One or more embodiments of a burner panel for a metallurgical furnace is described herein. One or more embodiments of a burner panel for a metallurgical furnace are described herein. The sidewall burner pockets have a burner panel therein. The burner panel has a body having an interior face with burner tube disposed therethrough. The burner tube has a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The burner panel additionally has an internal mounting flange extending along the periphery of the body and overlapping the sidewall, the sidewall and internal mounting flange compressed together by a coupling.