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HUKY 500 (T, J, SOLID, PERF) => Roasting => Topic started by: MasterKraus on August 13, 2017, 10:26:46 AM
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Newbie here. How does the IR stove actually work? The term infared is throwing me off here. It's a gas stove, right? The blue knob controls gas flow, so what's the black knob for other than to start it? Black knob shows 1 2 and 3 flames, which would suggest I should be using it to control heat?
Got it working and finished an inaugural roast, just don't really understand the hardware yet.
Thanks guys. . .
Chris
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Open the blue knob wide and then use the black knob to ignite the flame. My stove takes two tweaks of the Piezzi switch in the black knob.
Then leave the gas on 3 flames and make all of your adjustments with the blue knob.
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Thanks, so only use the blue knob for control. Got it.
What is the black knob doing, aside from the starter? Considered turning it to one flame between roasts to back off temps for a new drop.
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The stove is not HUKY specific. It is an off the shelf stove which works with the HUKY.
So, the other two flames might well be brought to the fore by some users and for some applications, but just because they are there doesn't mean they have a purpose that relates to the HUKY.
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Yes, the stove is a standard small kitchen burner, modified by Mr Li for more precise control.
I tried using the 1 flame position, but that alters the pressure, so I gave it up. What I do these days is after I finished a roast (going for a next one...) I set the burner to my intended charge high setting and then turn it off. As the cheramic IR element is still hot after the few minutes it takes for the roaster to cool down to my intended charge temp, the burner normally fires up easily when I turn it on again (with the black knob). Just turn (click) and hold for a second or two.
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To add more detail for OP, the burner is actually made up of two zones; an inner circle and outer ring. The three settings are used to control how much heat to use when the stove is stock and used for cooking. As edtbjon said, Mr. Li modifies the stove by adding fine control nob. With the black nob on "one flame", only the inner circle is lit. With the black nob on "two flame", only the outer circle is lit. With the black nob on "three flames", both zones and thus entire burner is lit. I do on occasion use the "one flame" setting. If the temperature, during warm up or between roasts, is getting too hot, I usually drop down to "one flame" setting to keep the burner lit, but not producing enough heat to keep temp rising. Then the temps starts to slowly drop. When it reaches the temp I want I can, with some finesse, move back to "three flame" setting and have it stay lit.
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Thanks for the insight! So, I take it with the blue knob at your charge position and the black knob at "off" I am not leaking gas into my garage? I had wondered if the were a double choke or not and have been too cautious to leave it for too long at that setting.
Thanks,
-Chris