swatman260
Active Member
I've finally got my new two tier RIMS brew stand almost complete and I'm getting ready to start tuning the electronics. I'm using the Auber 4352 PID for controlling a 1500w element in the RIMS tube. My question (and I've tried searching for my answer already) is this...when I do the Auto-tune for the PID, I need to have a MT full of grain, right? I'm assuming that the heat response with just water in the system would be different than that of water/grain. I'm guessing that the lower temps used during the auto-tune wouldn't do much for the conversion process, so do you guys just use some cheap(er) grains for this process, or auto-tune and then mash normally, or what process seems to be the best?
