1KD1
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My birthday is coming up and I would like to take this opportunity to obtain some equipment upgrades. I am currently using a bass pro shop "fish fryer" as my burner and it seems to take a fairly long time to boil water (my boils = 6-7 gals @ start). I have a friend that uses the blichmann burner and it seems to take half of the time or even less.
From what I can tell in pictures, the bayou classic and blichmann burners appear to be much more efficient than what I have.
My problem is, money is a bit of an issue (My mother-in-law has offered to buy me something for brewing and I plan to offer to pay half which was the wife's idea). So, I need to know if the cheaper ones are just as good or is the blichmann so incredible that I simply must choose to go that route?
I am using a 42qt (10.5 gals) economy SS kettle. IIRC maybe 16 inches in diameter.
From what I can tell in pictures, the bayou classic and blichmann burners appear to be much more efficient than what I have.
My problem is, money is a bit of an issue (My mother-in-law has offered to buy me something for brewing and I plan to offer to pay half which was the wife's idea). So, I need to know if the cheaper ones are just as good or is the blichmann so incredible that I simply must choose to go that route?
I am using a 42qt (10.5 gals) economy SS kettle. IIRC maybe 16 inches in diameter.