Anyone using one of these stainless baskets for BIAB?

[borealis]

I was looking for a stainless hop spider and ended up seeing these stainless BIAB baskets too. Has anyone here tried one?

http://utahbiodieselsupply.com/brewingfilters.php#biab

 

[Hello]

Nope but I thought about it. I just ordered a hop spider from arborfab.com and contemplated that same basket. I'm going to get a bag instead for now.

 

[Kineticus]

Those look like they would work excellent. I've been using a 36 quart "Bayou Classic" stock pot with a basket for my mini-BIAB (about 3 gallon batches). I find the 6 gallon kettle is a lot easier to work with especially when doing high gravity brews. After the mash I lift the basket out and put 2 rods under it to suspend it over the kettle while I heat it up and sparge with a 1/2 gallon of hot water. Since the basket has big holes it's still necessary to use a bag but there isn't much pressure on it.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VXD93G/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

If you have the money though the link you posted looks to be nicer! Especially if you already have a kettle.

 

[davygoat2]

Interesting, but a little rich for my blood at this time, I like the custom fabrication.

 

[sablesurfer]

Love the idea of the basket, been working up ideas similar, but wow! $155 for the diameter I need? Not at this time.

(If the designers are lurking around here, there can't possibly be $155 in supplies or hours in that. Not sure home brewers are really up for paying 'shop' hourly rates.)

 

[IslandLizard]

Most of the basket stuff at utahbiodiesel can be had for less when buying direct from the fabricator, arborfab.com, owned by Chad.

 

[jleiii]

Love the idea of the basket, been working up ideas similar, but wow! $155 for the diameter I need? Not at this time.

(If the designers are lurking around here, there can't possibly be $155 in supplies or hours in that. Not sure home brewers are really up for paying 'shop' hourly rates.)

Have you priced stainless recently? It's not cheap. Plus there is a lot of labor to cut, bend, form and weld. But they are a fabrication shop, so there is some economy in volume.

I'm making my own version of this (11.5" dia, 15" tall), but with solid sides so I can sparge more effectively with it. The sides are .030 stainless sheet, and bottom is ~450 mesh. These 2 items are about $35, but I had to buy an oversize SS sheet to get the 36" width needed. It will make 2 this size, with a little left over, at $56 for the whole sheet. I could have used a smaller sheet, and made extra seams, but wanted to avoid that effort. I'll find a use for the rest of it.
I'm going to fold the top and bottom edges for added rigidity, and solder the screen to the bottom. I had not planned on bottom support, but having seen these I may add that.

 

[Hello]

Most of the basket stuff at utahbiodiesel can be had for less when buying direct from the fabricator, arborfab.com, owned by Chad.

I did not know that. I just ordered from Chad, he is making a 6x12 hop spider for me. Solid guy. I bugged him on eBay then he pointed me to his site. $65 and I can control a bit more of my trub.

 

[Grandfatblanc]

http://arborfab.com/BIABasket_c_24.html