{"id":679,"date":"2024-01-08T21:25:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T21:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/?page_id=679"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:22:26","slug":"burner-heads-single-vs-double-row","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/my-okeefe-merritt-stove-restoration-intro\/burner-heads-single-vs-double-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Burner Heads \u2013 Single vs Double Row"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had already cleaned my stove\u2019s original burner heads as best I could; scraped all the openings to remove debris and scraped inside the donut space as best as I could with a coat hanger wire. But when in use, the flames seemed a little less than full on one burner head. I had plans to eventually buy restored heads or get mine re-enameled, in hopes that the replacements would be cleaner thus produce better flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d650e4a4513&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d650e4a4513\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"457\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/burnerHeadComp1vs2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/burnerHeadComp1vs2.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/burnerHeadComp1vs2.jpg-500x223.jpg 500w, https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/burnerHeadComp1vs2.jpg-768x343.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d650e4a485f&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d650e4a485f\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"366\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/burnerDebris.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-681\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the process of rescuing scrap stoves for parts I began to notice differences in the burner heads; single row vs double rows. My stove came with the double row heads. One of the scrap stoves had burner heads in better shape (enamel-wise) but they had a single row of openings. Things that make you go \u201cHmmmm\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had concerns that the design difference was so critical, that switching to a different head design would be detrimental. But it was silly to assume when it would so easy to test that theory. So I replaced one double row and a single row burner and lit it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was half right. \ud83d\ude42 The difference was critical. But it wasn\u2019t detrimental, there was such a dramatic improvement! Instead of \u00bd to \u00be of the holes lighting up right away, the entire burner lit up instantly, all the flames were big and even. Sweet! I am assuming the overall gas pressure to my house is such that the single row burners are optimal for a proper flame profile. Or could be the burners that were originally installed on my stove were a little too clogged to perform as well as they should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Needless to say, I swapped out all the double row burner heads for single row ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had already cleaned my stove\u2019s original burner heads as best I could; scraped all the openings to remove debris and scraped inside the donut space as best as I could with a coat hanger wire. But when in use, the flames seemed a little less than full on one burner head. I had plans &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/my-okeefe-merritt-stove-restoration-intro\/burner-heads-single-vs-double-row\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Burner Heads \u2013 Single vs Double Row<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":114,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-679","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":877,"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679\/revisions\/877"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}