Recent content by The Pol

Yes.

With a HERMS, the coil is not more than about 3F above the mash temp...

13lb bird, smoking at 250F. 7:50AM start 60 minutes in breast temp 86F 120 minutes in breast temp 124F 180 minutes in breast temp 144F 240 minutes in breast temp 154F 300 minutes in breast temp 163F

Bird is coming out of the brine, a 13 pound free range that was butchered Monday. Drying it off, rubbing under the skin with some seasoned butter, and into the smoker! Happy Thanksgiving.

There is another thread on the board here, and this guy had a completely different session. He heated to strike temp, let the machine work, doughed in, set the temp 3F above his desired mash temp, and the machine ran without intervention, holding temp in the mash precisely. His eff was 70%...

Yup. Operator error.

Maybe it's operator error?

Boom. Glad you figured it out.

Per the reviews in the other thread, no, it is not very hands off. It does require attention. The posts over there make it seem less user friendly, and less efficient (time, equipment, temp control) than any electric system I've seen.

I'd like to mow my lawn as I mash... That is why I'm pro automation.

That review makes this system sound really cumbersome and less than precise with temp control. It doesn't sound like Blichmanns typical elegance at all. If this is another version of BIAB, it seems like it misses the mark in several areas. Equipment heavy, expensive, cumbersome and I don't...

True, there is a point where the wort is saturated, so any additional length is unnecessary. You will get more efficient heating with a smaller diameter coil, and using copper.

Were you recirculating the HLT water as you heated it? With an HLT of that volume, you should be mixing the water somehow.

Coil length doesn't affect it. Coil material could to a degree, but with 50', there should be enough coil to saturate the wort with heat prior to exit. Copper is a better conductor of heat than stainless. I think the volume you are heating in your HLT does play a role. You dramatically...

Ahh, the ones I saw were only 3L/min.... Ahh, I just found one that is 720L/H, so that is 3gal/min So you have a DC converter in the box, and a PWM to control it... ?