I'm looking at buying a 30 qt turkey fryer pot to use as a mash tun. It comes with a corrugated "poultry rack" which is basically a disc with 1 inch walls to keep it off the bottom of the pot, and with holes drilled into it to. Has anyone ever used one of these racks as a false bottom? I was thinking of running a length of copper tube into the pot with an L angle to go under the poultry rack, and the top of the L a bit above the wall of the pot. I would leave this in place during the mash process, then just hook some silicone or vinyl tubing to to the top end, and siphon out my wort. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience on this sort of rig?
In the past, I cut a 6" length of copper tube, pinched one end and drilled a bunch of holes in it. Once my mash was complete, I snaked it down to the bottom of the pot with the vinyl tube attached and siphoned that way - no false bottom at all. Yield efficiency was actually quite good. I would think the poultry rack idea would work at least as well and would be a lot more accessible.
In the past, I cut a 6" length of copper tube, pinched one end and drilled a bunch of holes in it. Once my mash was complete, I snaked it down to the bottom of the pot with the vinyl tube attached and siphoned that way - no false bottom at all. Yield efficiency was actually quite good. I would think the poultry rack idea would work at least as well and would be a lot more accessible.