Blichmann burner leg extentions - stable?

The most liquid I've ever had in a kettle on them is 15 gallons and they were rock solid. Based on my experience I do not believe you would have an issue but I highly recommend visiting www.blichmannengineering.com and emailing your question to the manufacturer if you want to be sure.

 

I use them - danged solid and really for the price they should be standard. Couldn't understand using a Blichman burner without them.

 

Solid as Iraq

 

30 gallons of water is about 250 pounds in weight, not counting the kettle itself. Assuming you are careful in initially setting it up on a stable, flat surface, it's not going to just blow over.

 

O.K., I get it. It seems they are a reputable brand. I would be surprised if something that important was sub-par, and I know they design that burner to scale up for bigger kettles.

I would get them, and once you have them in hand you could probably trust your sense for their quality.

 

Blichman sells a 55 gallon Boilermaker kettle. IIRC there's settings on the burner for that one so figure 55 gallons of mash - weight? Of course you'd have to be very careful on something like that but still - the legs are thick - they'll handle the weight - the only thing would be such a top heavy thing which isn't really anything to do with the strength of the legs but diameter of the burner.

I honestly don't know of anyone with 55 gallon kettles that isn't on a single tier or Top tier style system where the burner wouldn't be on its own legs.

For 99% of homebrewers - I'm guessing the legs work more than fine. I do full volume boils and it's never wavered.

 

I use a Blichman burner with no legs and it works great. I use a pump to move the wort so there was no need to spend the extra on the legs.

 

Is that the only size leg extension available?