King Kooker or Bayou Classic 100QT Pot

If you can go and look at the pots, get which ever one has the larger basket. Some manufatures make the basket much smaller than the pot, which makes your cooking capacity smaller. With that being said, I have had a King Cooker 80 qt pot for about 11 years. The basket is pretty much the size of the pot and it has held up well.

Not sure on the burner. I know it will make it boil, just not sure how fast it will get it there.

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Bad thing about the double jet is that it is much easier to freeze a propane tank.

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This.

I love my 2 burner for one sack but boiling multiple sacks gets difficult even with a larger regulator and tank. I have to switch tanks.

I use banjo for boiling and do not use my jet anymore. Keep the jet as a backup. I just like that I can hear people even when I am standing next to it. And it is slower but not that much slower. A few minutes.

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get which ever one has the larger basket. Some manufatures make the basket much smaller than the pot, which makes your cooking capacity smaller.

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Nailed it.

I have a King Kooker 100. Bought through Walmart online and it was cheaper than most everything I saw.

As high as the shitty regulator will let me. That is one thing I need to change. Hate the regulator. I have a single jet.

I have one of each. Kink Cooker style and a traditional pot/burner.

They both have their place.

The King Cooker style is very nice. I can rinse the crawfish easily in the pot/basket setup and drain the water right back into the yard. It is very simple to use and makes lowering the crawfish into the boil very easy. After the boil, its very easy and safe to dump the crawfish out into an ice chest, trays, etc., or right on the lid.

The down side. After the boil, if you don't want to just flip the lever and drain the boil water right there where it sits, then it can be a hassle to drain.
For example: I like to drain my standard pot either down the street drain or in a spot of the yard, ditch, etc., away from were we boil. Two people can carry the traditional pot over for this. The King Cooker style is not very portable.
However, you can probably make a hose to attach and drain where you like. I have not yet done so. I either drain into a 5 gallen bucket or drain it where it sits if I am in a spot where I don't care about the grass.

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Don't forget to test for leaks over time on the King Cooker style pots. The drain may leak over time and I have seen it on the King Cooker brand specifically. Easy fix, but a fix you don't want to scramble for during a boil.

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I bit the bullet on this loco set at academy because I was in need of my own set. First boil is tomorrow. Got the bayou cooker 30 psi regulator to switch out with the one that comes with it. This twist and drain things looks pretty sweet.

I though bayou Classic was a little heftier/thicker, but that was close to 10 years ago too.