Do you get black soot on pans when using the burners? My cheapo turkey fryer blackens the crap out of my stainless steal pot.
1153438
The banjo will not, at least not that I have found...the jet burner needs to be on fairly heavy otherwise it will leave soot. Tried to keep a small kettle on warm with it and it blackened it. The banjo probably would too, just don't use them on low. It is a great cooker, will hold a VERY heavy kettle and heat up quickly.
1153439
No, the air is adjustable on the top cast iron burner for a clean burn and the jet burner gets all the air it needs by design.
1153440
Sound like your air fuel mix is off. You need to give the burner more air. Try the adjustment at the back of the burner, open it up more. You get less soot
1153441
I haven't had a problem with soot on my kettles. There isn't much adjustment with the air shutter, on the burner, if you aren't getting a blue flame.
1937964
Not that I can tell. It blackens up my pots. How I get around that is I take some aluminum foil and wrap the bottom of the pot/pan and when done I throw away the foil.
1566314
They can on a very high flame when the pan is pulled too close to the handle side of the burner. The handle on the very small fry pan is also a little heavy but does not cause any problems with something in the pan. It stays upright when empty but not by much. I will say that I love the set and I cook a lot.
1923380
I had a bit of oil on mine and I just burned it off. I think it is there to stop it from rusting while in storage. Hope you like it, I love mine.
930274
Did you take the shield in the back (inside) and cleaned it? I have had my machine for at least 10 yrs and never had a smoking issue. If you have something that touches the burners, I can see it causing smoke but it should not be for very long. I always make sure nothing can touch the burners, and I cook a 15lb turkey in mine. What type of smoke is it?
1624647
Not rusted, since that is a function of iron-based products, but will develop a patina. I am choosing not to clean and polish my bowl, but allow it to darken and basically turn a dark brown to black with the exposure to air, heat, ashes, and tar in the wood i am burning. I want to fool the cooper thieves out there, too.
2107681
Not really. I have occasionally been able to reuse one if it doesn't get too burned. However, once it's been cooked on, it doesn't seem good to cook on that side again and the other side is usually pretty black.
1859402
We haven't had the problem. We just make sure we are cooking at a lower temp.I am just happy to have something I can scrub if I burn something.
1316087
This appears to be the heavy cast iron grate and if so, should not be flaking black paint off. It's not painted. What I do is use a cheap grade of spray oil such as Pam, etc. and I keep it sprayed before use and after use. It's just like an iron skillet. Before turning burner on, I have a steel brush that I go over the grate with just to knock the burned residue off. It really stays clean and with the spray oil, it does not show rust.
2169757
I have had no problems with mine so far, and I use a pretty big burner as well. The only issue I have found is that fittings leak (actually it's more of a dribble). It is so minor I rarely even notice it.
198624
I have used mine several times and as long as I have the proper fluid I have never had this problem, be sure and use proper or more fluid while cooking.
2060936
Neither on mine. The burners get luke-warm, not enough to cook anything. It's in the garage going to Goodwill.Wish I had better news for you.
1395801
I tried to do this. After waiting the required time, I turned on the burner. The product caused a lot of black smoke and just burnt away.
1589657
It says you should not. I left burner on low for a little too long with not much in pan and it did leave a discoloration. I am someone who used to cook on high and have had to adjust but from all I read you shouldn't be cooking on high anyway. I really am liking the pans. Ives vey surprised at how light weight they were and almost was turned off by this thinking they were cheaply made but I am really liking them.
1032717
IF let's off a fair amount of smoke. I was not very happy, and would net rocommend. For me, the problem I had was it got too hot, even on the lowest of settings for my gas burner. Also, it's impossible to clean, without scraping of the coating. the last time I used it was to sear tuna. I let it sit for a day and scrubbed very hard to remove the residue. I used a sponge,then a soappad, becasue the sponge did nothing for the black residue ledt behind. I scrubbed so hard some of the costing rubbed off, and there is still residue left? Hope you have better luck and this was helpful
748188
Haven't checked on times, sorry. That burner is HOT, though, would not take long. You need to be careful of aluminum pans with thin bottoms, it will warp them and if you let them boil dry it will burn through, I am told.
1937960
No I have used both the Original and Titan Solo extensively both do deposit soot and creosote on cooking pots. However I feel this is a very minor issue considering the weight savings, reliability, limitless fuel (as long as your not well above the tree line) and ambiance of using these nifty little units. especially the Titan. One of the best products I've seen in 50+ years of mountaineering. Buy a Solo and deal with the soot. You won't regret it!