So my 36" Blackstone has always been a monster - easily gets to 500-600F degrees.
Yesterday I was trying to do some cheesesteaks and I couldn't get it hardly above 300F. There was next to no wind - I mean maybe a little flutter. I've cooked in much more wind. Also, the gas tank didn't feel too low - I swapped it out for new one. Still the same problem.
Looking under the flattop, I could see all the burners burning - one or two went out a couple of times - but they seemed to be pretty low. Again - new tank also.
I spent 20+ minutes trying to sear some meat for cheesesteaks, couldn't even get a single buttered loaf to toast well. It was on for a good 10+ minutes and still barely toasted. I used my infrared thermometer to check temps many times, couldn't get it above 300-315. Even made sure I kept all the meat on the left side and only the single loaf on the right, with burners all cranked, for 15+ minutes. I know sometimes with a large load of meat or something, temps will drop transiently, but this was prolonged and profound.
Anyone have any ideas???
<edit> And yes. I cranked the valve on the gas open.
Yesterday I was trying to do some cheesesteaks and I couldn't get it hardly above 300F. There was next to no wind - I mean maybe a little flutter. I've cooked in much more wind. Also, the gas tank didn't feel too low - I swapped it out for new one. Still the same problem.
Looking under the flattop, I could see all the burners burning - one or two went out a couple of times - but they seemed to be pretty low. Again - new tank also.
I spent 20+ minutes trying to sear some meat for cheesesteaks, couldn't even get a single buttered loaf to toast well. It was on for a good 10+ minutes and still barely toasted. I used my infrared thermometer to check temps many times, couldn't get it above 300-315. Even made sure I kept all the meat on the left side and only the single loaf on the right, with burners all cranked, for 15+ minutes. I know sometimes with a large load of meat or something, temps will drop transiently, but this was prolonged and profound.
Anyone have any ideas???
<edit> And yes. I cranked the valve on the gas open.
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