I need a new "cooker"

Jeff H

NW Ohio
I'm going to buy THIS one! Apparently, you don't need fuel!

I was actually looking to replace a miniature propane camping burner I loaned out and never got back and this was one of the things ebay thought I'd like to look at too. This pic caught my eye and it took a second (admittedly) for my mind to recognize why this looked so wrong.
 

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CWLONGSHOT

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I used this finally last week. Side by side with my buddies rated @ 10K it was just as good!!! I "cooked" and ingatized four full pots in about three hours. I could have done in less time but with two kettles going but only enough molds for one pots pour... we where both waiting for the others bars to solidify enough to drop
Out.

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Very happy with the BPS fish Fry cooker!!

CW
 
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pcmacd

Member
I have been using a old turkey Fryer. Like most folks I guess. Unknown BTU's I have owned it for decades. First time using it last year, I had to replace hose, then again as it cought fire!!!!! I added a 6" steel nipple then coupler and another new steel mesh covered hose. It worked, but slowly and with long orange/yellow flames. No matter the settings.
I didnt know how slow I was, till my buddy bought his own setup with a 10.000 btu burner and pot with lid. He can melt lead at honest 3x my speed! As propane burns at same temps regardless its his burner. Complete blue flames.

Last week @ Cabelas I ran across a flash sale where the double fish fryers was 40% off! So I grabbed it. I haven't yet used so maybe it will work but my buddy has me doubting the 58.000 btu rating. Thats when I learned his was 100,000 btu's.

What do you use and whats the BTU's.
CW
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It is child's play to drill out the orifices on your new turkey fryer. It's really that simple.

Get your friend to takes his burner apart, and with a set of "number drills" or gauge pins, measure the diameter of the orifice.

Find the number drill the same size, or on either side of it, and just drill yours out. You might like to obliterate the marking on it indicating the orifice size, since it will no longer be valid.

Or, you could just locate an orifice on the web of the same size as your friend's unit. They usually have a number stamped into the brass indicating the orifice diameter. Could not possibly cost more than a buck or three.

AFAIK, they are all the same OD and thread pitch.

Iben doing this for years on my gas grills, all of which burn perhaps 15% more propane than when they came out of the factory.

I'm reluctant to go more than that because they are expensive grills with aluminum housings that I would really hate to screw up.
 
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pcmacd

Member
I have taken it appart and adjusted it to both ends of the apectrum. Makes no difference. The assembly looks to be sand cast. I feel its just poor quality. (Nothing changes flame)
Take it completely apart. You likely have spider webs or dead bugs in the system.

Run a nylon brush thru everthing.

That's what I do when my grills start burning yellow. There is always a spider nest in them.
 

pcmacd

Member
Take it completely apart. You likely have spider webs or dead bugs in the system.

Run a nylon brush thru everthing.

That's what I do when my grills start burning yellow. There is always a spider nest in them if i have not used them for a long time.
 

CWLONGSHOT

Well-Known Member
I did find paper wasp nest!! But altho improved, still no blue flames.

New one is working in spades!!

Thanks for the tips!! ♥️♥️

CW
 

pcmacd

Member
I did find paper wasp nest!! But altho improved, still no blue flames.

New one is working in spades!!

Thanks for the tips!! ♥️♥️

CW
Man, this is not Rocket Science.

You are having a problem getting enough air into the combustion process to make the flame blue.
  • A yellow propane flame is combustion with insufficient air/oxygen.

  • Period.

Work it out.

I wish you luck.
 
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fiver

Well-Known Member
probably just need a higher pressure regulator.
you'll never suck enough oxygen in through the little vent if the gas isn't moving fast enough.
 

Ian

Notorious member
That's the problem my ring burner had. Self-inflicted as it turns out because I was using a regulator salvaged from a junk propane grill. After buying an adjustable regulator which I tuned-up considerably and clearing the rust from all of the cast iron holes, the burner produces a nice blue-white bunt cake of neutral flame. I only use that rig for small batches of scrap and, [gasp!] outdoor cooking, Still working on the pressurized oil burner furnace concept, but in the future I likely will be buying mostly foundry alloy as the scrap supplies here have largely dried up.