210,000 btu banjo burner too much?

[PorterHoarder]

Found this online. http://www.agrisupply.com/m/banjo-burner-and-stand/p/83715/ just wondering if this is overkill for a 15 gal kettle. Ten gal batches.

 

[Donner]

That is a pretty common burner for home brew I think. I've been using one for years for my 5.5 gal batches. In fact I just added another one to my new brew stand to heat my water in a 15 gal keg. It took me about an hour to get from ground temp to 164, but I wasn't pushing it as it was my first time being the keg and stand.

All that to say, no, it's not overkill in my opinion. Plus, it takes a lot of heat to boil that much wort. Better to have too much than too little.

 

[W0GWT]

This is the burner I use. It does the job.

 

[day_trippr]

That burner is only 210,000 btu if you run it wide open on a 30 psi regulator and a fresh, non-iced-up tank of propane.
If you run it at 10psi it's closer to 70Kbtu (eg: the Blichmann rating for their BG-14 style burners)...

Cheers!

 

[logdrum]

I bought 2 of the raw burners for my brew stand, drilled out the orifice for NG & couldn't be happier. While I haven't actually timed my strike or boil, I know for sure that it takes way less than an hour; this is heating 3-4 gal for dough in & 6 gal sparge separately.

 

[Cyclman]

You don't have to crank it at full blast unless you're trying to bring up temps. I think this style of burner is much more efficient.

 

[PorterHoarder]

Thanks to all! I'm going to go ahead and snag it up!

 

[abciximab]

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