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Originally Posted by Spidey13
I have a 5 gallon stainless steel pot and a 3 gallon aluminum pot. I plan on mashing in the 5 gallon pot and heating the sparge water in the 3 gallon pot. Instead of taking the bag ouf of the 5 gal pot, pouring the wort out, putting the bag back in the 5 gal pot and then pouring the sparge water over it, would it be OK if I just lifted the bag out of the 5 gal pot, then put the bag into the 3 gal pot with the sparge water already in it and, after 10 minutes, lifted the bag out of there and poured that wort into the 5 gal pot? It seems like less steps but I'm not sure if there could be some reasons not to do it this way.
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This is exactly what I do, and it works great! I consistently get 75% or higher efficiency this way. The only other thing I would recommend is to get your own grain mill so that you can mill your grain finer than most brew shops do (since you don't have to worry about a stuck sparge using BIAB). I was previously around 70% efficiency using this method. After I got my mill, I am always 75% or over (usually around 78-81) 
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