Re: Burner safe metal sheets
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:23 pm
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bazookazilla wrote:Grandpa wrote:Aluminum sheet works great as a heat shield for me. It's about 1/16th inch thick and I've used it for dozens of brews to deflect heat away from my ball lock valve and thermometer on my kettle. I place it right on the burner grill under the valve without any problems.
Don't use aluminum flashing (thin roll of material about 8" wide intended for roofing applications). There is a film of plastic coating that creates strong fumes the first time you heat it, stinks like hell!
I've found aluminum sheet metal at my local Ace hardware and True Value stores.
Could you post a pic or two, please? Sounds like it could be very useful so long as it's safe. I feel like so much heat (and therefore propane) gets wasted from my burner and would love to safely "redirect" it back to the kettle. I definitely don't want to mess around with any of this metal fume fever illness!!