If you want to keep it really cheap - BUT VERY USABLE/DURABLE - get this pot:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001PZ7K7A/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
(you'll need the $20 lid sold separately)
Then get a weldless bulkhead from bargainfittings.com
For $120 you can have a pot that can handle 10-gallon batches with a valve.
You'll need a stepped drill bit to drill the hole in the pot (aluminum drills super easy). Bargainfittings sells the bit too.
Nothing against aluminum, I have a medium weight 15 gal alum kettle that I bought for peanuts, $43 shipped.
But for the same $87 dollars I feel the concord 15 gal stainless is a better buy, jmo not knocking aluminum but stainless for the same money wins for me. Ymmv
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