RonPopeil
Well-Known Member
i know this has been talked about but several searches haven't helped much.
i have a mastercraft 185kBTU burner from my LHBS. From day 1 this thing has been a dirty bird. very yellow flame, tons of soot. no bueno. brought it back to LHBS last week and he swapped out the regulator for a new one from another unit. same deal.
the problem is turning it down. if i leave the regulator cranked and open the air valve up it will shoot nice blue flames, great for getting up to boil. the problem is holding the boil. i now turn the regulator down, still leave the air wide open, and the flame goes orange/yellow and by the end of the boil i have soot running up the sides of my kettle.
some how i'm getting way to much fuel. i've taken the screws off the venturi which gave me another 25% of the air inlet open and it's still awful.
bought new, never modified, always had this issue, regulator w/line swapped out..
burner in question: http://shop.lancasterhomebrew.com/185000-BTU-Burner-185000burner.htm
yes my LHBS is Lancaster HomeBrew Supply
i have a mastercraft 185kBTU burner from my LHBS. From day 1 this thing has been a dirty bird. very yellow flame, tons of soot. no bueno. brought it back to LHBS last week and he swapped out the regulator for a new one from another unit. same deal.
the problem is turning it down. if i leave the regulator cranked and open the air valve up it will shoot nice blue flames, great for getting up to boil. the problem is holding the boil. i now turn the regulator down, still leave the air wide open, and the flame goes orange/yellow and by the end of the boil i have soot running up the sides of my kettle.
some how i'm getting way to much fuel. i've taken the screws off the venturi which gave me another 25% of the air inlet open and it's still awful.
bought new, never modified, always had this issue, regulator w/line swapped out..
burner in question: http://shop.lancasterhomebrew.com/185000-BTU-Burner-185000burner.htm
yes my LHBS is Lancaster HomeBrew Supply