BIAB boil pot size

[wilserbrewer]

I have a couple of strainer baskets, never use them...

Except for seafood boils and steaming a hundred hot dogs...then the basket works great!!!

 

[hefehawk]

I like to use the basket so that when I add heat to the mash I won't burn the bag as the basket keeps the bag off of the bottom of the kettle.

 

[BetterSense]

It's new years day and the LHBS was closed, and I needed a grain bag. I got 2 5 gallon paint strainer bags from Lowes and put 5lb of grain in each one. Worked great. I don't have to worry about them hitting the bottom of the kettle because I clip them to the side of my keggle with clothespins.

I have a strainer basket but I don't use it anymore because it's just more to clean. I lift my grain bag(s) out with a rope ratchet and a bit of parachute cord with a slip knot. Never had a bag break yet.

 

[aubiecat]

I like using my steamer basket because when I am done mashing I can pull the basket up and sit it tilted in the top of the kettle while the wort drains.

 

[libeerty]

I like using my steamer basket because when I am done mashing I can pull the basket up and sit it tilted in the top of the kettle while the wort drains.

Why haven't I thought to do this.. Brilliant.

 

[christpuncher123]

Get a keg! I find them all the time for $20. They hold the heat alot better than a thin kettle and they are bullet proof!

 

[divrguy]

Get a keg! I find them all the time for $20. They hold the heat alot better than a thin kettle and they are bullet proof!

I wish I was near you, I can't find them for less than about $80 and up. And most of those need work to make them useable.