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re: Crawfish Burner Question
Posted on 4/23/18 at 7:28 pm to Fonzarelli
Posted on 4/23/18 at 7:28 pm to Fonzarelli
Man, my tank, hose, and regulator always freeze. Do the tips on my Bayou classic burner only allow so much propane to flow. I often get rolling flames as well.
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Posted on 4/23/18 at 7:39 pm to Red Stick 55
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Man, my tank, hose, and regulator always freeze.
I used to freeze any time I do more than one batch. Haven't noticed any freezing since I started doing the bucket of water method -- though the water gets real cold, which is kind of cool.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 8:32 pm to Fonzarelli
I switched this year to banjo style burners. I boil a lot of crawfish each year. I run 80lb tanks and 60psi regulators - my burners are rated at 180k BTU and will bring my 120qts to boil plenty fast enough. They are quieter but still roll pretty good.
I found with this set up and jet burners It was difficult not to deflect of lot of heat towards the ground (melted a couple hoses, be careful with a high pressure hose and the hook on the heat shield, if your heat shield gets hot the hook will melt through your hose) and up the side of the pots essentially wasting heat.
I have never boiled where the time to boil was an issue, if I was I would just pre-heat the water.
Tanks don’t freeze until they are basically empty.
Good luck you will like that setup just watch how much heat you deflect down towards the shield.
I found with this set up and jet burners It was difficult not to deflect of lot of heat towards the ground (melted a couple hoses, be careful with a high pressure hose and the hook on the heat shield, if your heat shield gets hot the hook will melt through your hose) and up the side of the pots essentially wasting heat.
I have never boiled where the time to boil was an issue, if I was I would just pre-heat the water.
Tanks don’t freeze until they are basically empty.
Good luck you will like that setup just watch how much heat you deflect down towards the shield.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 8:34 pm to swanny297
quote:Now THAT I have experienced, and knew.
Tanks don’t freeze until they are basically empty.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 9:34 pm to swanny297
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Just watch how much heat you deflect down towards the shield
I didn’t think of that. Good call. Maybe I should look into a steel braided hose
Posted on 4/23/18 at 9:45 pm to swanny297
I have the 250000 btu high pressure banjo with a 60psi regulator on a 100qt rocket pot.
Whisper quiet and rolling boil in around 15 mins. Return to boil in about 5 minutes.
I've yet to run a better overall pot/burner setup.
Whisper quiet and rolling boil in around 15 mins. Return to boil in about 5 minutes.
I've yet to run a better overall pot/burner setup.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 5:39 am to Fonzarelli
I have a old homemade burner that was made out of some steam tracing lines from a plant. It was passed down to me from my grandpa and it has NO regulator at all. It will boil some water and sound like a f15 at the same time. I haven't blown up yet btw.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 6:42 am to Vacherie Saint
You have a link to said burner? I like the sound (or lack there of) of your setup. You retro fitted that to a jet burner or had something made?
This post was edited on 4/24/18 at 6:44 am
Posted on 4/24/18 at 7:11 am to Fonzarelli
The steel hose is awesome.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 8:01 am to NOLAGT
Look at Bayou Classic model KAB4. They push 210k BTU.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 8:29 am to Fonzarelli
When I was kid you couldn't buy a burner you had to either make it yourself or have someone make it for you. We didn't have regulators, just a hose going straight from the bottle to the burner. There was a pipe nipple with a grease zerk with ball bearing removed to shoot gas to the pot. Worked fine for decades.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 9:11 am to Fonzarelli
I don't understand why everyone gets in a such a hurry cooking their crawfish. Half the fun for me is hanging out and letting my burning run while I'm slicing up my sausage.
I bought this 5 years ago and it has cooked thousands of pounds of well received crawfish.
I bought this 5 years ago and it has cooked thousands of pounds of well received crawfish.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 9:31 am to Kingpenm3
For me, it’s not so much speed, but cooking control. I like super short boil times and longer soaks. I find it easier with a faster set up that perks up to a full boil quickly.
My gear also uses less propane, so it’s cheaper to run.
My gear also uses less propane, so it’s cheaper to run.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 9:31 am to Kingpenm3
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gets in a such a hurry cooking their crawfish
When cooking more than 2 sacks of crawfish, it's time to get moving.
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Half the fun for me is hanging out and letting my burning run
You can still do this without it running for that long. Other than turning it on, its the same amount of prep time for everything else.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:12 am to Fonzarelli
quote:
I used to freeze any time I do more than one batch. Haven't noticed any freezing since I started doing the bucket of water method -- though the water gets real cold, which is kind of cool.
I have the 30 psi version of the regulator in the OP. It would not keep a flame lit for the second batch when it was wide open. The propane tank was a bit less than half full. It would run if I turned down the regulator but time was a concern so I put a new full tank on and it ran fine. Did I freeze the first tank? My tanks are in milk crates so I never noticed it icing over but then again, I didn't know they could with that much fuel left in them.
disclaimer: this was only my second time boiling myself, and the first time I had to do a second batch.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 10:16 am to SpeckledTiger
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Did I freeze the first tank?
If you had half a tank left on tank 1, and the burner worked fine when you switched to tank 2, then either tank 1 froze or tank 1 broke.
My guess is that it froze.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 2:30 pm to Fonzarelli
So, this weekend I was using a 120qt. bayou classic pot, the SP40 double jet burner. I had upgraded to that 60 psi regulator linked in the OP and a stainless steel 10 ft. hose. I had a full 30 lb. propane tank. I noticed after awhile the tank had condensation on it, and it kept cutting the gas off. I had to disconnect, reconnect, and start back up but couldn't crank it up. Any idea of the problem? I think it might have been the adapter. I have a green acme adapter that is on the best materials website, but it says for up to 200K BTU. Should I spring for the red (400K-500K BTU)?
Posted on 4/24/18 at 2:37 pm to Voltronjacko
I purge mine in a tub full of beer. The taste it adds is top notch
Posted on 4/24/18 at 3:50 pm to Voltronjacko
Your tank probably froze if it kept cutting gas off. I think the 60psi puts out over 200kBTU (though don't quote me on this) so you might want to get the red fitting (which is why I got it in the first place).
Stick your propane tank in a bucket of water (halfway up the tank typically works for me) and see if you have the same issues.
Stick your propane tank in a bucket of water (halfway up the tank typically works for me) and see if you have the same issues.
Posted on 4/24/18 at 3:57 pm to Voltronjacko
I believe the green is only good for 30psi applications. The red is 60psi, and the black is LP
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