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Sorry, my bad for the thread drift. It looks like the math says a 1500w element gets me 5115 btus...and with a 5000 btu range (conservative though I will measure), I'm over 10,000 BTUs which would be about the same as two 1500w elements(and should get me tap to strike and strike to boil in a...

Couldn't I also mount the GFCI panel on the wall and run the dryer plug extension cord to that? Then just plug in my 240 heating element into the GFCI box on the wall (basement) and run it down into the kettle? I'd need something to put the kettle on but having the GFCI box on the all reduces...

So wait, I could get into electric brewing with a few parts, a standalone GFCI box near my kettle and an extension cord run from my existing dryer plug? The main thing keeping me from electric is that we're selling the house in a few years so I don't want to invest money with little return value...

You all rock! Thanks for getting me back on the right track everyone. I have one more extract kit to do this week and then I have 2 AG batches I really NEED to do. I can't wait! :)

Thanks. That's what I was thinking. Right now I'm looking at a Russian Imperial Stout that has 20lbs of grains in a 5 gallon batch...so just halving that (staying simple) at 2.5 gallons means 10lbs of grains. As long as I can fit that in a 5 gallon cooler (no false bottom as I'll use a bag) I'm...

The bonus with MIAB is that your kettle doesn't need extra space to accommodate the grain during the mash, so theoretically you could do batches closer to the capacity of your kettle than even BIAB (like 7-8 gallon batches in a 10 gallon kettle)?

So what was your process with this setup? Did you find a need for the 10gal mash tun with a 5gallon kettle or was the 5gal enough for a 3gallon batch?

Thanks folks. In regards to the last 2 posters, I may one day go to a larger setup, but that would be when we buy a new house (4-5 years from now) or when I give up working on my Wrangler, my motorcycle, sell my guns, stop gaming or get too old to lift weights (in other words, not for many, many...

Thanks for all of the awesome replies! Given the information here and taking further inventory as to what else I have on hand that I can appropriate, I'm going to stick to the 5 gallon kettle for now. I have a 5 gallon beverage cooler and picked up a 10 gallon today at home depot. I'm going grab...

Wow! Thanks for all of the varied but in-point advice. You all really helped clear things up quite a bit. I'm intrigued by the Mash in a Bag MLT cooler option (something I hadn't considered before). It looks like I can go that route for my smaller batches and if I ever decide I need to do...

Hopefully some of the resident wizards here can sort me out. I currently have (more or less) the common starter extract setup: 5 gallon stainless pot, (2) 6.5 gallon fermenting buckets (so I can cook up 2 beers over a weekend and have both fermenting at the same time), a 6.5 gallon bottling...