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Crawfish boiling question...
Posted on 3/21/11 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 3/21/11 at 6:38 pm
I bought a double jet burner because it was supposed to speed up the process of boiling crawfish. This last Saturday was the first time I used the new burner (propane) and I could never get my water to a boil (12-13 gallons). Now I've got it hooked up to my natural gas at home to see if it was some fluke with either the propane bottle or the regulator. I'm an hour and a half in and the water's hot but not quite boiling. How long should this freaking take? I'm thinking I wasted my money on the jet burner.
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Posted on 3/21/11 at 6:45 pm to rhodester
i think something is messed up
Posted on 3/21/11 at 7:04 pm to rhodester
Does it have a regulator ?
Posted on 3/21/11 at 7:11 pm to rhodester
Something is wrong. It takes alot of gas to feed those things.
Posted on 3/21/11 at 7:19 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
If ya got 2 burners on the LP, they are sharing the total LP pressure, lowers the heat per burner.
Ya need a reg on LP, not on NG.
Ya cant use an LP burner with NG cause the orifice is much smaller on the LP and larger on the NG.
Ya need a reg on LP, not on NG.
Ya cant use an LP burner with NG cause the orifice is much smaller on the LP and larger on the NG.
Posted on 3/21/11 at 7:32 pm to Drop4Loss
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If ya got 2 burners on the LP, they are sharing the total LP pressure, lowers the heat per burner.
Ya need a reg on LP, not on NG.
Ya cant use an LP burner with NG cause the orifice is much smaller on the LP and larger on the NG.
I actually drilled out the orifices for use with NG and took the regulator off. It took 2 hours, 10 minutes to boil 12-13 gallons in an 100 qt. pot. with this set up.
Posted on 3/21/11 at 8:15 pm to rhodester
Sounds like you've got some serious problems then...
Posted on 3/21/11 at 8:17 pm to rhodester
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drilled out the orifices
On a brand new setup?
Shoulda just returned it
Posted on 3/21/11 at 8:19 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Yeah, that's not right.
Posted on 3/21/11 at 8:33 pm to INFIDEL
What is the combine BTU rating of the burners, sounds like not enough.
Posted on 3/22/11 at 8:55 pm to Bayoudaddy
Sounds like the orifice may be to big.
How much air are ya letting in, is the flame really blue/white or yellow (cold) ??
How much air are ya letting in, is the flame really blue/white or yellow (cold) ??
Posted on 3/22/11 at 9:36 pm to rhodester
I was wondering how those things worked...
Posted on 3/23/11 at 6:41 am to USMCTiger03
Are they actual jet burners or bango burners? If bango burners then your gonna have a hell of a time getting them hot enough unless they're huge.
Posted on 3/23/11 at 8:36 am to Drop4Loss
quote:this guy understands what's going on....
Posted by Drop4Loss
If ya got 2 burners on the LP, they are sharing the total LP pressure, lowers the heat per burner.
Ya need a reg on LP, not on NG.
Ya cant use an LP burner with NG cause the orifice is much smaller on the LP and larger on the NG.
Also, I would assume that the pressure of the natural gas that they feed to your house is much lower than the vapor pressure of propane.... But I'm not sure.... Anyone know what pressure the NG feeds are?
Also, what's the point in a 100qt pot? Just curious....
Posted on 3/23/11 at 9:33 am to The Sportsman
natural gas is measured in inches of water. it takes 27.7 inh20 to make 1 PSI.
Posted on 3/23/11 at 10:08 am to chackbay
NG at house is 1- 2 lbs....................
Posted on 3/23/11 at 10:16 am to Drop4Loss
quote:yeh. If true, way lower than propane which is somewhere north of 100 (temp dependent) (121.2 @20degC)... I guess that's why we boil with propane and not NG. So OP, you need to only use propane. Can we get a picture of said burner?
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Posted by Drop4Loss
NG at house is 1- 2 lbs....................
Eta: I think you should have gone with an 80qt pot if you wanted to speed up the process. You need a 120qt pot to pull off two sacks and all the veggies IMO (and that will be tight)
This post was edited on 3/23/11 at 10:19 am
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:40 am to The Sportsman
Might be a obvious and dumb question, but are you putting a lid on the pot?
Posted on 3/23/11 at 11:56 am to Drop4Loss
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Sounds like the orifice may be to big
Classic OT material
Posted on 3/23/11 at 1:06 pm to Drop4Loss
I have both. With natural gas you have to have a volume tank on the burner. There is only about 8-16 ounces of pressure coming from a house. I have a homemade burner that can boil water in about 12 minutes( 2 beers). The volume tank is made out of 6" pipe 4" long. It has 5 holes drilled in the top with 1/16 holes. I will try and take a picture when I get home. It is more quiet than propane and I don't have to worry about running out or running to the store.
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