Bayour SQ14 Burner Blows Out

I've been using a small Bayou Classic SP10 burner for a while, but recently switched to keggles to up my batch size. If you haven't tried it, balancing a keggle on the SP10 is a bit dicey, so I picked up the larger SQ14. Tried using for the first time, and in a moderately breezy day found it blowing out every 3 or so minutes on average. Brought the SP10 back out and finished the boil with no problems.

Before playing around with switching the burners, improvising a larger heat shield, etc., I figured I'd ask if anyone else had this happen and how they fixed it.

I put one of these collars from HD around the burner. It helped a lot. Before that I just used a few pieces of sheetmetal leaned against the legs. It didn't work nearly as good as the collar.

Thanks for the tip. Which size collar is that?

and what is that collar made for exactly? (where would i find that in HD?)

NCGrayson said:

and what is that collar made for exactly? (where would i find that in HD?)

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That is a tab collar for connecting flexible duct to duct board in home a/c systems. They would be found on the aisle with duct work, venting material and registers (grills/vents).

I have the SQ14 and have brewed on some really windy days outside. I have never experienced my flame even come close to blowing out. Maybe you should be cranking the gas up a bit more? Mine is quite powerful.