does any one know if this burner will boil 5 gal. water and keep it going for crawfish
1709951
Ours is as good as any range. We've been very impressed. We've boiled and fried and it keeps on going. We highly recommend this item.
1709952
I have NEVER tried a 5 gallon pot but I would think it is possible if it isn't too heavy to sit on the burner.....I am sure it takes a lot longer than on a regular burner. make sure you get the water boiling. i use this for side dishes, like cooking corn on the cob....and it will come to a boil and cook my corn until tender. hope this helps. p.s. make sure you buy it at http://amazon.com, as they have the best on-line customer service available!
1709953
This burner works great with a normal sauce pan but will not support the weight of 5 gallons. That would be dangerous in my opinion.
1709954
No way will this little burner boil 5 gal of water. More because it would be too heavy and too large around. The burner sizer is not very big. I have a 5 gal bucket in my basement so I know the size of 5 gal. You will need to look for something almost industrial to hold that weight and size.
1709955
Wouldn't be my first choice for boiling a 5 gal. Pot. The cool is about 5-7 inch across. It could produce the heat though to get the job done
1709956
Perfect, I cook chicken every day. Perfect and I have been using this companies products since 9 years.
2250353
I haven't bought the burner yet since I'm waiting for someone else to confirm how much you can boil with it! I have my first extract kit waiting on the shelf for the new year. An acquaintance is going to come over and walk me through the process. I expect we'll do the same thing you are start with a half-portion and dilute it.I make hard cider, so the only high-cost item I had to buy was a wort cooler. Please let me know how the burner performs! I'd like to be able to do some of the work out of the kitchen...Al
194779
i'm sorry mine is set up for a portable propane burner,my opion is the rounded bottom wouldn't do much good,being stainless and a heat resistor,a flame would be best,i bought mine to make egg rolls (deep frying),in the summer,and have yet to use it,used my steel 14in the last time
217280
I don't know I use gas burner. If you don't get your answer from Amazon users might try emailing Calphalon themselves.
1706350
We have the two burner version of this, a 1300W and 500W burner. Both will boil water, and the 1300W burner does it quickly, even with a 6 quart pot of water we use to boil pasta. At 1300W for the single burner, I would think it should do the job for you.
1076944
I've only made one batch so far with this burner, but from how much propane I used, I think you can get at least 4 or 5 batches per tank.
843731
I wouldn't suggest it as it is only 7.5 watts and will not raise temps. You should use a 75-150 watt heater if you have tropical fish. This heater at best would likely only take the chill off of just a 5 gallon tank. Not enough to really help.
1826946
No sir. It will not serve your purpose well. Used my stick four or five times and it burnt out. But the real problem is that it takes a long time to heat water. I figure it raised 10 gallons at about 10 per hour.
234152
I have the kab6 and I use propane this thing you can't believe how powerful this thing is I make pilaf, 7lb meat,6lb carrots, 6lb of onion, and 6lb of rice all,in one pot and the burner keeps up no problem, hope it helps
503969
I have been using a turkey frier propane burner with this brew kettle without any issues. Although I have only been using about 7 gallons so far. I would imagine with more water you just may need to wait longer for the boil. The biggest thing I noticed is with the large diameter of the pot there is a greater surface area of the wort exposed so I had a lot more evaporation of water in the process.
666738
There are a bunch of utubes out there that show you how to bypass the mechanism. Me? I found several small blocks of wood underneath the red button work fine to hold it open for boiling. That's about the only oddity about this burner it's supposed to dry fry at 350 degrees and I only need 212 of them to boil and that trigger would go off. I just found blocks of wood did the trick for me for the last 4 years.
1826655
We use it to cook lobsters and have probably put 30 lbs of lobsters with it half full of water. Hope that helps. It is very heavy duty and sturdy. Not our first burner but definitely the best so far.
1823088
I've left it in a 5 gallon bucket for 8 hours straight, it has never brought the water to a boil... it will keep it very hot though! I'm sot so sure about a simmer...
1665367
I have used it to heat up water but not brought it to a boil. Since it has cast burners, I don't think it will get red hot.
503971
I started with a standard 60,0000 btu burner, but found that it took a long time to get to temp on a 10gal batch. I recommend a banjo burner. 240,000btu. It was easy to keep a boil and bring to temp in half the time also it uses less fuel. Hope this answers your question.
553819
a 1/2 bbl keg fits easily on this burner. No complaints. Boils 12gal of water pretty fast, about 15-20min
334455
Mine heated my 5 gallon tank in a few hours. Something is probably wrong with it if it's been on for 48 hours. Try returning it.