cast iron burner

We hunt so we use something like this to heat water for our outdoor shower....but, I think it's a "turkey fryer". Instead of oil we use water....

it is the burner for a deep fat fryer used mainly for turkey but will do anything that you wish to deep fry. LOL saw one used the other day on the tv show moonshiners, they were heating up a still. Using it to heat anything you choose would be fine they do a wonderful job.

I use something similar when I brew beer. I've made 10 gallon batches with a propane burner and it worked just fine. I have to bring it to a boil for 60 mins.

anyone see this style. I would not think it has BTU output

I have the dual version of the one pictured just above, and it only puts out a bit more than a Coleman stove. The Turkey fryer version at the top has a much higher regulator and sounds like a blast furnace when it runs. Use them lots to heat water, not just fry turkeys. They get glowing red too but I've never had a problem with it. I hate the new ones with the timers and the safety valves but I'm not sure the old basic ones are made anymore.
Actually looking at the top one pictured I don't see all of that safety stuff. Probably a good one.

Most stainless hoses are actually the stainless covering over a rubber hose for protection. They will still be stiff.

As others have said, you are looking at a turkey fryer. At least that was the original use. Now they are used for lots of activities which require lots of heat quickly. I use mine to deep fry turkeys, cook in my wok (actually a little too much heat for it and hard to control), steaming a big batches of tamales for a crowd, and cooking crabs. The stainless steel flex lines stay that way down to low temps.

P.S. try steaming your crabs and you won't go back to boiling!!!

steaming
do you put a grate or something on top???

bbaker2001 wrote:
steaming
do you put a grate or something on top???

No, we use 3 tier steamer pots like this. Water in the bottom pan and crabs in the two upper pans. Depending on the size, we usually can fit 8-10 good sized Dungeness in it.


Here is a link to steamer pots on Amazon. Clicky We have a local Asian market that carries them.

bbaker, I have both of the units that you have posted pictures of. Both will produce much higher output than a standard, green Coleman camp stove. Get a variable regulator. Flame control on the cast iron single burner is pretty limited with the stock knob. The variable regulator will help you control flame from high to low much better. The burners in those 2 units are virtually the same.

thanks for steamer info, will try

variable regulator, they com with 20,,10,,5. do I remove the factory one. after 45 yrs of camping, still learning. what a great site