Countrybrewin
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What experience can anyone share about burner to kettle distance? The pictures I see are all different and I know there is a right and wrong. I will be using a Banjo burner and keggles. Anything helps.
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The banjo burner has screws on the sides so maybe I can put slots on the sides and adjust the distance to see whats best.
I'm amazed when I see posts complaining that the KAB6 is slow to bring a kettle to a boil or that the burner is positioned too far from the kettle bottom. I used one this past weekend to boil 32 gallons+ in a SS 55 gallon drum with no problems at all. Had power to spare and it was completely off the shelf stock.
This is the burner I used: http://www.bayouclassicdepot.com/kab6-kick-a-banjo-burner-plus.htm
Is this the burner in question? It puts out a huge amount of heat. I cannot imagine needing anything with more power and the burner height was not an issue at all.
That's the one I have. Are you using the 30 psi regulator? If i turn it up past 1/4 of a turn I just get a flame out. Anything I can do to cut down time on brew day is a plus.
Yes, it's the stock regulator with the green connector knob.
How far open do you turn the needle valve? I open the tank all the way and then can only get the needle valve 1/4 turn open before it flames out. I've done two AG batches with the same tank so I'm clearly not using as much propane as I could. What am I doing wrong?
I've never seen a burner flame that looked like that. Perhaps that's the Disney version or something. A common propane torch flame is what it should generally look like.
If you don't see different 'zones' in your flame your burner may need adjustment.
I see different zones in the flame, but not the colors shown in that graphic. Not even close to those colors at all. It's not difficult to eyeball the proper air/fuel ratio when adjusting the air damper. It's very obvious to me when it's burning right and also very obvious when it is not.
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