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Upping the BTU output of natural gas range
So my father-in-law was able to score me a Kenmore Elite Proffesional 5 burner natural gas stove a few years ago. I finally got the hard line ran to it in the basement brewery and got it up and running today. The 'Power Burner' only puts out around 14k btu as opposed to my propane burner which runs at 58k btu. I put my kettle on the power burner and it took close to 2 hours to get a decent (but not full rolling) boil. I was wondering if anyone had upped the btu output of a rangetop like this. The jets are interchangeable for different orifice size and I contemplating on messing around with sizes. Any ideas or experience would help, I am really looking forward to brewing inside next to the sink, fridge, and tv!
I have no Idea about messing with the jets but insulating your brewpot would help hold in the heat that you've gained. Wrapping some hot water heater insulation around my Hot Liqueur Tank helped reduce the amount of propane that I use per batch alot.
Just a thought
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Thats a good idea and I may try that as well. I figured I will gut one of the burners out and install one of these crazy looking Wok Burners http://www.cpapc.com/store/23-Tip-Round … 9C244.aspx and then pipe that into the supply. I will probably remove some of the burners until I get the right flame with the amoutn of gas I can supply.
is that for indoor ranges, or for outdoor patio cookers? Or will it work in both?
The burner is actually designed as a commercial wok burner to be used in commercial kitchens. I plan on using it inside but with the kitchen window cracked a bit or installing a hood that I got a while back. There is alot of talk about these burners on another forum, www.homebrewtalk.com in the top right corner (in the foam of the beer) there is a search engine where you can find alot of info about these burners. There are also some good pictures of frames built for these burners to use them outdoors.
Ultimately why I went electric. Installed a 220 volt 5500 Watt low density water heater element in my boil kettle over Christmas. Made my last two brews way easier and getting to a boil with nine gallons only under ten minutes after sparging. Wish I had done it lots sooner. I can use my heat stick to heat mash and sparge water, but it is a high density element. The one time I tried to finish a boil with the heat stick, I ended up with some scorch taste in the brew. Not enough to throw out the batch, but the taste is a little unique. That one ended up not getting shared with anyone. I don't have an automated brewery by any stretch, but it's still rather cool being able to go all electric.
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