Propane cooking stove hookup

I have a full size GE Profile  gas stove with electric oven. Supposedly the best of both worlds. Because of several factors  , I have run it off a 20# gas grille type tank for a couple of years now.  It works ,,.....ok. I am pretty sure my lack of performance is due to the cheap gas grille regulator  . I have used a number of them and they don't allow me to utilize the full potential of the stove top.   My question is, is there a better regulator  out there that will allow more gas to the appliance so all 5 of the burners heat as they should? I might be able to go to a larger ,40#, tank but  the 100 # tank presents too many logistic problems with filling , transport etc. I get 6 to 10  weeks of use with the 20# tank  using it every day ,three meals a day. Anyone out there running a full size propane stove on small tanks successfully???

Hi Rick;
We run our range , refrigerator and on demand water heater all from our stationary 250 gallon propane tank.
It uses a larger regulator and 3/4" to 1/2" supply lines , so a lot of gas is available.
Have never had a supply issue.

thomas rubino wrote:Hi Rick;
We run our range , refrigerator and on demand water heater all from our stationary 250 gallon propane tank.
It uses a larger regulator and 3/4" to 1/2" supply lines , so a lot of gas is available.
Have never had a supply issue.

Thanks for your reply. All is well when you  use a large ( 100#  and larger)  tank that takes a different regulator than the small tanks use. I'm running  gas  grille size tanks and am looking for a regulator that will provide more gas than the cheap big box store ones, if there is even such a thing.

In most of South America people run their kitchen stoves on the small propane tanks (like those used in the US for barbecue grills). I have a 5-burner stove with double oven and "afterburner" (for cooking on a wok).
Regulators are only available in "small and cheap"- no bigger diameter I have seen unless you get those huge tanks.
Still, the only time I have had problems with flow is when the burners themselves need a cleanout (needs to be done regularly) or there is some sort of leak in the system. We also replace the regulators and hoses regularly- the hoses for safety purposes and the regulators due to humidity, oxidation, fouling, etc. You're supposed to replace it every year, I think we maybe do it every 3 (and it's overdue, thanks for the reminder).
We DO notice problems with variations in gas quality, especially now amid The Great Supply Chain Problems of 2021 (probably also resulting in crud on regulator/burners), and of course if the pressure isn't what it should be we go and doublecheck the clamps on the hoses, connections, etc. Our piping system goes maybe 6 meters from the tank to the stove, but again, flow/pressure doesn't seem to be a problem.

Thought for the day: does your kitchen range have a built in regulator?  I suspect it does.  My Fridgedaire does. This is not to suggest that the tank regulator should be eliminated, but I suspect it may be too restrictive if it is designed to be used by itself.  I picked up my tank regulator on Amazon.

Tereza Okava wrote:In most of South America people run their kitchen stoves on the small propane tanks (like those used in the US for barbecue grills). I have a 5-burner stove with double oven and "afterburner" (for cooking on a wok).
Regulators are only available in "small and cheap"- no bigger diameter I have seen unless you get those huge tanks.
Still, the only time I have had problems with flow is when the burners themselves need a cleanout (needs to be done regularly) or there is some sort of leak in the system. We also replace the regulators and hoses regularly- the hoses for safety purposes and the regulators due to humidity, oxidation, fouling, etc. You're supposed to replace it every year, I think we maybe do it every 3 (and it's overdue, thanks for the reminder).
We DO notice problems with variations in gas quality, especially now amid The Great Supply Chain Problems of 2021 (probably also resulting in crud on regulator/burners), and of course if the pressure isn't what it should be we go and doublecheck the clamps on the hoses, connections, etc. Our piping system goes maybe 6 meters from the tank to the stove, but again, flow/pressure doesn't seem to be a problem.

Thanks for affirming that the set up I am using will work properly given the proper components. From your description and another posters sugestion, I feel I need to check into my Stoves  inner workings and look for an internal regulator. I have a short run, 8 orso feet of 1\2" Blackiron piping , so I'm confident of that part of the  system is adeqate. I do have to heat th e tank with a light bulb when temperatures fall below 2 5 F. Because of the limited volume of the tank.Thanks to all for your help

John F Dean wrote:Thought for the day: does your kitchen range have a built in regulator?  I suspect it does.  My Fridgedaire does. This is not to suggest that the tank regulator should be eliminated, but I suspect it may be too restrictive if it is designed to be used by itself.  I picked up my tank regulator on Amazon.

I will check that out . I bought the stove used locally and it was running successfully for the last owner off a much larger tank.Unfortunately ,the local propane dealer is very cold to anyone not supplied by them. Plus their gas is at least double what I am paying without any price structure except current market price.Thanks for the tip