I bought this Bayou Classic model SP10 high pressure cooker from Home Depot a couple weeks ago. I've used a lot of propane equipment, smokers, etc. and have experience adjusting air and babying regulators to get a nice flame. Unfortunately I can't seem to get this new unit figured out and getting a lot of extra orange flame so it isn't working as well as it should.
I'm feeding it from a standard 20 lb BBQ tank that is about half full. I am opening the main tank valve slowly to avoid tripping the safety mechanism in the regulator. I have the air plate on the burner all the way open...closing it only make it worse with more orange flame. Bayou Classic even sent me a new hose/regulator which did not make a difference.
Here are some pics:
propane on high:
Propane turned down some:
propane all the way open:
And for reference is the burner pic that Bayou Classic uses to advertise this product:
I checked for blockages in the burner, even disassembled it to check for slag/roughness inside the burner. It's clean and everything looks good mechanically.
While their pic shows a cast iron burner the unit now ships with a smooth aluminum burner and is stated as such on the box. All I can think is this aluminum burner design is crap, yet I hate to go buy an aftermarket burner like King Kooker although I did that to fix a propane smoker a few years back. Any suggestions to get that orange flame dialed out?
I'm feeding it from a standard 20 lb BBQ tank that is about half full. I am opening the main tank valve slowly to avoid tripping the safety mechanism in the regulator. I have the air plate on the burner all the way open...closing it only make it worse with more orange flame. Bayou Classic even sent me a new hose/regulator which did not make a difference.
Here are some pics:
propane on high:
Propane turned down some:
propane all the way open:
And for reference is the burner pic that Bayou Classic uses to advertise this product:
I checked for blockages in the burner, even disassembled it to check for slag/roughness inside the burner. It's clean and everything looks good mechanically.
While their pic shows a cast iron burner the unit now ships with a smooth aluminum burner and is stated as such on the box. All I can think is this aluminum burner design is crap, yet I hate to go buy an aftermarket burner like King Kooker although I did that to fix a propane smoker a few years back. Any suggestions to get that orange flame dialed out?