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I never understood the need for speed when boiling. I prefer a little longer wait times. We have guest over and sit down while enjoying a cold one.

I see this said in almost every crawfish boil rig post. Does everyone leave as soon as the eat crawfish or something? I use a 120qt high performance triple jet rig that is loud but will boil the water in 6 min and re-boil in a minuet or less once I drop the crawfish. We still visit and drink cold ones before during and after the cooking is done I just don't have to add 30min to a hour of cook time because the pot is slower to heat.

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Posted by CarRamrod

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Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:51 pm to SixthAndBarone

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You can make it work but why not just get a jet burner?

What?!?!?! I cant hear you!?!?!

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Posted by CarRamrod

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Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:25 pm to Obtuse1

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Do the math on the current draw to match even a single jet even if the jet was at 50% efficiency and you will see why nobody would buy one... they would have to wire a 220v outlet just for the burner and even a 50 amp 220v stove circuit wouldn't be beefy enough. Using an average efficiency of 85% for the induction burner and mathing in my head I think it would need something in the range of an 80a 220v circuit to match the 50k BTU of a single jet at 50% efficiency.

Jet burners have like 20% efficiency. the higher the pressure of that just the more flame you get yea... but the more that heat is pushed out and way from the pot.... look at that pic someone posted of the triple jet. Waste of energy. My brewing setup is 100% effecient with the heating element but i would need 2 running to keep up with a larger burner... which i ccould do if i wanted. But then you have the pot size vs basket and element issue. Dont feel like solving that but you could use a BIAB pot and basket.

Years ago before double jets were a commercialized thing, i determined, the jet isnt your bottleneck. Its your tanks evaporation surface. you can put your tank in water to prevent freezing but the real bottle neck is the surface area of evaporation. I plumed together 2 regulators and ran 2 tanks... worked great. but to what end. I stopped using it because you save a minute or 2.

I have since gone to use my cheap amazon BG14 banjo knock off, which i tuned by putting it the proper distance from the pot. I can boil in close to the same amount of time as a jet and there is no noise. Its nice not having to hear that the whole time while cooking.

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Posted by CarRamrod

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Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:28 pm to Stadium Rat

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Does anyone use the larger style banjo burner with natural gas? I have been wondering if it works, would be easy to hook up to home gas line if it does. If so can please give results, Pros/ cons.
Before so many crawfish boiling rigs were available in Metairie, my father hooked a banjo burner up to NG on our back porch. The burner came out of a water heater.

Cons
It got the crawfish cooked, but it took a looong time to get up to a boil. Adjust your technique accordingly.

Pros
It was nice not to have to pick up propane for your boil. Cheap.

you can change the orfice on a banjo to run NG easily. you will lose power but you can do it. im guessing that banjo you dad used was a smaller one the BG14s will roll water

And i personally like the silence on the boil so you dont have all the retards hearing the crawfish pot, coming over to tell you how to cook crawfish.