discooby
Well-Known Member
Help! I want to increase my AG production from 5 to 10 gal/batch and need to upgrade my burner. First, yes, lots of posts here about burners but none I could find that fits me as Im using a kettle, not a keggle, and I want to make 10gal, not 5gal.
Im using a 20 diameter, 15 gal stock-pot; I want to bring to boil, quickly 12+ gallons; I would like to conserve LP as much as possible but am willing to blow through a 20lb tank if it gets it done quickly. I usually use a 20lb LP tank brewing two 5gal batches (maybe enough left over to grill for 1 hr).
Im stuck between the bayou SP10 (amazon $50), KAB4 (+$30 more) and KAB6 (+$50 more). Ive read anywhere from 20 min boil times to 1+ hour boil times w/the SP10. Ive also read 20min to 1+ hour boil times with the KABs. Ive read the KABs blow through propane and have bad wind protection. I know the SP10 is 20 psi while the KABs use 30psi.
Can a SP10 bring 12+ gallons to boil, say at ambient air temps of 75 degrees, wort temps of 150 degrees, to boil within an hour? What about air temps of 50 degrees? Any thoughts? If the sp10 can do the job then its cheaper and more efficient than the KABs; but then again, maybe a KAB4 can kick but and boil in half the time ???
Im using a 20 diameter, 15 gal stock-pot; I want to bring to boil, quickly 12+ gallons; I would like to conserve LP as much as possible but am willing to blow through a 20lb tank if it gets it done quickly. I usually use a 20lb LP tank brewing two 5gal batches (maybe enough left over to grill for 1 hr).
Im stuck between the bayou SP10 (amazon $50), KAB4 (+$30 more) and KAB6 (+$50 more). Ive read anywhere from 20 min boil times to 1+ hour boil times w/the SP10. Ive also read 20min to 1+ hour boil times with the KABs. Ive read the KABs blow through propane and have bad wind protection. I know the SP10 is 20 psi while the KABs use 30psi.
Can a SP10 bring 12+ gallons to boil, say at ambient air temps of 75 degrees, wort temps of 150 degrees, to boil within an hour? What about air temps of 50 degrees? Any thoughts? If the sp10 can do the job then its cheaper and more efficient than the KABs; but then again, maybe a KAB4 can kick but and boil in half the time ???