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I think I know what he means. When they seal up very well, it means that the seal between the two connectors is good when they're connected. It doesn't mean that they seal up when they're disconnected.

With a three-burner system, 15 gallon kettles, that includes a 60 min mash, 40-60 min sparge, and up to a 90-min boil, we may go through half of a standard Rhino tank. YMMV, but I always keep one on standby just in case. It does seem that once we stepped up to all grain, our propane consumption...

Yeah. That's seeming like the best way. That way, we can flush the whole system. FWIW, if we go that route, wouldn't it make sense to run PBW through the lines, let it do it's magic, flush, and then force air to clear them? That way we don't have to disconnect and clean after each brew and maybe...

Viewed the various posts on thermal mass here. Really helpful. Thanks. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if you're heating your strike water in your MLT (as we are in a Blichmann Boiler Maker), then isn't your thermal mass essentially 0? Aside from the kettle walls that get a bit hotter...

Sounds like us right now.:D We'll continue to play and see what happens. If I discover anything "magical" that helps others, I'll let y'all know.

The drip tray is where I was headed. How about the idea of 3-way SS ball valves at places where you'd normally swap hoses mid-brew. That way, at least, you wouldn't have to worry about de-coupling hoses until after you're done and ready to clean.

Yup. That's exactly it. Our (my) problem is with liquids leaking all over the rig when we're connecting/disconnecting hoses and I had thought that a seal-on-disconnect type of connector would be ideal. For instance, when transferring from the MLT to the BK, we use one hose and then from the BK...

Hey gang. Longtime lurker, but I've finally reached a point where I'm stumped so I have to ask. Are there stainless steel quick disconnects out there that have an auto-sealing valve in them so that we don't leak whatever is in the hose all over the rig/floor? I've seen the plastic ones...