All taste the same..

[BrooZer]

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   Oh, and regarding your stove...wait till November if you can. WalMart will have turkey fryer kits for $40. You get a 55,000 BTU propane burner + stand, a 30qt alum pot (great for brewing, I still use mine), and a dial thermometer (not very accurate but good for sparge water temp monitoring, etc.). I bought two.

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   Thanks for the info and I do have a copy of Papazians book as well as Palmers.
   
   Do you use the aluminum pot that came with? I thought that was bad.

 

[Philip1993]

dial thermometer (not very accurate but good for sparge water temp monitoring, etc.).

One note: Most cheap mechanical thermometers are not very accurate in the top and bottom 10% of their ranges. If your fryer comes with a 750* oil thermometer, I wouldn't trust it for mash temps (<200*).

 

[BrooZer]

Do you use the aluminum pot that came with? I thought that was bad.

Still curious about those aluminum turkey fryer pots. Are they bad?

 

[subourbonite]

Still curious about those aluminum turkey fryer pots. Are they bad?

No. Stainless is more durable, but aluminum is fine. Helps if you boil just water in the aluminum pot for ~30 minutes before you use it for the first time - this will build up a layer of oxidation to prevent a small amount (less than what is in Tums) of aluminum from getting into the first batch that you make in it.