Hello everyone, I have a keggle and it is taking a very long time to heat up. It takes about 45 minutes to heat to mash temp, and over one hour to heat to sparge or boil. I have a banjo burner and a standard 15.5 gal keggle. I also adjust the air intake to the smallest opening, which seems to get rid of the yellow flame as much as possible. I set it to a level where the hiss is barely audible.
One thing I do not do is use a lid, should I?
Also, I am not turning the propane flow high enough? I used to have it roaring, but I would only get 2.5-3 (5 gallon) batches per propane tank that way. Now I can usually get 4-5, but brewing takes about 6 hours on a good day due to the excessive heating times.
I've also attached pictures of my setup, maybe there is some glaring problem. As you can see I welded brackets onto my burner to stabilize the keggle.
One thing I do not do is use a lid, should I?
Also, I am not turning the propane flow high enough? I used to have it roaring, but I would only get 2.5-3 (5 gallon) batches per propane tank that way. Now I can usually get 4-5, but brewing takes about 6 hours on a good day due to the excessive heating times.
I've also attached pictures of my setup, maybe there is some glaring problem. As you can see I welded brackets onto my burner to stabilize the keggle.