Brewery Stand

[fusa]

I am designing my brewery stand and was wondering if what I am considering might cause any problems. I have a 2 keggles (boil kettle and HLT) and 1 cooler as the MLT. I will have 1 Bayou Classic SQ14 burner that I will have to move from the boil kettle to the HLT.

A rough sketch:

I plan on using 2x4's to make the stand. Will this cause problems with too much heat close to the cooler? The burner is about 13" tall, and should be about 2' from the cooler. Would it be risky to use wood as the top of the stand? From the top of the boil kettle to the ground will be about 7'1" Is this too high to be stable? I might be able to reduce the left portion, but that would bring the burner closer to the cooler.

 

[RedDragon]

I think you will be just fine with wood. I designed mine from wood and I can touch the wood without being burned. I have a video on how to build it on my facebook page as well as the plans and parts list (facebook under red dragon brewery).

 

[strat_thru_marshall]

wood will work. mine is wood with a wood deck holding a banjo burner...the wood doesnt even get hot.

I wouldnt recommend turning your burner on then walking away......but i dont think you;ll have any problems in normal use

Also, keep in mind that while you're heating strike water, and while you're putting the spurs to your kettle to get the boil going...you can move your cooler off the stand. That way it is in no danger of being melted. The only time it'll be on the stand while your using a burner is heating sparge water, and you dont need to turn the burner full tilt for that.

 

[fusa]

Yeah I will definitely keep a watch on it, and plan on buying a fire extinguisher soon too. I'm guessing I should also make a heat shield, to keep the wind off, and protect the thermometer and valve handle from melting?