I'd like to buy a good blowtorch to use in the kitchen to sear and caramelize - I've been told by a foodie friend to get one that uses MAPP fuel. I have searched online and seen that Bernzomatic blowtorches are stocked by Home Depot but it says it weighs 22lb! http://www.homedepot...ylinder/913335. (Maybe this is supposed to be 2.2lb?). Does anyone have experience with this blowtorch? Any other suggestions for where and what sort of blow torch to buy in Edmonton, AB?
Where to buy a culinary blowtorch in Edmonton
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Alleycat
, Dec 10 2011 11:01 PM
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minas6907
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Posted 10 December 2011 - 11:22 PM
They are not 22 lb. If you can, just walk into a Depot and pick one up.
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Kerry Beal
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Posted 11 December 2011 - 04:26 AM
I have a MAPP torch that I use to light my Big Green Egg, weighs a pound or two at the most. Actually - just looked up the one I have at Home Depot and it say 3.8 lbs.
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Posted 11 December 2011 - 07:23 AM
Bernzomatic torch fuel canisters say on them, in large letters, "not for culinary use" - or at least, they used to...
There was a specialty kitchen store in one of the megamall plaza thingies out on Calgary Trail South (Gateway Boulevard? Gretzky Drive? I hated it when they changed the names) that had nice compact culinary torches for about $50. I can't for the life of me recall the name of the store, though, and I've been gone 5 years so it may not even be there anymore.
There was a specialty kitchen store in one of the megamall plaza thingies out on Calgary Trail South (Gateway Boulevard? Gretzky Drive? I hated it when they changed the names) that had nice compact culinary torches for about $50. I can't for the life of me recall the name of the store, though, and I've been gone 5 years so it may not even be there anymore.
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Posted 11 December 2011 - 12:21 PM
Have you tried Call the Keetle Black on 124th and Jasper Ave? I would have suggested Le Gnome in WEM, but I understand it's closed now. 
And it may be worth checking out Winners - I got some top end gear from there last time I visited and you never know what they might have.
And it may be worth checking out Winners - I got some top end gear from there last time I visited and you never know what they might have.
