7 gallon round bottom iron pot

[mr crab]

I looked at some Hebert's Cajun stoves a while back. The burner stands are made to fit a 5 gallon pot or a 10 gallon pot. Just wondering if anybody has ever seen or used a 7 gallon pot with an Henert's stove. And if so, what size stand was it on. I just think a 10 gallon pot is a lil big for frying. And a 5 gallon pot is a lil small for gumbo & craklins. I'm only gonna have 1 rig, so i want it to be as versatile as possible.

[Cappy]

So buy a 10 gal and only fill it half way or 3/4 of the way as needed.
if ya bound and determined to sue a 7 then any good welder or black smith can easily make a 10 gal stove fit.
A way I have seen this done is to simply tack a few chocks(shims?) to the inner ring where the pot sits. My rule is use a bigger pot than needed so ya have plenty stirring room. It's tough when the pot is full to the rim.

[swamp snorkler]

Get a 10 gallon, everything is bigger in TX right? You can make Toc-Toc (caramel corn) for the kids in a 10 gallon. Its a lot harder with a 5 or 7.

[mr crab]

I wanna fry in it too. It will take at least 3 gallons oc oil to fry in the 10 gallon pot. That's a bit much if you ask me. Do yall fry in your 10 gallon pots?

[latravcha]

Go with the 10 that way if you need to cook for more people you can

[mr crab]

And i really, really like the design of the Hebert's stoves.

[mr crab]

Anybody here ever bought a 5 gallon set-up and regret it?

[Cappy]

About oil cost most any cracklin place sells lard for cheap and if ya frying a bunch it taste good too. The trick is to look at the color. Ole guy by my house sells his lard like 10$ for 5 gallons but it is burnt ya can tell by the dark color he likes to pop his cracklins too hot. Another guy a lil further away same price but when ya look at his lard it is golden in color not dark brown and its MUCH better. it taste great and is economical to use lots of. The more oil ya use to fry the more stable the frying temp is and the better and less greasy ya product will be.

[mr crab]

Originally Posted by latravcha

Go with the 10 that way if you need to cook for more people you can

do you fry in a 10?

[mr crab]

dang cappy $10 for 5 gallons is durn cheap

[latravcha]

No I have a double fryer with the baskets

[shaggy dog]

I recently bought a 10 gallon pot and burner from R&R Fab. in Paulina, LA. It is a very nice set. I fried some chicken wings in it a few weeks ago and I think I only put 1 gallon of oil in it.

[mr crab]

1 gallon was enough to float the wings?

[shaggy dog]

Yes.

[mr crab]

Interesting. Thanks for the info.

[Cappy]

I firmly recomend checking your favorite cracklin stand for oil. Think about it....... They have lots of oil they don't need. Just look at the color and make sure they havent heated it past its smoke point ya can tell by the color of the oil it needs to be golden not brown

[swamp snorkler]

Where you picking up yours in St. James Cappy? I need to get me some.

[Riceland]

I had the same dilemma, I went with the bigger pot (25 gal) than a smaller one. Just because the pot is bigger doesn't mean you have to fill it up, always nice to have that extra room to cook more.