Ordered a Bayou Classic Banjo Cooker with stand from amazon...
Did a lot of research, read a lot of threads on here and decided in this bad boy.
Only problem is I didn't love the stand that came with this. I looked at ordering just the burner and regulator and build a stand like D-Mosers
But cost wise it actually made more sense to order the one I did.
Thought to myself, that doesn't look like it's going to work real well...
I'm seriously an idiot sometimes but that seems like a lot of wasted BTUs with 7.5" from burner to wok/disc. Now I realize there is a chance I'm gonna burn through a pot but heck I'm willing to take that chance.
Started reading reviews and a guy on amazon had some advice.
Decided I'd modify it to use a wok and a pot.
Had local machine shop roll me a 1/8th x 1" flat bar into a 16" diameter ring. Picked up a couple ft of 3/8" round rod while I was there.
Took the plunge and cut this nice $100 rig all up. Cut the outside vertical bar down 1/2" from top. Cut the inner vertical support by 2.5". Now I'm an insurance and financial planning type guy so my welding skills come from the mean streets of Sweetwater High School some 15 years ago...so don't judge me.
So I welded this ring around the outside support rod.
Cut some 5" pieces from the round round, squared them up and welded them to the outside rod and on top of the shortened inside vertical rod.
So far so good. Need to clean up some slag tomorrow and paint with some high temp paint when it warms up. All in all happy sofar.
Did a lot of research, read a lot of threads on here and decided in this bad boy.
Only problem is I didn't love the stand that came with this. I looked at ordering just the burner and regulator and build a stand like D-Mosers
But cost wise it actually made more sense to order the one I did.
Thought to myself, that doesn't look like it's going to work real well...
I'm seriously an idiot sometimes but that seems like a lot of wasted BTUs with 7.5" from burner to wok/disc. Now I realize there is a chance I'm gonna burn through a pot but heck I'm willing to take that chance.
Started reading reviews and a guy on amazon had some advice.
Decided I'd modify it to use a wok and a pot.
Had local machine shop roll me a 1/8th x 1" flat bar into a 16" diameter ring. Picked up a couple ft of 3/8" round rod while I was there.
Took the plunge and cut this nice $100 rig all up. Cut the outside vertical bar down 1/2" from top. Cut the inner vertical support by 2.5". Now I'm an insurance and financial planning type guy so my welding skills come from the mean streets of Sweetwater High School some 15 years ago...so don't judge me.
So I welded this ring around the outside support rod.
Cut some 5" pieces from the round round, squared them up and welded them to the outside rod and on top of the shortened inside vertical rod.
So far so good. Need to clean up some slag tomorrow and paint with some high temp paint when it warms up. All in all happy sofar.
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