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I did the same thing...it could never get a rolling boil without the lid on and it took almost forever to get to simmering temperature.... used a 10" bango burner to build my own unit. Drilled out the orifice to 1/8" and plug it into my BBQ natural gas outlet. Works great.

I just let my wort splash like crazy and foam up as it goes into the carboy (hose stops at the opening). I reuse yeast and my beer comes out great.

When I make stout I steep the dark grains in cool water then put it in the fridge for 24 hours. I add the results to the kettle for the last 10 minutes. Works great. Last time i forgot and added it until after I cooled the wort, with no ill effect.

You can get it out with a cheap plastic bag. just stick the end into the opening, move the carboy around so the bung gets caught in the side of the bag and just yank. I have done this a few times and it is surprisingly easy.

I have a glass bottling carboy. I tried it for fermenting thinking I could run the wort out of the spigot to a keg. Even though it is about two inches from the bottom it still sucked in some trub due to the agitation caused by the flowing wort. I am sticking to siphoning it out...

Here in Canada we have returnable twist top beer bottles the are reused by the manufacturers. I can cap then fine with a stand capper and they seem to seal as well as pry off bottles

The short ends of the pins go into the board. The spacer keeps the connectors up off the surface of the board.