My review.
Pretty much the easiest brew day ever. I’ve been using a propane fired kettle and igloo cooler for mashing for 6 years. Wish I made the switch to electric sooner.
I bought the ssbrewtech 20 gal kettle from high gravity since I wanted to do full volume BIAB. I make 10 gal batches. The setup from high gravity was everything I wanted in a package deal. The only thing I added was a recirculating arm to my order. Dave at high gravity couldn’t be nicer and patiently answered all my questions. The order shipped very quickly and I built a new brew bench.
After the new system arrived, it was fairly easy to assemble. I hooked it all up and tested for leaks. I boiled some water and tested out the pumps. A few tightening here and there and we’re good to go. The night before brew day I filled up the kettle with 15 gal of water even though BeerSmith said to use 14.2 gal. I was curious about the evaporation rate and not sure what to expect. I also grinded my grains. I went with a very simple blonde ale recipe, only a 15 lb grain bill. A nice light 4.5% blonde to test out the new system.
I hit power and set the mash temp. Heating 15 gal to 152 took 37 min. About the same time as it would on my bayou classic propane burner.
Mashing in was as simple as dumping the grains into the brewbag, which was sitting in the stainless steel basket.
After a quick stir, I turned on the pump and attached the hose to the lid, which has a nifty spray nozzle underneath.
The 1 hour mash was pretty uneventful, the pump recirculated the wort from the bottom ball valve and thru the top lid perfectly. I adjusted the flow from full to about medium, and noticed the worthog controller stayed at a perfect 150 degrees the entire time. Temperature readings I took from the top of the kettle varied 1-2 degrees from the bottom of kettle where probe is located varied 1-2 degrees. No big.