Driftwood
Well-Known Member
Just trying to be energy efficient...
Right now I do my boils indoors on a conventional oven. Usually takes about half an hour to get the boil going after sparging, and thats with the the batch being split into two pots and boiled on two large electric elements.
I know I lose a lot of heat during my sparge because of how long that takes, and then even during the boil, the heat radiating from the pots seems like a waste too.
So I wonder if anyone has considered insulating their pots somehow, maybe wrapping in towels or something (carefully so as now to start a fire)...
Probably not a problem for all of you guys with turkey fryers, sounds like those dish out ridiculous amounts of energy, but has anyone else thought about this?
Right now I do my boils indoors on a conventional oven. Usually takes about half an hour to get the boil going after sparging, and thats with the the batch being split into two pots and boiled on two large electric elements.
I know I lose a lot of heat during my sparge because of how long that takes, and then even during the boil, the heat radiating from the pots seems like a waste too.
So I wonder if anyone has considered insulating their pots somehow, maybe wrapping in towels or something (carefully so as now to start a fire)...
Probably not a problem for all of you guys with turkey fryers, sounds like those dish out ridiculous amounts of energy, but has anyone else thought about this?