Morning all!
I'm a homebrewer in a pretty tiny apartment where up until now, I've been doing 5 gallon extract or 3 gallon BIAB batches on a pretty weak gas stove. I'm looking to make the jump to full boil, 5 gallon, all grain batches but don't necessarily want to have to stand outside to watch a propane burner in these ridiculously cold Chicago winters. I've already picked up a rectangular 10 gallon cooler and converted it to a MLT with a stainless braid.
I've been doing a bit of lurking in this section of homebrew talk over the past couple of days and have a pretty good idea of what I do and don't need, as well as which heating element I'd want to use.
I've been looking at this kettle and am pretty much sold on this heating element since it seems to be the one that everyone raves about around here. I'm planning on using this kettle as both a HLT and boil kettle, since I don't really see the benefit to me having a separate HLT in my small setup. I have no need for pumps at this point either, nor do I think I will at any point in my near future. So my control panel would basically only need an on/off switch and temp control.
I should also note that I'm attempting to do this as inexpensively as possible. I have a 220V, three prong, dryer outlet available which I hope to use for this setup. I was hoping someone could give me some guidance with a basic parts list, as far as what the bare minimum I would need to pick up for this project would be.
Thanks in advance!
I'm a homebrewer in a pretty tiny apartment where up until now, I've been doing 5 gallon extract or 3 gallon BIAB batches on a pretty weak gas stove. I'm looking to make the jump to full boil, 5 gallon, all grain batches but don't necessarily want to have to stand outside to watch a propane burner in these ridiculously cold Chicago winters. I've already picked up a rectangular 10 gallon cooler and converted it to a MLT with a stainless braid.
I've been doing a bit of lurking in this section of homebrew talk over the past couple of days and have a pretty good idea of what I do and don't need, as well as which heating element I'd want to use.
I've been looking at this kettle and am pretty much sold on this heating element since it seems to be the one that everyone raves about around here. I'm planning on using this kettle as both a HLT and boil kettle, since I don't really see the benefit to me having a separate HLT in my small setup. I have no need for pumps at this point either, nor do I think I will at any point in my near future. So my control panel would basically only need an on/off switch and temp control.
I should also note that I'm attempting to do this as inexpensively as possible. I have a 220V, three prong, dryer outlet available which I hope to use for this setup. I was hoping someone could give me some guidance with a basic parts list, as far as what the bare minimum I would need to pick up for this project would be.
Thanks in advance!
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