Customer Reviews

Best of all Review by kenneth e

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Best burner by far of any I have ever seen. (Posted on 10/27/11)

Decent burner becomes very good with mods Review by Daddo

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I was burning through gas at a ridiculous rate for my first few batches. I found out a few things:

1) The flame really is too far from the bottom of the brew pot. My next project is to redrill the mountings to raise the burner.

2) There is almost NO wind protection. First two boils had me relighting the flame every 10 minutes, and that was in light-to-moderate breezes. I have since taken an old folding table and set it on it's side semi-folded a couple feet from the burner. Works marvelously. My time-to-boil, rolling boil consistency, and overall gas usage have decreased dramatically.

3) You really have to futz with the air shutter to find the right setting. Get this wrong and you'll blow through gas with not much results. Nice thing is once you get it set friction holds it pretty securely and you should not have to reset.

On the plus side it is amazingly quiet and very sturdy. With an 8 gallon original volume set on it in my 40qt kettle there is no hint of movement or flex. Now that I have the flame and wind protection almost dialed in I'm getting 6-7 full 60 minute boils (plus sparge-to-boil) from a tank of LP.

I am sad it cannot be converted to natural gas as the previous owners of my house had a spare line run to right where I brew; that's where Blichmann definitely has an advantage. (Posted on 8/22/11)

Well made, does the job, and does it well. Review by Nicholas

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I've been using my burner for almost 3 years now and it still kicks up a ton of heat. I haven't noticed any real wear on any of the parts and it has gone through quite a number of batches.

Like some other posters have said, you will burn some of the paint off on your first use, but don't let that bug you, you really don't need that paint anyway. If you really do wanna keep it nice and painted I would suggest going and picking up some engine enamel paint, that stuff should stay on no matter how hot it gets.

Great burner! I highly recommend it! (Posted on 8/15/11)

no wind = good... wind = bad Review by andrew

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My first time using this burner was bad... and then good. I used it outside as recommended, but the flame would go out with any gust of wind. Which is pretty lame. So I re-set everything in my back yard. Still a little wind, but at least the flame didn't go out. When its calm, this thing heats quick... which is awesome. With a little bit of wind, the flames go everywhere. Why is there such a gap between the flames and bottom of the kettle? I will be adding some kind of wind barrier and hopefully will be able to shorten the difference between the flame and kettle. (Posted on 8/8/11)

very slow to boil Review by shane

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The flame on this burner is too low. The amount of area between the fire and the bottom of the keggle is just too great. After several times of using this thing and just being frustrated at how long it took to boil anything, I removed the burner from the stand, drilled new mounting holes and was able to raise the burner within the stand just about 3/4s of an inch. Not much at all, but it did greatly improve the performance. Don't get this burner. (Posted on 7/24/11)

Ok but not impressed Review by Nick D

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I had a partner in brewing for several years who recently had to move. We had to divide up the brew gear and he got the Cajun cooker. I bought this to replace it and it burns through the LP like none other and is worthless if there is any sort of breeze. If the conditions are perfect it does bring a fast and vigorous boil and i like it alot, but that is not always the case. I want my Cajun back. It might work better with a brew pot instead of a converted Keg but for the money it should work and yeah you might want to add some steel to the stand to use a keggle. (Posted on 6/23/11)

Outstanding Burner Review by Chris

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I just upgraded from a 55k BTU burner to the Banjo Burner and it was so much more efficient than my other burner. It brought the water up to 155 deg F in no time and then on up to a full boil on 6.5 Gallons on a Rye Pale Ale. Once I switched to doing full boils on my extract kits I need to switch to a more powerful burner. I couldn't find it locally and Northern Brewer had the best price from the online shops I checked. (Posted on 4/24/11)

Perfect -1 thing Review by HammsonTap

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Love this burner for its power for a speedy boil and its control for a mash. The only thing people should be aware of is the legs/kettle base is just barely big enough to put a converted keg on it. I welded on some rebar so I felt a little more comfortable with 10gl of boiling water on it!! (Posted on 4/5/11)

Good burner, propane tank freezes Review by Frosty

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I use this for 5 gallon all grain batches. My propane tank tends to "freeze up" about half way through the boil. I am going to get an extra propane tank for my next brew and try switching it out half way through. Other than that it works great! (Posted on 2/12/11)

Can be converted to NG for $8 if you don't want to drill Review by DCBC

I bought two of these from NB to use on my stand. For two years, I have used propane. As others have said, it really sucks the gas and can freeze up the tank if the tank gets below half full. I recently took the plunge (despite what the site description says is possible) and converted both burners to NG. I purchased the conversion kit for the "Hurricane" burner from Williams since it is not available from NB and it screws right in to the orifice of the banjo burner. I can't tell the difference in heat output. But frozen propane tanks are a thing of the past. (Posted on 1/27/11)