Garcima G400 Paella Propane Gas Burner, Enamel Steel, 16 inches

I have an 18" paella pan that I have always struggled with on our gas stove top. While I could get our paellas done, it always took a very long time on the stove top, with lots of turning (and finger-burning!). A fair amount of creative language came along with making my paellas - and I was planning on branching out to learn Spanish expletives to make my paella cooking even more "authentic". Instead, I decided to take a different route to authenticity: I make enough paellas in a year to justify this purchase, and boy, does this burner get the job done! The old adage of having the right tool for the job definitely applies here. This cooks the paella quickly and evenly, though you have to fool around a bit to balance the two flames optimally on larger pans. It comes with a short (but sufficient length) hose with a propane tank adapter for connecting the burner to your tank. I originally subtracted one star for missing instructions on how to put the legs together and the somewhat cheap metal leg construction / arrangement, but this quemador works so well, I changed my review to 5 stars. Keep in mind that the legs work just fine, but you may need to bend the metal tabs a little to get everything to line up. On my burner, I screwed the wingnuts / leg braces into the holes closest to the legs. YMMV. The burner packs up fine in a sturdy yard grass bag when not in use, and taking care not to let the bag rip from sharp edges. I used some twist-ties to hold the parts together. *** UPDATE *** I've owned this quemador for about 9 months now. It still works great, and my 18" paella finishes in less than half the time it used to take on the stove top. I just wanted to add a few more notes, since I've had more "quality time" to spend with this great device. 1) Our carbon steel 18" paella pan gets *very* hot very fast. You don't need to crank the burner control knobs very much to get a lot of heat on the pan. I basically turn our propane tank full-on, turn the burner control knobs half-way, and then light each of the quemador burners (light the inside one first, so you don't have to reach over the flames of the outside burner). I then slowly turn the gas level down on each burner until I start to hear the "popping" noise when the some of the burner flames are just about to go out - and then turn it back up just a little to get a solidly on, but low-level flame. 2) To get the best results, I would *HIGHLY RECOMMEND* getting a good quality IR thermometer (I purchased the "Raytek MT6 Non-contact MiniTemp Infrared Thermometer", available here on Amazon for about $55 - My wife and I absolutely *love* it!). You can use the IR thermometer to help you adjust the flame levels so that you have a consistent average temperature across your paella pan. I have found a surface temperature of around 300 degF to be a good paella cooking temperature. NOTE: There will always be some small "hot spots" on the pan, it's unavoidable with a ring gas burner. On a side note ... Once you get an IR thermometer, you may be surprised on how often you use it! We have used ours for a lot of stuff: Adjusting our refrigerator/freezer temperatures, setting our gas water heater hot water temperature (which should be around 125 degF for proper dishwasher operation), door trim leaks, air conditioning system checks, room thermostat adjusting, cooking caramel, tempering chocolate, cooking custards, bath water temperature ... the list goes on. When I first got the IR thermometer, my wife gave me a "What are you going to use *that* for?" comment. A few months ago, while she was making a tiramisu and measuring the egg mixture temperature, she made an "I love this thing!" comment. :-) 3) Once I figured out where the 300 degF settings were for each burner control dial, I used a dab of white-out to mark a thin line on each knob and on the metal plate in front. This really helped with setting the temperature on future paellas. 4) Using this quemador, I finally was able to get a good seasoning on my paella pan. I gave up seasoning my 18" pan on the stove top. It just was impossible for me to get an even finish. Our 18" pan was also too large to fit into our convection oven. I spent about a half hour with the temperature around 350 deg and a small amount of evenly spread peanut oil to get a golden brown seasoning on the surface. Some turning of the paella pan was still required, since there were small hot spots. Cheers!

Went to a paella cooking class last month in Spain and wanted to get this to make our own. Just make sure you buy a regulator hose to hook it up top a LP tank that has an adjustable pressure valve, one you would buy for a bbq grill only has a set pressure and you need to be able turn it up to get a good high flame. Made well and has worked out great!

Excellence fogon

We purchased this paella burner for my husband's birthday party. My father-in-law was visiting and he is from Valencia (the place where paella is from) and he is a pro making paellas, so we decided it was time for us to have our own paella burner in the US. The paellas were a complete success. Yes, we are paying 3 times more for a burner we could find in Spain cheaper, but how confortable is that you purchase it on Amazon and have it in your home 2 days later... We recommend this product!!

Todo bien

When this arrived, I could see that it was a quality product. Well made and quality materials. On my first use, I have two important points - 1) it is very susceptible to wind blowing out the flames especially with no pan on top & 2) it can put out some amazing heat! I had it on the lowest possible output on the center ring only and my paella pan went to blistering hot in no time. This level of heat output made me realize that the burners I've been using previously are second rate at best. I'm very happy with this purchase and will be using the burner a lot.

Excelente gracias

We used this under our paella pan for the first time on Christmas, and it was fantastic! The controls are very sensitive so you have to be careful not to turn it up too much. We connected it to a propane tank and had to add an extension so it would reach the burner. I recommend this very highly!

El articulo cumple con las especificaciones descritas, de buena construcción con algunos detalles en el acabado de las soldaduras pero nada que afecte su operación. Esta preparado para conectar la manguera de gas pero no tiene conexiones roscadas, en mi caso preferí modificar el tubo de distribución de válvulas para colocar una conexión roscada para mayor seguridad en su uso.

un très bon produit et livré dans les temps

Buen producto, buena calidad, buenos materiales, cumple bien su función. Lo uso para hostelería y lo recomiendo.

Dommage qu il faille prévoir celliers se serraage . Je pensais qu avec les normes européennes il était interdit de vendre ce rechaud sans raccord. 15/21

Da tempo pensavo di comprarlo per vedere se la paella cuoceva meglio. SÌ SÌ, davvero molto meglio. Le fiamme toccano ogni punto della paellera e in questo modo, il bollore e la cottura degli ingredienti è perfetto. Buono il materiale e consegnato prima del previsto. È stato facile il primo utilizzo, dopo aver montato un nuovo tubo gas e un regolatore per la bombola (non in dotazione) e messo in funzione 10 minuti dopo. Naturalmente per la sicurezza ho fatto le prove ti tenuta e perdita nei vari raccordi, con sapone a schiuma. La tenuta era perfetta. Dopo la cottura della paella, sul bruciatore ho appoggiato una piastra per carne e ho cotto molto bene e velocemente delle buone bistecche.