Hi Doug.
Scaling a photo of a jet for the double panel Kebab machine burner: It is a standard 1BA threaded jet: the hole scales from a photo as 1.2~1.25mm diameter for use with LP LPG (Propane: 34.5mBar?) - but I guess the photo may be from a different gas and pressure... not the correct one! However, if it is of the correct jet/gas/pressure... I have estimated from my tables of jet sizes versus gas and pressure that it is a 0.049" jet: which would deliver about 16500BTU/hr (4.8kW) of gas.... Commercial "kebab" machines are rated at 7.3kW for a 3-panel grill to 16.5kW for a 5 panel grill, so there is obviously some variation, but maybe they are looking around the 3.5kW for a double panel burner?
To use Propane at 20psi, I should need an equivalent gas-power jet: which would be 0.018" diameter drill. So this is comparable to my double panel burner experience:
Now checking my notes of the "double plague" burner I made, I estimated a 0.55mm jet, but finally settled on a 0.47mm jet - for use at 15~20psi Propane: This was into a 16mm bore mixer tube: (I didn't make a note, but I think this gave me better versatility for turning down the gas power without spoiling the gas-air mixture - something my "customer" wanted.
His 9" boiler had very limited flue-tube CSA. Thinking ahead to my burner in his boiler, I was expecting the limitations of the flue tubes to cause back-pressure that richens the mixture at "max gas pressure" (effectively reducing the pressure differential between air-intake and burner), so I thought I needed a way to allow him to open/adjust the air holes as suited his boiler. I also decided to reduce the "designed" air holes by masking most of 1 hole, so I was on a slightly richer gas mixture: This gave a more uniform colour across the burner, which should lead to a longer life of ceramic. I remember the final condition had a 1/2" or so of blue (CO combustion) flame above the ceramic. As I didn't have the boiler (to study the back-pressure from exhaust restriction in flue tubes) to test the final condition in-situ, I decided a slightly richer mixture - with a sliding collar on the air holes - would give my customer the flexibility to weaken or richen the mixture as suited the final application and "power" setting the customer would be using.
For control of larger burners, I think it practical to adjust the gas pressure, so the system is "balanced" at full throttle of the engine. Then this can be reset at any time by the fireman to the known "max pressure" for running. Of course, it is reasonable then to reduce the gas pressure for "below max power" running of the engine, and gas pressure control on a pressure regulator is a repeatable way of doing this. As well, for more rapid raising of steam initially, the gas pressure can be turned to "full" setting (for stability of flame/burner inside the boiler) and the power should then be suitably limited by the jet size (to avoid overheating the ceramic). For your Yarrow boiler design, visible flames should not reach within 5 mm of ANY metal surface (that prevents full CO combustion), but there is a very good space if running at "max gas" does cause some top flame ( up to maybe 3/4"?) above the burner. Such combustion conditions appear to be "clean enough" so my CO alarm does not sound, while keeping the ceramic temperature from being too high (which causes early-life failure of the ceramic - cracking - and possible dangerous flash-back combustion).
Here is a Yarrow boiler design from a book - similar to your boiler: It shows the fire between the bottom tanks.
Hope this is useful?
K2