Hi everyone,
I'm a new brewer who just got his first brew kit for Christmas (after much hinting to the wife). The 10 gallon aluminum kettle I ordered arrived on Saturday. I decided to give a test it by boiling 7 gallons on my electric stove. After 2 hours, the temp had made it up to 205 and went no further.
So I guess I'm buying a propane burner.
I'll be making 5 gallon batches. As long as it's not ridiculously slow, time to boil is less important to me than being efficient with the propane. I'm not sure what BTU rating I should be looking for. I want it to be powerful enough to do what I need it to do, but I don't really need it to be more powerful than that at the cost of wasting fuel.
I know next to nothing about propane burners so any advice will be appreciated.
Thanks.
I'm a new brewer who just got his first brew kit for Christmas (after much hinting to the wife). The 10 gallon aluminum kettle I ordered arrived on Saturday. I decided to give a test it by boiling 7 gallons on my electric stove. After 2 hours, the temp had made it up to 205 and went no further.
So I guess I'm buying a propane burner.
I'll be making 5 gallon batches. As long as it's not ridiculously slow, time to boil is less important to me than being efficient with the propane. I'm not sure what BTU rating I should be looking for. I want it to be powerful enough to do what I need it to do, but I don't really need it to be more powerful than that at the cost of wasting fuel.
I know next to nothing about propane burners so any advice will be appreciated.
Thanks.
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