Bass Pro Burner Sale

[kuenro02]

Bass pro is having a sale and there fish fryer is only $29. It is a propane burner that pumps out 58,000 btu. Is that enough for a 5 gallon all grain setup? How about a 10-15 gallon batch?

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/s...051_10205245?hvarTarget=search&cmCat=10019034

 

[KellyL]

I have that same burner and it works great. I've only used it for a full boil on extract though. It will maintain whatever temp I need it to stay at with little adjustment.

 

[anonymousbrew]

just a word of caution - i bought this setup when i first started brewing. worked fine for awhile, but the construction is very thin and i had to constantly reinforce the thing until i finally just went with a 4 leg steel stand http://www.academy.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_10051_27741_-1?N=77985508

A lot happier with it. The problem was that the round tripod structure got so wobbly that it would distort under weight when it got hot.

i kept it, but dont put anything heaver than a charcoal starter on it

(edit - this was with a converted keg doing 5 gal batches - there's no way i would put that much weight on it, much less 10-15 gals of boiling liquid)

 

[TheKeg81]

just a word of caution - i bought this setup when i first started brewing. worked fine for awhile, but the construction is very thin and i had to constantly reinforce the thing until i finally just went with a 4 leg steel stand

Odd, I have this one and it seems fairly stable to me. Never one worried about it dumping over or failing. The two look fairly similar, but I suppose they could be different enough.