Rob, if you can afford the 130 bucks shipped for a kettle, that OBK 15gal is a pretty sweet buy. Its completely decked now with ball valve and thermometer, for that price you can't go wrong. Then you just gotta worry about your burner and building your mash tun, plus a cheap pot for sparge water. You could be all setup for around 200ish bucks depending on how thrifty you are.