A low NOx burner for installation on a furnace wall. The burner has an elongated tube connected to a combustion air supply, the furnace side end of which mounts a combustion air spinner that is spaced a substantial distance from the furnace wall. A plurality of typically six elongated air ports extend through the wall from the windbox of the furnace into the combustion chamber and supply most of the required combustion air. Downstream ends of the air ports are spaced from the furnace wall as well as from the spinner, and they are configured to bias the discharged air flow towards the spinner. A plurality of first fuel gas spuds with fuel gas discharge orifices is arranged about the spinner and discharges fuel gas into the combustion chamber downstream of the spinner. A second fuel gas spud is disposed in pockets between adjacent pairs of air ports which are closed against the furnace wall so that no combustion air flows through the pockets. The second gas spuds have fuel discharge orifices at their downstream ends which are relatively close to the furnace wall and upstream of the discharge ends of the air ports. The third gas spuds are placed inside the air ports. During use, furnace gas inside the combustion chamber recirculates to the front wall of the furnace and becomes mixed with fuel gas from the second gas spuds inside the pockets and downstream thereof, which results in a fuel gas/combustion air/furnace gas mixture that is ignited on the downstream side of the spinner.