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Colby Enck
Member
Username: Thecheese
Post Number: 175
Registered: 06-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 02:01 pm: | 
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I have two turkey fryer type burners that I want to use under my converted kegs. When I place the kegs (empty) on them, they seem awfully wobbly, or at least not as secure as I'd like them to be. Looked at some of the setups in the Photo Gallery, but I'm still wondering a few things. For those of you who "perch" your kegs on the burners (like I would have to do), are they stable? Is there a product out there with a bigger footprint that is heat resistant and beefy enough to hold the weight of a keg full of boiling liquid? Or do you guys build these yourselves?
How do you guys support your kegs on your burners if the burner stand is actually smaller in diameter than the kegs? It's not a big difference, but enough that the skirt of the keg rests on the very edge of the stand and tends to slip around. |
Scott Peifer
Junior Member
Username: Scottpeifer
Post Number: 27
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 02:07 pm: |
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Colby
Before I built my two tier system, I used a chicken cooker to boil with. I had to make a square frame out of 3/4" angle iron to sit on top of the burner so the keg would sit securely. |
davidw
Senior Member
Username: Davidw
Post Number: 1018
Registered: 03-2001
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 02:19 pm: |
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Same here. Except mine was simply a triangle. |
PalerThanAle
Senior Member
Username: Palerthanale
Post Number: 1317
Registered: 04-2002
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 03:09 pm: |
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>For those of you who "perch" your kegs on the burners (like I would have to do), are they stable?
One of my burners is just like that - the keg skirt sits precariously on the edge of the burner rail. Stable? no, not really. But since I don't hang glide or sky dive, that is the only rush I get - that and standing up too quick.
PTA
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel.
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Vance Barnes
Senior Member
Username: Vancebarnes
Post Number: 1549
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 03:22 pm: |
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Ugh, made sure and bought burners that would support a keg? Sounds like time for some angle iron for yours. |
Geoff Buschur
Advanced Member
Username: Avmech
Post Number: 672
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 03:24 pm: |
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I'm a percher also. Man, what a rush!
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Kenny Reed
Junior Member
Username: Ken
Post Number: 98
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 03:39 pm: |
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1: I cut the ring off my turkey fryer.
2: Cut the weld & stretched it open.
3: Welded a filler bar in the gap.
4: Heated & straightened the bottom bars (horizontal base that the keg sits on) so they would extend past the keg sides.
5: Welded 12" vertical support bars to the base.
6: Welded the retaining ring to the support bars.
7: Cleaned up the welds a bit & sprayed some BBQ grill paint on them.
The project took about an hour & a half.
Nice & sturdy. |
Vince Turley
Member
Username: Vince
Post Number: 140
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 03:39 pm: |
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Colby-
I welded on some 90o metal angle I scavanged from a box that a computer was packed in - you can see a pic of it in the "Scratch Pad" area titled "Burner Pic".
But the best solution IMO, and probably the most ingenious, is the one that Peter Roman came up with... check out the pics in his profile. For a free-standing burner, that is definitely the way to go.
Geoff- man, that looks SCARY... brewing on the edge, for sure! |
Tom Gardner
Advanced Member
Username: Tom
Post Number: 589
Registered: 01-2001
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 03:42 pm: |
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I've heard of brewers putting some "expanded metal" on the burner to support the keg. If you're looking for new ones, I'm happy with SABCO's. Tom |
Mike Huss
Advanced Member
Username: Mikhu
Post Number: 565
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 03:56 pm: |
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My HLT sits just like Geoff's in his pic, but I ran some hose clamps through the weep holes in the keg skirt and around the cooker ring. Rock solid now! I built a rack for my kettle. |
George Schmidt
Intermediate Member
Username: Gschmidt
Post Number: 461
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 05:37 pm: |
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Mike's idea is the best I've heard that didn't involve welding. Cool idea. You've got to do something, though. A few months back I knocked mine over full of boiling wort. That SUCKED, but nobody got hurt and just made a mess of the yard. Be careful with that thing.
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ~~Robert A. Heinlein: The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
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Patrick C.
Intermediate Member
Username: Patrickc
Post Number: 310
Registered: 01-2001
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 09:01 pm: |
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"Is there a product out there with a bigger footprint that is heat resistant and beefy enough to hold the weight of a keg full of boiling liquid?"
How about 3 of these?
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Colby Enck
Member
Username: Thecheese
Post Number: 176
Registered: 06-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 10:48 pm: |
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Vince:
Peter Roman's solution is perfect. What do you think those are made from? Looks like attaching them was pretty straightforward.
Peter, you out there anywhere? |
Roger Herpst
Member
Username: Roger456
Post Number: 107
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 11:04 pm: |
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I also really like Peter's setup. Gotta find myself some of those desk legs... or just make some out of alum tubing.
Peter's website is
http://www.rit.edu/~pjr4269/site/brewrey.htm |
Vince Turley
Member
Username: Vince
Post Number: 141
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 06:20 am: |
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Colby-
I am about to construct a set of legs for my boil kettle, but will be making it out of some 14 gauge 1" X 1" square metal tubing that I have left over from the brewstand I just finished (the brewstand holds the HLT and MLT, whereas the BK is free-standing). Once the legs are mounted to the keg, I plan to weld a cross-piece between the legs to hold the burner and windshield. I probably won't get around to this for a few weeks, but will post a pic in the gallery when I do.
Cheers!
-Vince |
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