propane indoors?????

[bub]

A. Not worried about CO2... CO is what is worrysome.
B. The appliances you talk about use burners that are designed for higher efficiency as well as indoor use, a standard "Turkey Fryer" burner is built for pumping raw gas into a flame, this can lead to incomplete combustion and CO (carbon MONOxide). This is what gets most people in trouble, Hey my stove is propane so this is fine.... well it ain't.
BUB

No harshness intended just I know a dude that killed himself that way and well it's a shitty deal.

[mexican]

Can't believe I'm saying this but I gotta agree with bub here.

Carbon monoxide is a real problem and as bub indicated a turkey burner just burning a shitload of gas real fast. A gas stove is specifically designed to dissapate radiant heat safely. Where the hell would you put a turkey burner inside your house that was reasonably safe ?

There is also the fac that a turkey burner has a huge flame blasting out the top. I've never seen a gas stove with a huge flame.

Hey, in the end it's your decision if you want to use a turkey burner in your house but the biggest worry I see is the large naked flame and the chance the whole thing topples over and causes a fire.

Personally, I'll stick with brewing outside well away from anything flamable.

mexican.

[BeerMan]

The point of my post was not to advocate turkey fryer in the house I said it was a bad idea fire hazard etc, but if you were new to the brew game and read this thread you might get the wrong impression about propane and a burner that is why the analogy of a camping trailer, as I stated I use a carbon monoxide detector, my garage is 25 square feet shy of 1000 square so it is not a small enclosed space the only thing my burner heats besides wort is a little concrete and I do own a fire extinguisher and I do keep it in the garage. Use Common sense, keep combustibles i.e. wood plastics cloth and so on and so forth at least 10 feet away from burner, Have a way to monitor carbon monoxide levels or a positive ventilation source and you will find propane and the bad ass burner is your friend not a thing to fear.

[bub]

Agreed... just wanted to clarify the whole CO thing... I use mine in the garage as well...I just have plenty of ventallation
BUB

[Kelly]

Got a little off topic But I wanted to point out that propane is safe and efficient.

Everyone thank Mr. Hank Hill

[BeerMan]

Thank you mister Hank

[Kaiser]

I usually start out with 6.5 gallons and after a 60 minute boil am down to around 5.25 gallons with the hops soaking up much of the wort and through evaporation.

what's your actual pre and post-boil volume (both measured hot)? You should aim for about 12-15% evaporation rate. I think that many home breweres misinterprete what a rolling boil is. When I have 12% evaporation rate, the boil doesn't look that rolling to me.

Kai

[polski]

Wow that got a little heated for a moment there...eh

Well, all i know is that i did my first cold weather, outdoor brew session and it blew ass. Sat outside in 14 degree temps as my water took forever to get up to a boil, i don't want to even think about how much propane i wasted on that beast.

Needless to say, safe or not i'm heading to the garage for the next batch...i'll just leave the door open to stay on the safe side.