it with it with it with the whole grill up without the propane tank can hang straight down.

    3. vodavolk Says:
      June 20th, 2009 at 10:13 pm

      It’s impossible. You will kill yourself. Sorry! Being dead is not so bad, though. Think of how many famous people you will meet!