Cooking on gas - without a gas supply

SlyReaper · 4 Feb 2011 at 21:51

What's the best way to go about this? I'm utterly sick of cooking on electric hobs, and the house I'm going to be moving into soon also lacks a gas supply. So my plan is to buy a set of gas hobs and hook them up to a large gas cannister, which I'll keep in a cupboard and drill a hole for the tube to feed through.

So where can I buy a gas hob I can do this with? Also, what's the best sort of gas to use? Will camping gas do, or will I need some other kind?

AHarvey · 4 Feb 2011 at 21:53

surely camping stoves are the answer?

Or just looking at getting gas to the house?

cm1179 · 4 Feb 2011 at 21:55

calor?

SlyReaper · 4 Feb 2011 at 21:58

AHarvey said:
Or just looking at getting gas to the house?

Crazy expensive. There's no gas pipe in the street.

Are camping stoves as good as a normal kitchen stove?

RobFromTheWood · 4 Feb 2011 at 21:59

they make hobs that run on lpg (the red bottles) we use it for heating and the hob

Cosimo · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:02

You can use Calor gas, a villa we rented had a cooker which ran on butane.

This might help:

http://www.calor.co.uk/cooking/benefits-of-lpg-cooking/

Energize · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:03

Just use vastly superior electric induction hobs, gas is so 1800's.

What house doesn't have a gas supply? A shed?

Castiel · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:03

We have two huge Calor Gas canisters in our back yard that supply our Hob.

singist · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:03

use an induction hob!

Electric but not as we know it Jim

DB_SamX · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:06

Calor gas canister.

Cosimo · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:06

Energize said:
Just use vastly superior electric induction hobs, gas is so 1800's.

What house doesn't have a gas supply? A shed?

Somewhere out in the country or in an inaccessible place. Nothing odd about that.

unclebob123 · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:07

We have a gas cooker with 6 burners which runs from two canisters outside. Obviously you only need the one, but it automatically switches over to the second once the first canister runs out. Pretty cheap as well. The two last about a year and a half and I think its about £40 a bottle.

Castiel · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:08

Energize said:
What house doesn't have a gas supply? A shed?

Plenty of houses have no mains Gas supply. Our entire village doesn't.

It depends on how posh you are, the posher you are, the less likely to have mains Gas...

Castiel · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:09

unclebob123 said:
We have a gas cooker with 6 burners which runs from two canisters outside. Obviously you only need the one, but it automatically switches over to the second once the first canister runs out. Pretty cheap as well. The two last about a year and a half and I think its about £40 a bottle.

We are the same, it is pretty cheap. Cheaper that the oil fired central heating anyway.

SlyReaper · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:12

unclebob123 said:
We have a gas cooker with 6 burners which runs from two canisters outside. Obviously you only need the one, but it automatically switches over to the second once the first canister runs out. Pretty cheap as well. The two last about a year and a half and I think its about £40 a bottle.

Oooh that's pretty good, I thought doing it this way would be pretty expensive. But it sounds like it's pretty cheap.

unclebob123 · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:15

SlyReaper said:
Oooh that's pretty good, I thought doing it this way would be pretty expensive. But it sounds like it's pretty cheap.

I cant remember how much it was to have installed to be honest, but it wasn't extortionate. And like I say once you get it up and running it's very cheap.

Cosimo · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:16

Castiel said:
It depends on how posh you are, the posher you are, the less likely to have mains Gas...

Nobody has gas in the posh condominium we stay at.

SlyReaper · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:21

unclebob123 said:
I cant remember how much it was to have installed to be honest, but it wasn't extortionate. And like I say once you get it up and running it's very cheap.

Who did you use to install the system? Also, how big are the canisters? Could you keep them in something like an under-the-sink cupboard, or do they really need to be outside?

unclebob123 · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:34

We have canisters which are this size http://www.wheresmymammoth.com/projects/properfurnace/img/1.jpg

Although I'm pretty sure you can get them in various sized. I've seen ones half that size when collecting my new bottles. Im pretty sure they would legally have to be kept outside though. I wouldn't want to risk having them inside my house anyway.

I had it installed by a local Independent gas fitter. This was about 5 years ago.

RobFromTheWood · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:39

Height Diameter
6kg 495mm 256mm
13kg 580mm 315mm
19kg 800mm 315mm
47kg 1290mm 375mm

for just cooking a 13kg bottle will last a good few months
we use a 47kg and i cant remember when it was last changed

they are ment to be placed out doors