randallhilton
06-14-2010, 09:16 PM
From another thread:
You guys talking about propane consumption, would like to ask you a question, but a little info. before asking. At Habitat for Humanity we say some used apartment sized stoves (think that is what they are called, they are narrower in width than a reg. size). We didn't price them, as didn't know @ the time they would be a consideration for canning things outside (to keep the heat out of our home). Do you by chance have a ball-park gues-timation on how much they consume and/or for how long it would function on how many pounds of propane. Any help you could share would sure be appreciated. Thank You:)
It's very likely that those apartment ranges burn nearly as much fuel as a "normal sized" 4 burner range. The oven may have a smaller burner.
A typical range runs at 65,000 btu's per hour with all burners burning.
There's about 22,600 btu in a pound of propane so a 20 pounder (actually about 14 available? Not sure) should give you over 316,000 btu which means you could run your stove wide open for 4 or 5 hours on a bottle.
I don't have a clue about individual burner consumption but the fewer burners you use, the longer the tank lasts.
FYI: Our cook stove has 3 different sized burners - some use more fuel than others.
You guys talking about propane consumption, would like to ask you a question, but a little info. before asking. At Habitat for Humanity we say some used apartment sized stoves (think that is what they are called, they are narrower in width than a reg. size). We didn't price them, as didn't know @ the time they would be a consideration for canning things outside (to keep the heat out of our home). Do you by chance have a ball-park gues-timation on how much they consume and/or for how long it would function on how many pounds of propane. Any help you could share would sure be appreciated. Thank You:)
It's very likely that those apartment ranges burn nearly as much fuel as a "normal sized" 4 burner range. The oven may have a smaller burner.
A typical range runs at 65,000 btu's per hour with all burners burning.
There's about 22,600 btu in a pound of propane so a 20 pounder (actually about 14 available? Not sure) should give you over 316,000 btu which means you could run your stove wide open for 4 or 5 hours on a bottle.
I don't have a clue about individual burner consumption but the fewer burners you use, the longer the tank lasts.
FYI: Our cook stove has 3 different sized burners - some use more fuel than others.