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Thank you everyone for all your help. I appreciate it very much.

Any models you can recommend. I just need something small, but not a total piece of crap.

FWIW, I'm 6'3"

Where should I set the Chest Freezer's thermostat control at?

It will be worth it if I can control the fermentation temp and it seems that most chest freezers will be able to hold one 6.5 gallon carboy without any modifications needed.

What about a small chest freezer instead?

Would this one work? http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9729853&findingMethod=rr

If I knew that all I needed was a compact fridge and digital temp controller to achieve accurate fermentation control I would have invested in this a long time ago. Good riddance tubs and bottles of ice.

So, how accurate will the probe measure the fermentation temp if taped to the side of the fermenter? Also, what do you mean I have to lower the setting when fermentation chills out? Wouldn't I want to bring the temp back up?

So, should I just stick the probe anywhere inside the fridge, or should I tape it to the fermenter? Also, if I tape the probe on the fermenter, do I have to adjust the digital temp controller a few degrees lower than the fermentation temp, i.e. 68F, that I want? I heard that the actual...

I want better fermentation temp control and I was wondering if all I need is a compact fridge and a digital temperature controller to achieve this? Will a fridge be able to maintain a constant 68F with this equipment?

Ok, I now understand how to do equal batches. Here is how I have beersmith setup. Batch Sparge using batches that fill 100% Sparge using equal size batches I'm adding a bit of sparge water before I collect the initial mash runnings and then all I have to do is sparge with the same amount of...

So, I don't have to worry about adding 1/2 gallon of sparge water per lb of grain like someone on the all-grain board recommended? Beersmith says to add 2.24 gal per sparge. Will I get better extraction this way than the way I was going to do it by just adding all the 3.97 gallons of water?

So, people are making it seem that an 8 gallon kettle pot is too small for medium sized beers. 1/2 gallon per lb of grain for sparge? Meaning if my recipe called for 13lbs of grain I would collect around 2.7 gallons of initial mash runnings, then I would need 6 gallons of sparge water for a...

See why does this guy say different. "The Basic Batch Sparging Technique" Using the Batch Sparging method, your goal is to collect two equal volumes of the total wort to be boiled in two mash tun runnings. The first running will be the wort collected from your initial mash. The second will be...

I don't know why I thought it meant you wanted to collect just as much wort from your 1st (initial mash) runnings as your 2nd (sparge) runnings. So, should I uncheck sparge using equal size batches?

Then what do people mean when they say you want equal size runnings?

I thought both runnings need to be equal for best brewhouse efficiency? Shouldn't the amount of your first runnings that is collected in your kettle be more like 3.75 gallons and then sparge with another 3.75 if your aiming for 7.5 gallons preboil?

Thanks that helps a lot. I honestly don't mind a huge rye character, but I want to share this brew with many other people, so I don't want to go overboard on the rye. Some people just can't stand rye, but I love it.

Off-topic, but I'd hate to start a new thread just for this one question. Do you think 5% Rye in the total grain bill will be noticeable? I want some rye character in there, but just enough to taste. Thanks for all your help, it is much appreciated.