06-27-2018, 7:19pm
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Originally Posted by Cybercowboy
I can tell you this, if you try to use a carbon steel wok indoors and don't have at least a 30,000 BTU burner, you're pissing up a rope. Ideally you need more like 100,000 BTUs. Most natural gas stoves have burners in the 10,000-15,000 range. Way way under what you need. Allan's burner is around 150,000. I have one coming for me that's 200,000 because why not? Also I can fry fish and stuff outside instead of making a big mess in the kitchen and smelling the house up. 
Natural gas just doesn't have the oomph, I think because it's delivered at just a few PSI. You want a propane regulator that will give you 20 or even 30 PSI for proper Asian stir fry. |
Natural gas has approximately 1000 BTU per unit versus 2500 BTU for propane.
More heat is available with propane.
http://www.propane101.com/propanevsnaturalgas.htm
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Seeing that natural gas contains approximately 1,030 BTU per cubic foot and propane contains 2,490 BTU per cubic foot, we can easily derive each fuel's cost per BTU and compare their differences in price for more realistic volumes.
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Also, the dark blue you got when heating the carbon steel wok means you were in excess of 450*F
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