Adding ball valve and thermo to 5gal pot?

I've got a 5 gallon pot that I've used in the past for a extract brewing. Now that I've got my keggle done, I'm going to use this pot for sparge water. Is there any reason I can't use my step bit to punch a 7/8 in hole in it just like I did the keg and put a weldless ball valve on it instead of buying one? It's a stainless steel cooking pot.

Thoughts?

Just wanted to check before I ruined a good pot.

Ought to work. As always with SS go slow, and with that thin wall don't press too hard. Kyle

Good call, thanks for the reminder. I wasn't even thinking about that part of it.

i did the same to my BK. works great!


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