Does it make sense to drill new holes and move the flame of a bayou classic closer to the bottom of my brewpot. My HLT will not heat up very quickly at all. 30k BTU. Any dangers? Anyone done this?
No danger, as long as you don't get too close, which would cause incomplete combutsion, and produce excess Carbon Monoxide, which is toxic. When adjusting distance, make sure that nothing other than the very tip of the flame touches the bottom af the pot. If the flame is orange, you are too close.
I am having the same problem with my brew stand. I have the burners too close the the keggle(2"-2 1/4") on the last brew we moved the keggle up 1/2 (copper pipe under the keggle) and I was able to get a better boil and the flame did look better so I am planing on droping the burners 2" if this is too much I can drill new holes and move it up.
[QUOTE=orfy]You want the kettle just above the blue cone of the flame.
Mine is more like 2.5 inches (I don't know in metric) above #4 and just won't do the job. It was 35*F today and I couldn't get it to even 170*F after 45 minutes.
Would like some input on this as well as I am planning on hard lining my gas soon and would like to have the pipe at the right height when I start (without having to move it )
Are you running propane or natural gas? I've been trying to get my wok burners working better and I'm coming to the conclusion they are not the best burner for the job. (Too many of the the problems bobby_m has mentioned in several posts.)
I would like to know as well what a good height is. Does anyone have personal experience with natural gas burner height? I am reading anywhere from 4 to 16 inches. Mine are BK 7 inches, HLT 8 inches and it is more orange in the flame than I would like, and it puts out a ton of heat around the kettles. Was afraid the handle coating on the kettle valves would melt and had to move my March pump from underneath as it was getting to hot.
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