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Offline pete b

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Re: Tired of the slow heat and soot, time for a new burner.
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2016, 02:04:22 pm »
I have the bayou classic and love it. You can turn it very low or very high. Not only can I get a blue flame but it can actually get clear sometimes so you have to hear it and feel the heat to know its on. The bottom of my kettle doesn't have even a smidge of black.
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Re: Tired of the slow heat and soot, time for a new burner.
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2016, 05:30:12 pm »
Bite the bullet and get the Blichmann. It will be the last burner you will need, and it will be cheaper than buying two or three cheaper ones. And like duboman said, it burns super hot and clean, no soot. I find that it doesn't burn any more propane than my old Bayou SQ14.
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Re: Tired of the slow heat and soot, time for a new burner.
« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2016, 08:00:34 pm »
That's a cool idea for a base.

If you have a large kettle I would consider widening the base to make sure it doesn't get tippy on you.  Maybe replace the 1' pieces on the bottom with 2' pieces?  Each corner would extend out 1' (ish) outside the base to give it more support side to side.

I tend to over build though, so it probably isn't necessary.  I knew a brewer who dumped 5 gal of boiling wort over on himself and am very leery about that type of thing.  It took several years for him to heal.

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It would be easy to add support to the bottom.  I have an 8 gal kettle and it sits inside the top corners of the burner.  It's rock solid.  I may try to figure out something for the top like blichmann and endemetal use to hug the bottom edges of the kettle.

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Re: Tired of the slow heat and soot, time for a new burner.
« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2016, 09:43:27 pm »
After 8 years with a Bayou Classic SQ14, I am upgrading to a blichmann. I considered others, but I find the blichmann to have more items in the pros column.

The SQ14 was great, just want something a little more efficient.

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Re: Tired of the slow heat and soot, time for a new burner.
« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2016, 05:33:08 am »
That's a cool idea for a base.

If you have a large kettle I would consider widening the base to make sure it doesn't get tippy on you.  Maybe replace the 1' pieces on the bottom with 2' pieces?  Each corner would extend out 1' (ish) outside the base to give it more support side to side.

I tend to over build though, so it probably isn't necessary.  I knew a brewer who dumped 5 gal of boiling wort over on himself and am very leery about that type of thing.  It took several years for him to heal.

Paul
It would be easy to add support to the bottom.  I have an 8 gal kettle and it sits inside the top corners of the burner.  It's rock solid.  I may try to figure out something for the top like blichmann and endemetal use to hug the bottom edges of the kettle.

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No good, or at least easily described, ideas on the ring.  I'm sure you'll come up with a good solution.

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Re: Tired of the slow heat and soot, time for a new burner.
« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2016, 09:36:09 am »
Duboman, Frank and Steve,

OK, I bit the bullet and ordered the Blichmann.  Cry once.

I'm hoping it will give a stable enough very low flame to put a little heat into my BIAB mash if needed.  It seemed that the Blichmann would be most likely to do that.
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Re: Tired of the slow heat and soot, time for a new burner.
« Reply #21 on: January 22, 2016, 02:24:47 pm »
There's no crying in home brewing;) I'm sure you'll be happy with the purchase

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Re: Tired of the slow heat and soot, time for a new burner.
« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2016, 06:47:00 am »
There's no crying in home brewing;) I'm sure you'll be happy with the purchase

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Re: Tired of the slow heat and soot, time for a new burner.
« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2016, 10:52:48 pm »
Duboman, Frank and Steve,

OK, I bit the bullet and ordered the Blichmann.  Cry once.

I'm hoping it will give a stable enough very low flame to put a little heat into my BIAB mash if needed.  It seemed that the Blichmann would be most likely to do that.


I use a 15 gal kettle on my Blichmann burner for BIAB.  It was pretty cold here last week and after 25 minutes I had to get the mash temp up a couple of degrees. I fired the burner up to a low flame, which quickly got it back to my target.  No scorching or issues with the bag.  You won't regret the purchase!

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Re: Tired of the slow heat and soot, time for a new burner.
« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2016, 05:01:50 am »
My burner on my 1 bbl system has no damper to adjust the air mix ratio. I have to use the height of the burner to do that. By lowering the height of the burner I have gotten rid of the soot and increased boil times.