bradfordmonk
Well-Known Member
In regards to doing BIAB:
I have a 44 Quart Bayou SS Kettle. I have a Sightglass installed, so there is an eyebolt towards top that really limits it to about 9.5 gallons at most.
If I have a grain bill of 16.5lbs. Will this fit in my kettle without doing a sparge? I am a little confused, really by the sheer amount of random calculators out there on the internet for different things.
I found the simple biab calculator, but i'm kind of confused. is the mash out volume just boiling water that i pour into the kettle after the mash time?
also, is this taking into account total volume...if it's telling me i need 8.89 total gallons of water, does that mean 8.89gallons of water AND 16.5 lbs of grain will fit in my kettle?
another thing to keep in mind is that i have a colander at the bottom of kettle to keep bag off bottom of kettle, but i guess if i'm not heating the kettle and just adding boiling water, i don't need the colander to protect the bag from being on bottom of kettle.
thanks.
I have a 44 Quart Bayou SS Kettle. I have a Sightglass installed, so there is an eyebolt towards top that really limits it to about 9.5 gallons at most.
If I have a grain bill of 16.5lbs. Will this fit in my kettle without doing a sparge? I am a little confused, really by the sheer amount of random calculators out there on the internet for different things.
I found the simple biab calculator, but i'm kind of confused. is the mash out volume just boiling water that i pour into the kettle after the mash time?
also, is this taking into account total volume...if it's telling me i need 8.89 total gallons of water, does that mean 8.89gallons of water AND 16.5 lbs of grain will fit in my kettle?
another thing to keep in mind is that i have a colander at the bottom of kettle to keep bag off bottom of kettle, but i guess if i'm not heating the kettle and just adding boiling water, i don't need the colander to protect the bag from being on bottom of kettle.
On side note, if the calculator doesn't take into account the total volume space, then can I put that extra 2.67gallons of 170* water in say a cooler and let it sit in there for 10minutes? i don't think 2.67 gallons of water is going to cover 16.5lbs of grain though.
thanks.