Do you get what you pay for (cheap turkey fryer kit)?

[Kronin]

I don't have much to add, other than that I picked up that exact burner (square wally world one) at a yard sale for $3 bucks. Talked him down from $5.

Okay I know a buck is a buck... but this just made me spit out beer laughing for some reason....

 

[raptorkeeper89]

Very similar to what I have. Btw the dial timers are easy to bypass.

can you post directionso on how to bypass this silly dial timer?

 

[theveganbrewer]

I don't have much to add, other than that I picked up that exact burner (square wally world one) at a yard sale for $3 bucks. Talked him down from $5.

It works great, heated 9 gallons of water from 50 degrees to 160 in 25 minutes. And was stable with 20lbs of grain, 9 gal. of water (~70lbs) and a keggle.

So ya, get it.

I used the square one last night. Took me way too long to get water going. Are you going full speed on the propane, or less? I might need to tinker with the air intake thing.

 

[Cambone]

Ya I had that puppy running full tilt, but I did have to mess around with the air intake. Condensation was forming on the propane tank, which means you're doing it right.

 

[Cambone]

Okay I know a buck is a buck... but this just made me spit out beer laughing for some reason....

Ya it made the guy laugh when I lowballed his $5 pricetag too. My haggling skills are "interesting" to say the least

 

[theveganbrewer]

Ya I had that puppy running full tilt, but I did have to mess around with the air intake. Condensation was forming on the propane tank, which means you're doing it right.

Thanks, I went all out on my 2nd brew and had it boiling in 15 minutes.

The square one from Academy has no timer on it.

 

[tchuklobrau]

here raptorkeeper89. a pic is worth 1000 words. simply use a fairly thick gauge wire. insatall as seen in the pic. the hook holds the timer in the full on position.

 

[pericles]

Wait two weeks and buy it after Thanksgiving.

 

[KurtB]

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here raptorkeeper89. a pic is worth 1000 words. simply use a fairly thick gauge wire. insatall as seen in the pic. the hook holds the timer in the full on position.

Thanks for the great idea. This should work much better than the gaffers tape that I had been using to bypass my timer.