Camp Chef MVP Grill

[vanreever]

I am planning on buying a camp chef mvp grill. I plan on using my low pressure quick connect on the side of my Kodiak Express 186E hybrid. My questions are as follows:

Does anyone have experience with this grill?
What parts do I need to hook up this style grill if it is possible?

I think I will have to take off the grill regulator and buy some sort of adaptor that screws on where the regulator was along with buying a quick connect hose. Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks.

[vanreever]

Camp chef via an online chat told me that they have an adaptor to use low pressure hookup. When it came it was basically the fitting that the regulator is attached to that screws into the grill. That fitting then screws into a hose sold by camp chef that has a male quick connect on the other end to plug into the camper on the other side. They told me that the grill will function very well as long as I don't go any longer than the 8 foot hose that I purchased. Have not used yet. But the grill looks great in my garage lol. Very well built and huge surface area. Will fire it up to test once the three feet of snow melts off my camper cover. I like the fact that the conversion to low pressure required no modification. Plus I did not have to tamper with pieces of the regulator fitting rendering it useless. I basically have the ability to run the grill off low or high pressure (bottle or get an adaptor hose for a separate tank) now depending on the situation.

[Ex-Tech]

wing_zealot wrote:
Ron - the typical Camp Chef MVP grill is two or three 10,000 BTU burners. The typical Weber Q is One 10,000 BTU burner. Like comparing the mpg of a Volkswagen bug to a fully loaded F-350 V-10.

OP - go ahead, buy your camp chef, remove the regulator and try it. If it works, fine. If not, hook it directly to a propane tank and grill away.

Been there, Done that.

Actually, the MVP grill is only available in a two burner model. I have one and love it.
I also purchased the optional grate so I can use large pots on it.

[TUCQUALA]

That is a "high pressure" grille, you will have to use it directly from a bottle. Camp Chef used to make a low pressure Sport Stove, that could be hooked up to the low side of a trailer.

Look at the burners, if cast iron or solid aluminum ring with holes on the top of burner, those are low pressure. If they are silver laminated (sandwiched metal discs, with a bolt or screw in the center) burners, they burn from the sides, and are high pressure only.

[dougford]

I have the Camp Chef Big Gas grill and love it (have the 14X29 griddle and BBQ box). Have some hoses (somewhere) that I used to use for a propane lantern connected to the RV propane tanks. The hoses never seemed long enough for where I wanted to put the lantern, so threw the hoses in the storage room. Thought about pulling them out when I got the grill, but then it dawned on me, that just like the lantern, I probably wouldn't like being limited to where I could put the stove. So I just use a spare 20-lb propane tank that I already had. I have used the Camp chef as far as a mile away from the camper at times (RV site up in the woods, stove down at the beach on the lake). Whatever you decide, enjoy the stove!!

[rgodfrey]

I've been using the camp Chef MVP for over 4 years now and love it.

I'm not sure how much success you will have running it off of the low pressure quick connect. I installed a Stay A While Deluxe on my motorhome's fixed tank and the grill run's great on the high pressure side. I've even purchased a 2nd 12' hose and have successfully run the grill off of 24' of hose.

[wing_zealot]

Ron - the typical Camp Chef MVP grill is two or three 10,000 BTU burners. The typical Weber Q is One 10,000 BTU burner. Like comparing the mpg of a Volkswagen bug to a fully loaded F-350 V-10.

OP - go ahead, buy your camp chef, remove the regulator and try it. If it works, fine. If not, hook it directly to a propane tank and grill away.

Been there, Done that.

[Ron3rd]

wing_zealot wrote:
It will work only marginally at best. The longer the hose you use to connect, the worse it will be. The more burners you use the worse it will be. You will get much more satisfactory results if you just use it directly off a propane tank instead of the quick connect. Ask me how I know all this.

...or remove the regulator like a lot of Weber Q owners do. You can search the topic and if you have a removable regulator, it's fairly easy. Most regulators I've seen are 1/8" pipe thread. Let me know if you need more info.

[KMP44]

If the grill has a regulator, its setup for a high pressure connection. I'm not familiar with this grill, but most manufacturers don't offer any way to convert them. If you can remove/bypass the regulator and plumb it up yourself, then you could make it work - but keep safety in mind.

Other options would be a tee fitting at your camper's propane tank with an extension hose so you have a high pressure feed to the grill, or look for a grill like the rvq that is designed to use the low pressure quick connect.

[wing_zealot]

It will work only marginally at best. The longer the hose you use to connect, the worse it will be. The more burners you use the worse it will be. You will get much more satisfactory results if you just use it directly off a propane tank instead of the quick connect. Ask me how I know all this.