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Couple of comments on your kettle choices. First, tri-clamp is unnecessary for the hot side. As a matter of fact, I think they're a downright detriment because they're cumbersome to handle if all you want to do is swap a hose from one place to the other. The point of having tri-clamp fittings on...

Just got a new mill, so I'm still figuring that out. My old two roller was set at 0.040. Tried that with my new three roller and no bueno. Loosened it up as much as possible for today's brew. We'll see how it goes.

Mash for the grain, not the beer. The goal is to maximize extraction while minimizing mash time. To do that, a safe place to start is... 20 minutes at (°F) 144 148 152 162 10 minutes at 172 This mash schedule is pretty much a sledgehammer. If you don't get 100% conversion using this, something...

I use 15 amp circuits with no issues. Run two fridges, pump and a 1650 heating element at the same time. No reason you can't put a 1650 watt element in one of these. https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/etc4wl.htm

Don't want to direct fire, so no RIMS for me.

Don't be afraid of going with 120v. That's all I've ever used and it works great. The time savings of a typical 240v set up compared to a dual element 120v will be in the ballpark of 15 minutes, and that's simply the time difference to go from mash to boiling. With either option you should heat...

I don't think the EZBoil is a traditional PID based controller and I don't think you can adjust the values for P, I, or D. But please check because I'm going off of memory after a very long day of traveling. Austin to Houston to OKC, back to Houston. I'm ready for bed.

You also might tell us how you're controlling the Boil Coil. Could be an issue there.

Have you looked at Brucontrol yet? Might want to consider it before charging down the pi route. www.brucontrol.com

Thanks for this. Exactly what I needed to know. I watched a cbpi3 set up video last night and caught onto everything you mention above except the group plug-in. I'll see what I can dig up on it. Thanks everyone for being very helpful.

That's what I was afraid of. I'd like to do this without hardware changes. Reason being is that I'd like to fire the heating elements based on the wort return temp to the mash tun during the mash, and then switch it to fire the elements based on the BK temp during the boil. So I guess I should...

Know how to do this in Elsinore? Apologies, because I am clueless when it comes to software/hardware interfacing.

This may be a reason to install CraftBeerPi out of the gate.

Does anyone know if it is possible to have two elements look at a single temp probe? I'd like to control two elements simultaneously from one sensing point.

If you made a few minor changes your three vessel set up wouldn't have these downsides. Use a bag in combination with your false bottom. I personally know several folks that do this and love it. No more grain scooping! For temp ramping, use your chiller (assuming you have a plate chiller or...

Yeah, I just move the MT return hose from the MT to the lowest port on the HLT/BK and pump it over. No clogs or stuck mash. Lautering step is identical to every other multi vessel system. Move the wort, not the grain.

Obvious first step is that I empty the water from the HLT/BK. You can just dump it or save it for cleaning later. I'm using a traditional false bottom at the moment. In the past I have used a bag with a Brew Hardware BIAB false bottom. Either works. The bag is nice for pulling the spent grain out.

Currently I'm using two shell and tube exchangers in series. They're approximately 4' long combined, but the length of the tubes is a tad shorter. I'm in the process of ordering stuff to make my own pipe-in-pipe exchanger because those exchangers I have are undersized for my purposes. It takes...

1. Yes, you can use any type of counterflow chiller. Plate works, shell-in-tube, or pipe-in-pipe (what is typically referred to as counterflow, even though all exchangers used in homebrewing are counterflow except ICs). 2. I don't sparge. That's why I recommended a two-vessel no sparge set up...

Here's the sketch.