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[BlKtRe]

Besides using this thing for low country boils, seafood, wings, and birds. This thing works wonderful for indoor wort boiling for starters. I currently have 2.5g at boil closing in on 1.040!

[MakeMeHoppy]

I looked at them a long time ago and went against it. I was afraid the coils would scortch the wort, be hard to clean, and would not react quick enough to reducing the temp if it started to boil over. Glad to hear I was wrong and didn't even think of starters.

[Fatman]

Besides using this thing for low country boils, seafood, wings, and birds. This thing works wonderful for indoor wort boiling for starters. I currently have 2.5g at boil closing in on 1.040!

I've got one I pull out twice a year to deep-fry wings. Do you cook in oil in yours? If so, what do you do to clean it before brewing?

[BlKtRe]

I've got one I pull out twice a year to deep-fry wings. Do you cook in oil in yours? If so, what do you do to clean it before brewing?

Ive used oil a few times in it, but boiling some water and good dish soap cleaning gets any oil film removed from the AL pot. Ive also had not problems scorching this amount of wort.

[AGrandDesign]

When I first started brewing I bought one. Thought it would be just dandy as a kettle...after one batch abandoned that idea (wouldn't hold a boil). So switched to using it exclusively as a HLT and it works dandy for just that. The temp settings allow me to keep a steady 180 so fly sparging is a snap.Cool idea for using with the starter...will have to look into that!

[aquahijo]

When I first started brewing I bought one. Thought it would be just dandy as a kettle...after one batch abandoned that idea (wouldn't hold a boil). So switched to using it exclusively as a HLT and it works dandy for just that. The temp settings allow me to keep a steady 180 so fly sparging is a snap.Cool idea for using with the starter...will have to look into that!

I've been thinking about using one of these for a HLT instead of adding an additional burner to my setup. The cost of the additional propane is my main reason. How long does it take to get your water up to the 180 temp?

[AGrandDesign]

I've been thinking about using one of these for a HLT instead of adding an additional burner to my setup. The cost of the additional propane is my main reason. How long does it take to get your water up to the 180 temp?

Takes a good while - I've never timed it since I'm doing other setup (and I'm a lazy bastage)...I'd guess around an hour+. Depending on what I'm brewing (and how impatient I am to get stuff done), I'll heat initial strike water in my boil kettle with propane while the fryer is bringing sparge water to temp. Usually it hits 180 about the time I need to start the fly sparge.