Who's using their 14,000 BTU stove burner?

[TerryNJ]

Have you tried out your new stove and kettle yet?

The kettle and the replacement stove both came this afternoon. The size of the 10 gallon kettle caught me off guard...it's huge. As others have mentioned, it'll have to go on the quick boil and the simmer burners due to it's size.

I'll be brewing sometime in the next 3-4 days and will post my results.

 

[greenspan76]

...A safe estimate would be 50% efficiency, so doubling the heating time would probably be realistic...

I don't remember the name of the show, but saw a show on Discovery or the Science Channel a year or so ago that discussed the efficiency of different stovetops. According to that show, natural gas stoves only have about 35% efficiency, so I think 50% is a high estimate for gas. I don't remember the quoted efficiency of electric, but it was higher than gas.

Good info, though. Thanks.

 

[DocnSun]

All I can add to this is a watched pot never boils!

So don't put your watch in the pot!

In all seriousness, cover with a lid to bring boil faster. The vapor you see rising from the pot is just heat out the window!