Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:01 pm
Buying bare burners saves you a few bucks and many of the shrouds/windscreens have to heavily modified to fit the burner frame. If you don't have a wind issue; no need for a wind screen. If you do, old corny kegs make great screens; at lest for the smaller, 55K btu burners most commonly found with Cajun/Turkey-cooker style burner. I keep the top of the blue flame 4" inches below the bottom of the kettle. The screen top should be just below the bottom surface of the kettle.This setup prevents flames leaking out around the kettle sides. The burner shrouds really don't have anything to do with flame combustion or efficiency. That comes from the air/fuel ration entering the venture of the burner. Adjusting the air plate should allow you to adjust the flame so it burns blue without the flames lifting off the burner jets. Too much air and the whole flame will blow out easily and make more noise than otherwise. Too little air and the flame will burn yellow at the top of the flame and produce CO ... not a good thing. good luck
Former member of OmaHops, HAZE, GCBA, Palm Beach Draughtsmen. Current member of CCAR in N. GA