Thought I'd post this little baby for you all.
http://www.gardenbliss.co.uk/products/index.asp?TID=901&ID=2905
It is available everywere, this link is just an example so you know what it looks like, do a search & you will find loads & at very differing prices, eBay was the cheepest the last time i looked.

This is an amazing little piece of kit for those of us who don't have Gas Cookers & like myself prefer to cook outside (even in the Winter).
I have contacted the actual Manufactures & they have replied & confirm that this is a 7kw Gas Burner (i had my doubts & still do, I'm sure some of you peeps here will be able to clarify).
It is supposed to be an equivalent to a 7000 Watt Cooker, does this necessarily mean it is 7kw in Gas terms.
Cheers for now.
.....DARTHPHALL.....

This is certainly the baby!  I saw ones similar to these out in the Middle East and SE Asia, and you can see they are very effective and feel can really the heat from them even out there.  I might invest in one for the next kitchen.  Thanks Darth, your the Yoda!

Happy Cooking
C P

Quote from: DARTHPHALL on October 07, 2006, 01:19 PM
...I have contacted the actual Manufactures & they have replied & confirm that this is a 7kw Gas Burner (i had my doubts & still do, I'm sure some of you peeps here will be able to clarify).
It is supposed to be an equivalent to a 7000 Watt Cooker, does this necessarily mean it is 7kw in Gas terms.

Hi Darthphall,

I presume 7 kW (ie 7000 watts) is the power consumption of the burner using propane gas.  This equates to an energy consumption of approximately 25 megajoules per hour (ie 25 MJ/h), by my reckoning.

I know that the wok burner on my barbecue has an energy consumption of about 18MJ/h??so I?d say that a power consumption of about 7kW (ie 25 MJ/h) sounds about right for this burner.

Anyway, who cares, as long as it gets bloody hot and the curry catches alight!  ;D

?..I?m going for a 59 MJ/h (approximately 16 kW) burner!!!!!!!!!! ??..whoooooooooooooooooooooosh!  

Just for completeness, I checked the energy consumption of my (bog standard) domestic gas cooker (natural gas), as follows:

• Smallest burner = 4 MJ/h (1.1 kW)
• Medium burner = 7 MJ/h (1.9 kW)
• Largest burner = 12 MJ/h (3.3 kW)

I think I read somewhere that Mark J thinks that a typical restaurant burner is about 4.5 kW?

So, thereafter:

• Typical barbecue wok burner = 18 MJ/h (5.0 kW)
• Darth's "Hot Wok" = 25 MJ/h (7 kW)
• My "soon-to-be toy" = 59 MJ/h (16 kW)
  

To try to put things into some perspective, I notice that those large, outdoor, free-standing, propane driven, patio heaters typically consume about 18 to 40 MJ/h

Thats the real deal Darth, exaclty what they used in all Takeaways in New Zealand.
Alas i am back in the UK now, jet lag is almost gone, ive had 3 curries already, its good to be back.

Why dont we see if we can form a little buying club for this product, if we can get an idea of numbers of people that might want to purchase i can approach them for a bulk discount....it may be worth as shot.

Stew ;D