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05-31-2009, 06:20 PM
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Propane BTU question
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I am looking at an outdoor burner for an all grain setup and have seen burners that range from 55,000 btu's all the way up to 200,000 btu. I am planning on doing 5-10 gallon batches outside and am wondering what the minimum BTU's i should look for when purchasing my outdoor burner. thanks.
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05-31-2009, 08:39 PM
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Cranky Old Guy
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If you ever expect to do 10 gallon all-grain batches in freezing weather, I'd recommend 150,000 or more.
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06-01-2009, 07:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by david_42
If you ever expect to do 10 gallon all-grain batches in freezing weather, I'd recommend 150,000 or more.
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I couldn't agree more, get the higher BTU burner, you can always cut it back, good luck.  |
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06-01-2009, 08:48 AM
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Hijack -> The turkey fryer I bought did not list BTU, it has a 10 PSI valve...any guess on how strong it is or how I could figure that out?
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06-01-2009, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jagg
I couldn't agree more, get the higher BTU burner, you can always cut it back, good luck. |
I also agree. I don't know what my burner's BTUs are but it's probably middle of the road. If I were to buy it again I would get a bigger burner.
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06-01-2009, 05:42 PM
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Although I stay in the garage and away from the wind I have 55,000 burners with wind screens that have no problem with 10 gallon batches.
It's 20-30 minutes to get from 60 degrees to 165 degrees for my dough in. It also takes no more than 10 minutes to get from 170 mashout to boiling temp on my setup.
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06-04-2009, 02:51 PM
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Location: College Station, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by magnj
Hijack -> The turkey fryer I bought did not list BTU, it has a 10 PSI valve...any guess on how strong it is or how I could figure that out?
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10PSI regulators are usually equipped to 55 MBTU burners. |
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06-04-2009, 03:40 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
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i ended up with a 180,000 BTU burner. I am sure this will be plenty and i will probably fly through gas.
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06-04-2009, 06:43 PM
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Location: Central Jersey
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Quote:
Originally Posted by goatchze
10PSI regulators are usually equipped to 55 MBTU burners.
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Thanks. Whatever it is it works great for half batches and would probably be fine for dull 5 gal batches too.
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