Natural gas pipe burners at Trinidad lit easy and heated tanks to boiling quickly. My LP burner requires running a flame across each orifice in the pipe and then takes several minutes to reach a boil.

Should I look at changing the regulator, or is there another option? I saw a picture of a tank on a pair of camp stoves for rust bluing. Anyone want to comment on how that works? Only have to light 4 burners that way, in any case.

Thanks,
Steve

Maybe the LP burner has a NatGas orifice installed in place. Lets too much gas in and you get poor combustion.

A bad regulator is also a possibility.
You shouldn't have to light each port on the burner like a candelabra to get the thing going.

Another option is an electric immersion heater. I have one that's 20yrs old and still going. More of a professional unit though, as they are a bit spendy.

I use a 180,000 btu turkey fryer LP burner under this rig. Boils in 4 minutes, steam for 10, job done. No water issues. The burner can also be used for cooking. I can hang a barreled action inside the pipe, and use it as a sweat box by putting water in the pot between rustings. Total cost = $26 for the rig and $25 for the burner.

Bobster

Cool boiler.

Steve

I have a 6x6x36" SS pan that I sat on a Garcia 2 burner LP stove. It takes way too long to boil.

Yeah, and you can use it to cook snakes.

I was thinking more like a 48" Kielbasa.

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Originally posted by Brice:
Yeah, and you can use it to cook snakes.

Propane is heavier than air. You need some
sort of trough running along side the orifaces
to conduct the fire.

Bobster, what a great idea. Can you tell us more about your pipe ?

It is very simple to build. Just use stock three inch cellular core pvc pipe(36-48 in. long), cap, and a toilet flange. A 1/2 in pvc cross-bar is notched into the cap and pipe. The flange is secured to the lid of a flat-topped stock pot I bought at a dollar store. Drill some holes thru the lid to allow steam to enter the pipe. I call it: "Bob's Big Johnson Barrel Steamer".

Wow! That's great.

And the steam blackens the rust, just like boiling in water?

Thanks,
Steve