Turkey Fryer?

[jeffsmith]

Kent usually carries a 48qt aluminum pot and 70K btu burner for a little over $100 in the summer. Got through a couple years of brewing with it.

[Chris Craig]

I started out with this:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/aluminum-turkey-fryer-36-qt-0853230p.html#.UzRn461dXWw

It was plenty big enough for 5 gallon batches and it's only $89

[Chris Craig]

Hmmm.  I didn't look at the price at HH.  This is bigger and cheaper.

[ECH]

But Aluminum as opposed to SS.

Everything I am reading tells me to stay away from Aluminum for brewing.

I did look at that one first and thought great, but then I saw that it was aluminum.

[feldmann]

I'm shopping around for a new brew kettle at the moment as well. My current pot is aluminum and I've had no problems with it, it just isn't big enough.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/faq-aluminum-pots-boil-kettles-49449/

[Chris Craig]

There's nothing wrong with aluminum kettles. Here's a good article to read. http://beersmith.com/blog/2010/08/17/aluminum-vs-stainless-best-beer-brewing-pots/

[brew]

Yeah and if u get the weldless bulkhead spigot from obk u can bring over your pot if u want and we'll install it for u. Roger and lots of others in the club can help u as well if u want to sign out the punch...

[Dave Savoie]

That brew kettle is fantastic for the price I would say $100 plus shipping and $39.99 for a burner from walmart or kents is your best route

[Chris Craig]

You can get a pretty good burner from Canadian Tire for $49.  http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/outdoor-living/bbqs-smokers-accessories/propane-deep-fryers/masterchef-stand-fryer-0853259p.html#.UziEcK1dUvk

A couple of our members have this.  I'm picking one up as a second burner tomorrow.

[ECH]

Think I will get one as well. Was going to pick one up on Amazon.com, but is only a couple bucks cheaper, so by the time you factor in the shipping and US exchange, it is much cheaper at CT.


Ended up picking up the 8 gallon brew pot at OBK, among a few other things.

[Evil Jalapeno]

You can get a pretty good burner from Canadian Tire for $49.  http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/outdoor-living/bbqs-smokers-accessories/propane-deep-fryers/masterchef-stand-fryer-0853259p.html#.UziEcK1dUvk

A couple of our members have this.  I'm picking one up as a second burner tomorrow.

I was looking at that one very recently. Would 60,000 BTUs be powerful enough to bring 10 gal batches to a rolling boil?

[brew]

I was looking at that one very recently. Would 60,000 BTUs be powerful enough to bring 10 gal batches to a rolling boil?

Mine is a 65K burner from kents - came with an almost 50L aluminum kettle which I used for a year or so before I came into a keggle (I still use it for heating strike and sparge water). Those burners are way more than adequate for a 10G batch, you can get a very intense boil out of them I always turned mine down so as to not overdo my OG...

[Chris Craig]

Oh yeah.  I think Fhilo is brewing 10 gallon batches using a 30000BTU burner.

[Al-Loves-Wine]

I've been doing 10 on my really super crappy 30k turkey fryer burner. But with those you have to modify the timer so it stays on, zip ties work well.

But I also have one like Chris linked from CT for my HLT on the gravity stand , and they do work pretty well, and they are much cleaner burning than those cheap turkey fryer setups. I am going to get rid of it fairly soon though, cause it turns my kettle black every time I use it and go with something better.

[Evil Jalapeno]

Perfect. Last piece of equipment missing for my "official" move to all grain from partial. Just waiting for this shitty weather to end! Thanks for the tips, everyone.