Burner Advice Please

[stizzle]

Hey fellow brewers,
I'm looking into building a brew stand and I'm looking for advice on what burners to use. I don't see myself brewing anything larger than a 15-20 gallon batch but I'd like to "future-proof" myself to some extent without getting too crazy. I'm currently considering the Edelmetall Bru Burner, any feedback on this unit? how big of a pot can you boil on it without having to wait forever for it to heat up? I'd be using 2 of them (one for the HLT and one for the BK)

Thanks,
Any and all advice is much appreciated.

 

[Clonefan94]

If you are building a brew stand, I'd just look into picking up that burner alone. That style is used by Blichmann, Bayou Classic and now the Edelmetall. I'm still doing research myself on burners for brewstands. I have natural gas as my source, so I'm thinking of going with the jet tip burners. But for you, I see no reason to spend all that money on the whole stand when you could probably find the burner itself for a lot cheaper. I use the Bayou classic banjo burner right now and it's not nearly as pretty as that, but it uses the exact same core burner. I definitely wouldn't spend the money if you don't plan on using the base that it comes with.

 

[USAFSooner]

+1 for the Blichmann. I do five gallon batches and barely have to crack the valve to get a rolling boil. Puts off TONS of heat and burns very clean. Never any carbon on my pot.


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[kh54s10]

Agreed you don't need a complete burner. Buying one with the base would be a waste. You just need the burner heads. There are a lot of online sources, though I can't say which would be best.

 

[stizzle]

Thanks for the replies, I have no metal/welding skills so I should have mentioned that I'll be building my stand out of wood so I would need the burner to have its own stand.


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[Zwerski]

I picked up a Camp Chef 60K BTU burner from Target (had gift cards) and like it. It's online only on sale for $43 right now. If you have a Red account, you might get 5% off but will get free shipping. It has a stand. The one review for it is mine too.


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[WileECoyote]

Hello, +1 on the Bayou Classic KAB6 or KAB4 I have the 6 and it is whisper quiet even doing a 10 gal boil (14 gal to start) in a 15 gal pot.

Cheers

 

[garcia]

Neither will let you down.

 

[tyler2you]

If you want to be "future proof", I'd go with the Hurricane Burners. They work great on propane and can be easily converted to natural gas if you go that way in the future.