Hi All,
I have decided to upgrade to a 1 bbl system using 2-55 gallon boilermakers for mashing and boiling and a 30 gallon for my HLT. I have some guys welding up a modified Brutus 10 to accommodate the larger pots, but I am not sure which burners to use for such a large system.
I am torn between a cast iron hurricane burner and jet burners. I have a smaller cast iron burner that I use now so I have experience with that, but have no experience with the jet burners.
Any suggestions? Maybe a 3rd, 4th, or 5th option I haven’t thought of?
Thanks.
J
Try this,
What about propane? Most resturant stuff is natural gas.
I have a 30gal kettle I boil in that rests on 2 x 70000 btu cajun cooker burners… I use both burners
to reach strike water temp then pump to my mash tun (plastic)
After I dough in I heat sparge water and pump to my HLT (plastic)
When I drain to the brew kettle I only need one burner to get a rolling boil while slowly sparging since
the wort is already around 150F… I could probably switch out that burner for one half that power and if I was to do that
I would probably go with a 50000 btu ring type burner with a needle valve flow control - back the gas right down.
I have such a ring burner but it is used exclusively for outdoor cooking - pasta sauce, chilli, and soup done inside a
converted Sanke… the flame and heat control is so much better on those ring burners it is not funny, but my wife
would kill me if I messed with her set-up, down side is they are more $$ and they are big/bulky to set up side by side.
I would stay away from jet burners (straight pipe type) they are noisy and don’t offer much control - got rid of one already.
My system consists of a 30g HLT 40g MT 30g Kettle and 2 x 15g Keggles - cast out is 45gal at 1060 OG max
They make these available for propane as well
I have a cajun hurricane big cast iron burner that seems too weak to get 80 gallons boiling and have had to use a jet burner to get it going. Then had a hard time keeping a rolling boil. Might be the tank icing up that causes that. I want to plumb it to my house 500 gallon propane tank. Might have to go to high pressure regulator for that.
Try this site . I used the 32 tip propane burners on my one barrel system that I made from 2
55gallon s/s drums . http://www.kitchensupplydirect.com/burner-accessories.html
I use the banjo KAB6 - 220K BTU - I would imagine that would be enough power, but have not tried it out first hand.
This is what I use - man, it really puts out a lot of heat. It brings a 55 gal barrel to a boil in about the same time I can bring my 14 gallon kettle to a boil with a much smaller burner. Stock up on propane though - you will need it. 