I'm looking into purchasing these for a Home Brew Sculpture. My current propane burner is extremely loud, how loud are these wide open for a full boil
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Pretty loud as well. These are really meant for natural gas unless you get an adapter.
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I have 1/2" supply line in the house from the meter to the stove. I put a T at the stove and ran a 48" 1/2" corrogated gas line to a 1/2" ball valuve and then to the burner. I have all the BTU's that I need, It roars like a mini jet. It is large enough for resteraunt wak cooking! (Chinese cooking)
1908829
The burner output is great. To be honest, I do 90 % of my coming on the front right. This one has a range from fast boil to simmer with a small center burner. This is a stove you will enjoy.
1061884
I purchased two of these burners. They are awesome by the way!!! I purchased 30 pounds of fire glass for the two. It was perfect. For one, 15 pounds should be ok. Enjoy!!!
2005613
I'm a homebrewer. I use mine to boil wort for beer. I routinely use a 15 gallon pot, (you need some "headspace" so it's not filled to the brim) on the Bayou Classic and it always does great. The pot easily has had upto 48 quarts in it due to evaporation during the boil. It has always held up, been stable, and performed properly. You should have no problems.
798583
You can get them fairly coarse - I brew Toddy with some frequency and don't even get all the way to the most coarse setting. This thing is built like a tank - I haven't regretted buying it for even one second.
917870
Yes, the steel is pretty heavy gauge, and I use it with a bayou classic outdoor propane burner. You can also mod it with a step drill bit i.e. add thermometer, spigot, etc. I would definitely recommend it for brewing.
1763009
Never tried them for a bbq grill. May check into that this evening. I used them for a gas Amana stove
748188
Haven't checked on times, sorry. That burner is HOT, though, would not take long. You need to be careful of aluminum pans with thin bottoms, it will warp them and if you let them boil dry it will burn through, I am told.
5121
15 Gallons is a huge Kettle. Stove top. No way. I use a jet burner from my propane tank on my deck. Maybe someone knows different about a stove top use. For me with my Gas Stove, no way.
1967121
These burners aren't designed to be super adjustable, they work best at a high output. You should be using a low pressure regulator also.
329097
The burner that I ordered works very well with high pressure propane (like in a gas bottle). "Plug-in gas" tubes in a house use lower pressure, so the orifice size will be wrong, and the regulator will also be wrong. My advice: don't do it.
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This burner is a "high pressure" type. If you are trying to use on a regular home natural gas system it will not work. If you are using bottled natural gas or have a pump it would work but natural gas has only 3/4 of the energy that propane has and would not put out as many BTU's.
553819
a 1/2 bbl keg fits easily on this burner. No complaints. Boils 12gal of water pretty fast, about 15-20min
260544
I would recommend GAS or propane stove. Or else you will be waiting forever to boil.
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Hey, I just used this burner to brew beer last night and it took a little longer than a normal stove but it worked really well . I only boiled around 2.5 gallons or so for the brew (in one of those old black canning kettles) and it took around 1.5hrs to start boiling after I steeped some grains and added the malt extract. Im not sure it would do 5 gallons at once, but you dont need to boil 5 gallons if your just doing a single batch of extract beer. I would recommend doing the boil in 2.5-3 gallons (should be plenty, even if you are adding some specialty grains), and then topping it off with cold water when the boil is over (also speeds up the chilling process). Otherwise, if youre boiling outside I have heard rave reviews about those little propane set ups (esp 'the hurricane'). I wanted a burner in my downstairs 'kitchenette' (with minimal fire risk), so this seemed like a good option, and so far it is working out well. Good luck.
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Pot is top of the line. I agree it could be that your burner will not go low enough. A flame tamer works great.