Just wondering if anyone can assist with my new Induction Burner.
I recently bought this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ..._re=rosewill_induction-_-96-268-058-_-Product.
It arrived yesterday.
Setting up my initial testing, I went ahead and used my 4.5 gallon Stainless Steel pot with 2 gallons of water and started the timer. In advance I must note that i never really checked the water temp. But, i don't know that it much matters....keep reading .
My testing went alright considering. I was able to get the water to a nice rolling boil in about 40 minutes. But only with the lid on.
My question and concern here is that once I removed the cover from my pot, the boil went to a very minimal bubbling, no longer rolling boil. I was using the 1800 Watt setting (max) and even tried going from Watts to Temp (it does both) and set it at 450 degrees. I let this run for a good 15 minutes without the lid. Never got my rolling boil back.
I am trying to come up with a way to brew at least a 3 to 3.5 gallon batch of something with this and am fearful that I cannot get enough boil to ward off DMS and other undesired attributes.
Does anyone have any past or present experiences with this burner? Also, I realize I cannot leave the lid on during boil (I can during all other process' and that will help) but is there another avenue I need/should present here? I need to stay at 120V and it needs to be compact and portable (due to home logistics -SWMBO). Sure I could add a heat stick to the mix, but, my concern with that is once I get to the point of boil, is it safe or sanitary to use during that point? My knowledge of that is that it is only used for heating strike water, not wort.
Thanks in advance everyone.
I recently bought this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ..._re=rosewill_induction-_-96-268-058-_-Product.
It arrived yesterday.
Setting up my initial testing, I went ahead and used my 4.5 gallon Stainless Steel pot with 2 gallons of water and started the timer. In advance I must note that i never really checked the water temp. But, i don't know that it much matters....keep reading .
My testing went alright considering. I was able to get the water to a nice rolling boil in about 40 minutes. But only with the lid on.
My question and concern here is that once I removed the cover from my pot, the boil went to a very minimal bubbling, no longer rolling boil. I was using the 1800 Watt setting (max) and even tried going from Watts to Temp (it does both) and set it at 450 degrees. I let this run for a good 15 minutes without the lid. Never got my rolling boil back.
I am trying to come up with a way to brew at least a 3 to 3.5 gallon batch of something with this and am fearful that I cannot get enough boil to ward off DMS and other undesired attributes.
Does anyone have any past or present experiences with this burner? Also, I realize I cannot leave the lid on during boil (I can during all other process' and that will help) but is there another avenue I need/should present here? I need to stay at 120V and it needs to be compact and portable (due to home logistics -SWMBO). Sure I could add a heat stick to the mix, but, my concern with that is once I get to the point of boil, is it safe or sanitary to use during that point? My knowledge of that is that it is only used for heating strike water, not wort.
Thanks in advance everyone.