Using MLT/RIMS to make chicken stock

Has anyone here attempted this before? False bottom, precise temperature control, large cooking vessel. Seems like it would work but I worry about all the fat and floating debris somehow getting into a nook or cranny and never coming out. I don't think I would risk running the stock through my plate chiller without a pre-filter, but I think using an MLT/RIMS would be easy enough to clean afterwards.

USCDiver said:

but I worry about all the fat and floating debris somehow getting into a nook or cranny and never coming out. I don't think I would risk running the stock through my plate chiller

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Thats what I would worry about also

I use my HLT for cooking Sous vide but I don't think I would actually let any fatty foods touch the pot.

Id be cool with it touching anything stainless. I fear that plastic will smell like chicken forever

Yeah, I guess I should've mentioned my MLT is a keggle, so there would only be stainless touching the stock. I guess a good long soak and circulation with hot PBW should eliminate any stubborn fat right?

Pbw is a caustic based cleaner good at breaking away ionic organic matter from steel. However a surfactant cleaner would be better for cleaning the nonionic fats. Once the fat is gone then a rinse in PBW would be ideal. This conversation is getting serious but is your pump and hosing steel as well?

HopOnHops said:

Id be cool with it touching anything stainless. I fear that plastic will smell like chicken forever

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My MLT stinks to high heaven sometimes because I usually wait a day or 2 before emptying it.

A thorough rinseout followed by an overnight full soak in StarSan (probably less diluted than what normally is called for) takes care of it every time.

HopOnHops said:

Pbw is a caustic based cleaner good at breaking away ionic organic matter from steel. However a surfactant cleaner would be better for cleaning the nonionic fats. Once the fat is gone then a rinse in PBW would be ideal. This conversation is getting serious but is your pump and hosing steel as well?

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Yeah, you're right. I'd have to run some kind of soap through and then PBW. Good news is I have a SS chugger pump and 1/2" stainless hard plumbed system. Otherwise I don't even think I'd consider it.