Why you should mind your steam generator

[marsbar]

This is what happens when you boil out all the water while you are taking a break for a sandwich. I realized something went wrong when I smelled the rubber hose beginning to melt. Needless to say, I learned a valuable lesson. The turkey fryer will never be the same :D .
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p2a9180343642680bd5f9900355ce151f/e9b30324.jpg

[S/V Laura Ellen]

No, typically you steam with water vapour not aluminium vapour.

[ken connors]

They dont make 'em like they used to.........

[ewan]

what are you using for a heat source? (don't really know what a turkey fries is - in the mechanical sense)

i'm not getting my steam hot enough - looks like you can give me some advice :D

[mister_moon]

what are you using for a heat source? (don't really know what a turkey fries is - in the mechanical sense)

i'm not getting my steam hot enough - looks like you can give me some advice :D

Turkey (or fish!) fryers typically are powered by a 30,000 to 40,000 BTU propane burner. Lots o' heat, more than enough, really.

[Bill Fisher]

marsbar,

What a coincidence, I started steaming the frames for my boat this weekend and promptly boiled the water chamber dry. I got lucky and didn’t melt the container though (steal).

Your turkey cooker looks exactly like the one I bought at the big box store for $50. I didn’t use the pot though, didn’t trust the thickness (actually the lack of) of the aluminum. Looks like I was right :).


ewan,

I don’t know the BTU of the burner but this device is very common here for deep frying turkeys/chickens and for steaming lobsters and clams on the beach. I didn’t believe it would work at first but it worked fine, 30min to heat the water and 45mins to heat the frames. My box has a thermometer (included in the fryer) and I could easily keep the box at 212deg.

[Torna]

Ewan

I suspect that your problem with steam is really the metric system. Here in the states we heat our steam all the way up to 212 degrees. But I understand that in most of the rest of the world they heat to only 100 degrees. I dunno how anybody can steam wood at only 100 degrees. :D

-leif