turkey fryer as a burner questions

[rich]

My burner is a turkey frier puchased from Lowe's for about 40 bucks. It's made by Eastman Outdoors. It's 70,000 BTUs. Notice the three tabs that were originally intended to keep the pot in place. As it turns out, these tabs slot right into place between the rolled edge and the convexed bottom of a converted keg. It is extremely stable. A person would be hard put to deliberatly push it off the burner.

By the way, you are just imagining the burnt up boil-over in the photo.

[polski]

I was thinking about buying a turkey fryer that comes with a 30 qt pot already so i can start doing full wort boils. Get two birds with one home brew you know. I know there is an ongoing debate about aluminum vs. steel, but anyone have any addition thoughts. seems to me that the aluminum would work just fine.

[bub]

that sounds like a perfect way to start.... But once you get hooked... Beware!
BUB

[polski]

i'm sure all grain is just a simple brewing sculpture away right.

[Homegrown Hops]

But once you get hooked... Beware!
BUB

Aluminum is just a gateway metal. You will surely be on to the hard stuff (stainless steel) before long. Its a hard habit to break once you go stainless.

HH

[polski]

good news, i just bought a steel fryer set on ebay. now i don't even have to worry about it. straight to the goods.

[Homebrewguy]

I have the same Fryer as Rich. If you have a larger diameter pot (I have a 15 Gallon SS I picked up cheap) you can actually reverse the tabs so the pot will sit flush with the burner.

It's worked out great for me so far...and pretty cheap.

[josephus]

My burner is a turkey frier puchased from Lowe's for about 40 bucks. It's made by Eastman Outdoors. It's 70,000 BTUs. Notice the three tabs that were originally intended to keep the pot in place. As it turns out, these tabs slot right into place between the rolled edge and the convexed bottom of a converted keg. It is extremely stable. A person would be hard put to deliberatly push it off the burner.

By the way, you are just imagining the burnt up boil-over in the photo.

I have this exact burner except I didn't assemble it with those pieces of metal hanging above the plane of the circle. Instead I attacthed 2 long pieces of rebar (or you could use flat stock) to make a large enough base for my converted keg.