bmckee56
Well-Known Member
I used a turkey fryer for the first time to do a 5 gallon brew on Wednesday and did not pay attention to all that I was doing. As a result, I have a 3rd degree burn on my foot. WOW, does that ever suck. This is not my first attempt at All Grain, but is the first outside brew day I had attempted.
I had my brew pot all set up and a nice rolling boil going. I placed my wort chiller into the pot as I always do, but I did not ensure that there was no water remainig in the tubing. After several minutes in rolling boil contact, water began to spit from the piping. I knew it was hot and I knew it would continue spitting for a few minutes, but I had a brain freeze and stood next to the brew pot to stir the wort a bit and suddenly, it spit a heavy strem of boiling hot water out and it hit the top of my foot. I had socks on, but was also wearing shorts. It soaked my sock and I did a dance I do not ever think I could repeat. I removed my sock as quickly as possible, but the damage was already done. I now have 2 very large blisters to deal with.
So what did I learn from this experience? I will add 2, 90 degree bends in the tubing, so the hook ups are pointed down instead of out. I will always make darned sure there is no water left in the coil when I put it into boiling wort and I will never stand directly in front of the wort chiller again.
In all, I ended up with a nice brew day (albeit, painful at times) in which I brewed a Fat Tire Clone, and used a paint strainer bag with a rack to hold my hops. This made it way better when I transferred to the primary.
Alway use extreme caution when working around your brew pot and hot equipment.
Salute!
I had my brew pot all set up and a nice rolling boil going. I placed my wort chiller into the pot as I always do, but I did not ensure that there was no water remainig in the tubing. After several minutes in rolling boil contact, water began to spit from the piping. I knew it was hot and I knew it would continue spitting for a few minutes, but I had a brain freeze and stood next to the brew pot to stir the wort a bit and suddenly, it spit a heavy strem of boiling hot water out and it hit the top of my foot. I had socks on, but was also wearing shorts. It soaked my sock and I did a dance I do not ever think I could repeat. I removed my sock as quickly as possible, but the damage was already done. I now have 2 very large blisters to deal with.
So what did I learn from this experience? I will add 2, 90 degree bends in the tubing, so the hook ups are pointed down instead of out. I will always make darned sure there is no water left in the coil when I put it into boiling wort and I will never stand directly in front of the wort chiller again.
In all, I ended up with a nice brew day (albeit, painful at times) in which I brewed a Fat Tire Clone, and used a paint strainer bag with a rack to hold my hops. This made it way better when I transferred to the primary.
Alway use extreme caution when working around your brew pot and hot equipment.
Salute!