200,000 BTU burner

[justbrewit]

http://www.northernbrewer.com/pics/fullsize/200K-burner.jpg

http://www.northernbrewer.com/burners.html

i'm thinking about getting a couple of these, does anyone else have them?? do they work good? i have 2 turkey fryers, one i actually use for frying turkeys and the other i'm going to use for home brew. i'd like opinions please. thanks!!

 

[david_42]

No, but I like that Hurricane burner & might get one to replace the unit in my turkey fryer. Better flame distribution, more heat.

 

[Tony]

Alright, quick question on these burners, as well as the Superb burner and the likes...

Do they have an ignition source or are they ones you have to light manually?

 

[justbrewit]

i know as much as you do.. but i think itsw light it your self

 

[homebrewer_99]

Not only would I be afraid of burning my malt...I'd think it would burn right through the bottom of the pot!

 

[ScottT]

I get a rolling boil on 7 gallons with a 60,000 btu turkey fryer. I don't get scorching or boil overs.

I'm afraid that anything over 60,000 btu would scorch your wort, cause massive boil overs and darker carmalization.

 

[david_42]

It really depends on how thick your kettle bottom is. I've seen people use blowtorch-type burners with commercial kegs. And those have a single flame. If you need 15 gallons of sparge water, fast, the 200,000 BTU burners start looking good.

 

[Beermaker]

I think it would be a great sparge water burner, to get temps up fast, and help out the HERMS if you have one, but a regular high pressure regulator on a 60k BTU unit is prefered for the boil kettle. Much easier to manage.

 

[cbotrice]

For lighting those rocket engines, you could rig one of those push button grill lighters they aren't that expensive and work from a distance. MP Wall

 

[feoxorus]

I put a couple of 'em on the brewstand I'm finishing up. They do not have igniters built in, but fireplace lighters are cheap and readily available. I've found that I need to hold the lighter in several places to get all the jets lit, maybe that'll change with a kettle above them to catch the unlit gas. They are a bit loud, but not much more than a turkey fryer. I'm not concerned about melting the bottoms of my kettles, they're SS and were a bugger to work with, a bit of heat isn't going to hurt them a bit.
Spending 45 minutes trying to get a boil rolling with a turkey fryer in the TX summer convinced me that I'll need something pretty substantial to boil wort in a WY winter. BTW, my system's running off a 500 gal. LP tank - I don't expect to run out of gas in mid-boil.