and man was it awesome!! At first I was having some frustration. I was getting a yellow flame and when I opened the air damper it only got worse and more aggressive so I kept dialing it back. I was getting disappointed how long it was taking to bring the temp up toward a boil and when the wife came outside I was telling her about it and I messed with it further and to my surprise when I fully opened the air damper it when from a wild aggressive yellow flame to a nice steady bright blue like it's supposed to. After that the temp climb was insane!!! I got to a boil in no time, no more yellow flame sooting the bottom of the kettle and half blowing out cause of the wind. It was windy out today and with the tight blue flame it resisted wind amazingly.
Anyhow, I am uber happy about this burner now and brewing outside. So much time saved. Like a ******* though I started my preboil volume before adding in the extract and wound up with a lower OG. I've learned from it though and won't do that again. Next time I will add the extract then fill to the intended preboil volume and return to a boil. The thing that kills me is I learned that already somewhat doing partial boils on the stove and just totally forgot it as it was my first time doing a full boil outside. Meh, live and learn!
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Anyhow, I am uber happy about this burner now and brewing outside. So much time saved. Like a ******* though I started my preboil volume before adding in the extract and wound up with a lower OG. I've learned from it though and won't do that again. Next time I will add the extract then fill to the intended preboil volume and return to a boil. The thing that kills me is I learned that already somewhat doing partial boils on the stove and just totally forgot it as it was my first time doing a full boil outside. Meh, live and learn!
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). I also like that it's protected from the wind, and has adjustable "arms" on it to keep the pot in place.
