Many have a gas cooker that most often works with a gas cylinder. With expensive energy, the price of it has also increased significantly and you should be careful to dose its use so as not to make your cylinder last too long. It all depends on the size of the tank.
In fact, there are cylinders of different sizes. What we can tell you is that 1 kg of gas is consumed in an hour and therefore you can make the calculations based on the size of the cylinder. Certainly, we do not always cook dishes with a long preparation and then we must always make sure that the cylinder arrives full.
For this, check and only do it with the temperature. In fact, the part containing the gas is colder while the empty part has a different temperature. Otherwise, you will have to get a pressure gauge, there are also cheap ones on the market, and check that the LPG in the cylinder is correct. However, there’s another reason why you may waste gas and not make it last long enough.
Gas cylinder: use the lemon method
As we have just said, in addition to checking that the gas cylinder is full, you should also make sure that your burners are well cleaned. And by cleaning we not only mean that of the hob and grills but also that of the burners and nozzles, which is essential.
Specifically, the latter are the components from which the gas comes out. After that, the spark fire burns the fuel and in this way the flame that allows you to cook is generated. Therefore, if these are clogged with grease from the kitchen, they will not work properly and could cause you to lose gas.
Cleaning them is not that difficult. You need to remove the grates and burners first. Some models do not immediately have the nozzles and therefore in the event that you have to equip yourself with a screwdriver to be able to unscrew it and clean it better. Once you’ve prepared everything, just grab a lemon.
Take a lemon and cut it in half. Go and remove the seeds inside and then pour a few drops into the nozzle, it can be one but also more than one if the burner is bigger. Leave it for a few minutes and then take a very fine needle that you can stick inside the nozzle.
As you can see, the nozzle will now be much freer and you will also be able to repeat the operation. Then wipe with a tissue and go remove the excess lemon when you’re done. You are sure to find your tissue dirty as lemon also dissolves accumulated grease.