I received a turkey fryer for Christmas with a 30qt pot. I believe it is 35,000 btu s. I did a test run boiling water in that pot. It took about 30min to bring 6gallons to a boil from probably around 55-60 F . I didn't think that was to bad. Today I picked up a used 40qt pot at a local Restaurant supply store.
It took me just over 50min to get 7.5 gallons to a boil. That seems awfully long. Granted it's added volume of 1.5 gallons I don't think that should take that long. The only other variable is that, because the pot is bigger in diameter it actually sits on the ring that keeps the smaller pot from sliding around. Lifting the pot almost 2" higher. Do you think those two factors would make that much difference? I was thinking of either cuttting the ring or raising the burner. It would be easy for me to raise the burner to get it back with in the range it was intended to work. Do you think that would make that much of a difference?
It took me just over 50min to get 7.5 gallons to a boil. That seems awfully long. Granted it's added volume of 1.5 gallons I don't think that should take that long. The only other variable is that, because the pot is bigger in diameter it actually sits on the ring that keeps the smaller pot from sliding around. Lifting the pot almost 2" higher. Do you think those two factors would make that much difference? I was thinking of either cuttting the ring or raising the burner. It would be easy for me to raise the burner to get it back with in the range it was intended to work. Do you think that would make that much of a difference?