Brew Pot

[Patster]

I ended up buying a turkey fryer with an aluminum pot (thinking potential dual use at some point).

Oddly, the seasoning instructions for the pot say to coat it with vegetable oil, let it sit for 10 mins, and then wash with soap and water.

Searching on this site all of the advice on seasoning I've seen was to just boil water in it.

Should I do the vegetable oil thing, or just boil water in it?

 

[buzzkill]

NO OIL!!! I got my first 5 gal SS pot I started with,and use for other stuff. I got my second Al. 8 gal pot that served me well and came with my outdoor burner. but I now use a keggle. go big first if you can and save. but I use the 8gal pot for mash and sparge water.

 

[Grimtas]

I used a 40Qt aluminum turkey fryer for 10+ years doing my PM's with no ill results. My last three year break was due to dual use on my fryer. I forgot to drain the oil and then the dog chewed up my containers so I had no way to despose of the oil.

Word of caution I dual used my pot for boiling, frying, and brewing. It's not until recently I discovered my head retention problems being attriubited to the Oil from frying.

As I now have a bit of disposable income I'm the proud owner of a BE 15Gal brew kettle. Having run a few 10 Gal batches through it I'm now planning on making this pot my HLT or MT as a 13.5Gal boil is a bit much on the pucker factor during the hot break.