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Sounds like you may have crushed too fine. Also,I think you may want to open your valve wide open and control the flow on the riptide.

I think this weekend will be my first go at brewing on it. I cleaned it. Found one leak in one of the cam-lock elbow fittings. A little teflon tape fixed it right up. Still don't like the flimsy feel of that brewtech weldless valve. The Blichmann whirlpool return valve is sturdy. May have...

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Leak test complete. Is there a way to flip the controller on without powering the pump or the element? Just to see the initial temp of the water.

Just spoke with Dave and the plug should have came with the Kettle which is something they don't normally check, but he's sending one out no sweat. Great dude. Customer service couldn't be any better..well unless Dave drove to my house and set the whole thing up for me...but....

I have the one plug for the thermometer but not for the top whirlpool inlet. The basket looks pretty tight inside the kettle. The blichmann equipment should be in today. Then leak tests this weekend.

He told me that the whirlpool that comes at the top of the kettle interferes with the basket. We may have different baskets. I'll snap a pic of my partial setup tonight and see if it differs at all from your setup.

SS Brewtech 15 Gallon kettle. I bought that whirlpool you mentioned above. Basically my setup is exactly like Austin's setup. The whirlpool return for us is below the basket not at the top of the kettle like yours. Yeah I was about to wrench the valve down tight, but saw the washer squish...

Ah so it looks like Dave may have forgot to send me over another plug for the whirlpool hole at the top.

Just noticed on your picture that you didn't have the hole to the left of your valve. I have the same kettle and bought the same whirlpool, but I have an extra hole it looks like to the left of the weldless valve. Maybe I shouldn't worry until the rest of it comes in. I wonder if it literally...

Nice and that doesn't interfere with the basket. I was worried for a second.

I believe prvs blow at 45 psi and corny kegs hold up to around 120psi. Couldn't you test the prv to see if it's good just for safe measure? I think those above values are correct. Any body else know for certain?

Those items haven't made it in yet. They ship direct from Blichmann. But I thought the hole to the left of the valve was for the whirlpool.

So the hole at the top is for recirc for whirlpool? What fitting works there without getting in the way of the basket?

@ScrewyBrewer Yeah it's been tough with typical propane burner and my garage setup to do the stepped mashes. I've done a couple that went fairly well, but typically it was an under or overshoot crap show. Pretty stoked about getting the system setup. Really wanting to do some kettle souring...

Odd ball question but what hochkurz temps/schedule do you use for your pils? I tried step mashing a handful of times with my old setup. Never quite got the hang of it.

Nice. And you step mashed right out of the gate, brave. Can't wait for mine to ship. Bought the table and I have the garage setup. Does the rig come with some way to hang the basket for the wort to drain? The table I bought has some dumb little light that kind of hangs over the top a bit...

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Nice so 24 deep is enough for the kettle. I've been looking at this from Harbor Freight for a minute. It's 23.75 deep, but still should work. https://www.harborfreight.com/48-In-Workbench-with-Light-60723.html?ccdenc=eyJjb2RlIjoiMzg0NDQ4NDEiLCJza3UiOiI2MDcyMyIsImlzIjoiNzQuOTkiLCJwcm9kdWN0X2lk...

What are the dimensions of your stand?