30 qt fryer

[Ó Flannagáin]

Will this work for 5 gallon batches? I hope so, already bought it.

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/prod...t=Smokers+&+Specialty+Cookers&pid=07113259000

 

[Orfy]

It should do. Just watch for boil overs.

At a 7. 5gallon limit then you may just manage a 6.5 gallon fill to reduce to 5 gallon batch.
I'm sure plenty use 30qt fryers.

Are you going to put a spigot on it?

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

It has a spigot on it already, you can see it in the picture. ... By spigot you mean the drain at the bottom right?

 

[Orfy]

It has a spigot on it already, you can see it in the picture. ... By spigot you mean the drain at the bottom right?

So it has.....good buy.

Spigot.....Faucet...... I say tap but I'm used to speaking US friendly terms.

<<Wonders if they'll ship to the UK for a reasonable price?

 

[david_42]

I'd call it a deal, plenty of room. That stand looks solid, as well.

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Comes with a long-stem thermometer as well, feels like a good buy. Wish it would hurry up and get here though, my last piece of equipment I'm waiting on to start the AG's.

 

[Torchiest]

I've been using a 30qt pot for my last three brews. It fits, but you definitely have to watch out for boil-overs. I had two on my last brew.

I love being able to do the whole batch at once though!

 

[jayhoz]

It has a spigot on it already, you can see it in the picture. ... By spigot you mean the drain at the bottom right?

I bought this very fryer a couple of weeks ago. I have not done a full boil with it yet so I can't speak to the size. The pot does have a spigot, but it is maybe and inch and a half off the bottom. As it is it would leave way to much wort in the kettle.

I have not been able to figure out if you can remove / replace the existing spigot with one you can attach to a manifold/false bottom that sits at the bottom of the kettle. The opening on the inside looks like an allen wrench would fit it and possibly unscrew it, but I don't have an allen wrench large enough to try it. Also, are there issues putting a brass or SS fitting on an aluminum pot?

 

[Bobby_M]

You could see if a piece of 3/8 or 1/2" copper tubing would be a snug fit inside to make a dip tube. However, these pots, even full of wort are light enough to pick up and pour. I've been doing that for about 6 batches now. Now, my 15gallon keggle is a different story so it got a spigot.

 

[Kaiser]

It should do. Just watch for boil overs.

It works just fine for me.

I can handle a 6.5 gal pre-boil volume with that set-up which gives me about 5.7 gal post boil. But in order to manage the hot break I batch sparge and boil the first runnings. At that point there is plenty of room to deal with the hot-break. After that I sparge again and since most of the protein was already coagulated during the initial boil, it won't foam up as badly and can easily be contained.

Kai

 

[Bobby_M]

Kai, that's pretty genious in that you don't have to take your entire volume up to boil temp at the same time. Probably shaves a good 15 minutes off the initial temperature ramp up that usually follows the sparge. This would still be a benefit even if you have a huge pot.

 

[cweston]

Kai, that's pretty genious in that you don't have to take your entire volume up to boil temp at the same time. Probably shaves a good 15 minutes off the initial temperature ramp up that usually follows the sparge. This would still be a benefit even if you have a huge pot.

I do this--I use a 15.5 gal keggle, so I don't have any issue with pot size, but I figure it saves some time. The water for my second batch sparge goes into a cooler to hold while the first batch runnings drain into the keggle. I keep the burner on (not full bore) the whole time until the second batch runnings are through. Then I crank up the burner and usually reach boil quite quickly after that.

 

[Orfy]

I do this--I use a 15.5 gal keggle, so I don't have any issue with pot size, but I figure it saves some time. The water for my second batch sparge goes into a cooler to hold while the first batch runnings drain into the keggle. I keep the burner on (not full bore) the whole time until the second batch runnings are through. Then I crank up the burner and usually reach boil quite quickly after that.

I do the same in my keggle.

I've not decided whether FWHing will affect hop utilisation though because of reduce initial volume

 

[knipknup]

I saw a 48Qt turkey fryer at Costco today, complete with the burner for $59. I didn't get it but now think I should have...

On the other hand, check out this one... (only 8 gallons but still fairly good deal)
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