I noticed this yesterday. Of the few AG batches I've done, they were all 1.25 qts/lb or less. Oct 18 I got 72% eff. @ 1.23 qts/lb and yesterday, Oct 25, I got 79% eff. @ 1.5 qts/lb.
I had never 'seen' a dough ball before yesterday's brew (yes, there were alot and I broke them up :cross, so I'm guessing that I probably just plain missed them when I was using a thicker mash.
I'm planning to get a pump and basically have the same set up as you except I'll be using a keggle for the BK (for 10 gal batches). Thanks for all the info.
Sweet, nice to know I'm not the only one who had that experience. :rockin:
I have a 15 gal kettle for 10 gallon batches, I bought a weldless fitting kit for it too but I'm thinking of putting a Blingmann 20 on my Xmas wishlist instead.