How big is this pot. Just purchased!

I found a pot that the guy said was stainless steel, he said it was 4- 5 gallons, he wasn't sure. I paid him 40.00 and took it home. I put 5 gallons of water in it and there is still 3 inches of space from the water to the rim.

The pot dimensions are 13.25 circ. x 11.0 high all Inner dimensions. Ballington 18/10 is all it says on bottom. does anyone have this same one? how does it work if so. I'm sure I can plan for .5 to 1 gallon for evaporation for a 60 minute boil. so this is cutting it close, but I'm pretty happy. It came with a glass top and has been used 3 times. I am assuming its a 24 quart, but I dont know how they measure. do they go to the rim?

You meant diameter, not circumference, right?

Usually pots are measured to the rim, not a given distance from the top. If you want to figure out how big the pot is try this: pi (x) radius squared (x) height. 6.62 squared is 43.85 square inches (x) 3.1416 = 137.88 (x) 11 = 1516.75 divided by 231= 6.56 gallons to the top edge
231 cubic inches in 1 gallon.
your pot is 26 quarts, I believe.

i bet somewhere there are high school geometry teachers just loving this thread

is it one of these?


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002IS0ELC/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

doesn't look like any of these in the pic. it looks much larger. I think it is a 26 quart.

dadshomebrewing said:

is it one of these?


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002IS0ELC/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

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when I wrote this i had been awake for 24 hours, now it has been about 35 since my head has seen a pillow, I meant diamater. and your equasion looks good. I do believe your numbers are acurate. I filled it with one more gallon and there was 1.25 inches left from the water to the top of the rim, so 26 quarts fits with room for another 3 or so, but there needs to be room for boil over. If pots are measured to the rim like you say. its a 29 quart. maybey 30 quart.

MindenMan said:

You meant diameter, not circumference, right?

Usually pots are measured to the rim, not a given distance from the top. If you want to figure out how big the pot is try this: pi (x) radius squared (x) height. 6.62 squared is 43.85 square inches (x) 3.1416 = 137.88 (x) 11 = 1516.75 divided by 231= 6.56 gallons to the top edge
231 cubic inches in 1 gallon.
your pot is 26 quarts, I believe.

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I bet there are English teachers loving your grammer! LOL

dadshomebrewing said:

i bet somewhere there are high school geometry teachers just loving this thread

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I'll bet somewhere there are English teachers loving your spelling too. (grammar)

I am a horrible speller and worse at math. Merry Christmas!

Even if you were bad at math......couldnt you just do the other obvious thing and measure out water into the pot to figure it out? I lose more and more hope for humanity every day. lol

lighten up people... the guy asked a question... we've all done it.

well I was looking for someone who had purchased this brand new and wondering what the manufacturer claimed it to be. Like I said in an earlier post I filled it with 6.75 gallons to the rim, 6.75 g= 27 quarts however I dont think that is a reliable number, I used gallon jugs used for distilled water just for measurement sake, but there is no mark on the jug. I filled them to the top so It was more than a gallon , by how much I dont know. I'm glad your loosing hope for humanity, I've lost ALL hope!

If you already put 5 gallons in it and had 3 inches left, why didn't you just keep filling it up to the top? Fill the remaining 3 inches with half gallons, or quarts.

Only because I don't feel like math at the moment...

jiggs_casey said:

If you already put 5 gallons in it and had 3 inches left, why didn't you just keep filling it up to the top? Fill the remaining 3 inches with half gallons, or quarts.

Only because I don't feel like math at the moment...

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at 5, I had 3 inches, I put 1 more totaling 6 and there was 1.25 left, I just fugured if 1 galon took 1.75 then 1.25 had to be close to 2or 3 quarts. gallon jugs arent the most precise measuring devices, thats why I was hoping to find someone who had this same brand and size. :fro:

If you have 3" of room top the top I wouldn't do a 5 gal boil..... one being if your doing it on a stove top, and doing an ice bath just trying to move the pot with boiling wort would be sketchy even with a lid on, The other is on your first hop addition you'll get super close to a boil over unless you turn off heat during the addition

Thanks for the advice, I will probaly do 4 gallons and add one of my pre boiled gallons or some spring water to top it off once in fermentor. I know what you mean by trying to move it around. I had 6 gallons of hot water today and it was heavy, I didn't spill the water, but my pants were blackened from the soot on the pan. That sucked!

Easy way to tell, get a measuring cup and start filling... 4 cups to a quart, 4 quarts to a gallon... other way would be to weigh the pot empty then fill with water to the rim, 8lbs per gallon.

MindenMan said:

You meant diameter, not circumference, right?

Usually pots are measured to the rim, not a given distance from the top. If you want to figure out how big the pot is try this: pi (x) radius squared (x) height. 6.62 squared is 43.85 square inches (x) 3.1416 = 137.88 (x) 11 = 1516.75 divided by 231= 6.56 gallons to the top edge
231 cubic inches in 1 gallon.
your pot is 26 quarts, I believe.

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For a straight sided pot this is exactly how it's figured. It's right, and better than using a measuring cup since they are only within 5% accurate. Water weigh 8.34 lbs a gallon and is a better method than measuring cups. Use the above 137.88 as a reference, if you fill the pot 8" = 4.78 gallon at 9" = 5.37 gallon 10" = 5.96 gallon.

Sounds to me it is a 30 Liter pot.. I just sold one that size. A qt is a smidge larger than a liter.

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It's the other way around...a liter is a little more than a quart.

1qt = 32 oz, 1L = 33.8 oz.

The pot would be roughly 26qt or roughly 25L.

You are right.. my bad. 1 qt is about 0.9+L

Dumb mistake