Recommendations for Crawfish Boil Rig?

Don’t complicate this.

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I build the best ones money can buy. All TIG welder aluminum and 316 stainless hardware. The stainless burners are modular and removable so you can take them out and do turkeys and jambalaya. $2400 for a 240 qt (4 sacks), $1600 for a 120 qt (2 sacks).

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Can anyone recommend a set up that won't break the bank and will hold up with time?

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Just for backyard boils? I average a dozen a year. Don't complicate it and don't go buy a giant obnoxious thing.

Go to Lowes and buy a 100qt pot and a Bayou Classic twin jet burner. (you don't have to go to Lowes, but they consistently have the Bayou Classic double jet out on the shelves).

Then go to your local hardware store and by a better regulator and some Teflon and replace the stock regulator.

It'll cost under $500 and should last you a few decades.

If you want to save money you can get an 80qt pot but eventually you'll want that 100.

Something like this is good.



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My rig is over 20 years old now and still going strong. It's an 80 qt. aluminum pot with the strainer and lid. The burner is your basic seafood boil burner, 5 gallon propane tank, cypress paddle for stirring and a homemade aluminum hook to stick in a hole in the strainer to help pour the good on the tables.

If I were to do it again, I'd get a 100 qt. pot since it gets tight with a 40+ lb. sack of crawfish in my 80.

That's about as basic as you can get.

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If I were to do it again, I'd get a 100 qt. pot since it gets tight with a 40+ lb. sack of crawfish in my 80.

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I've had both an 80 and now 100qt. I preferred the 80qt personally. I don't really stick in a lot of extras though. I also only boil one sack at a time and not more than 2 or 3 sacks in a day.

If OP wants to keep costs down then an 80qt pot and a burner would be around $150-$200.

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The cheapest 5 gal pot and propane burner will work perfectly. Seasoning the water is the key.

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WTF are you going to boil in a 5 gallon pot besides shrimp or a few dozen crabs. You're certainly not going to boil a sack of crawfish unless you do 3-4 boils.

At least a 100 quart aluminum pot with lid and basket - I got mine from Sam's and they were on sale many years ago.

I have this burner - around $150 at hardware store



With this regulator - around $30 at hardware store, 0-60 PSI



It should last you 20 years at least

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At least a 100 quart aluminum pot with lid and basket - I got mine from Sam's and they were on sale many years ago.

I have this burner - around $150 at hardware store



With this regulator - around $30 at hardware store, 0-60 PSI



It should last you 20 years at least

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This. Emphasis on the regulator.