How do you empty your mash tun?

[Monkey-BB]

I have a keggle and save the grains for some chickens, but it seems like the most time consuming task during brew day. I've used a shop vac and had a serious mold problem in the vac... I now just take a large cup and spoon it out. Tipping it over would work, but it's a keggle and I don't want to foul up my false bottom that's held on by a section of high heat vinyl tubing.
Usually I get it empty before the boil starts, but I'd love a quicker step.
Thanks Everyone!

 

[dmashl]

I just use a spoon to scoop out the grain into a plastic garbage bag that is lining a bucket. then rinse out the tun and dump the remaining grain into the toilet. then wipe dry.

 

[wardens355]

Is there really a risk of damaging your false bottom by flipping upside down slowly? I take my mash tun out to the chickens and flip it over into a trough. I have a cooler and think that there is probably more risk of scratching the mash tun than hurting the false bottom. I use silicone tubing, not vinyl, though.

 

[dmashl]

I don't have a false bottom, I use the SS braid to filter my wort. Easier clean up me thinks.

 

[Ski12568]

BIABag. I use it in my mash tun without the false bottom but I think I might get one and still use the BIABag.

 

[Ralelen]

I walk it to the compost pile and dump it out.

 

[trnitz]

I walk it to the compost pile and dump it out.

Same here, unless the compost is full, in which case it does into a bucket for my brother's chickens.

 

[brick_haus]

Scoop it out into an empty bucket with my 1 qt. measuring cup until it's light enough to carry out to the compost pile.

 

[catdaddy66]

I have my son dump it out for my chicken to eat. She loves it. He doesn't.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1428801142.063219.jpg

 

[masskrug]

I used to dump it in my back yard hoping the raccoons and squirrels would eat it. They didn't and I ended up with a stinky pile of grains. I just throw it in a trash bag now.

 

[brewbama]

I carry the cooler up to the wood line and dump it for the deer. I like watching them eat it.

 

[douglasbarbin]

I scoop mine out with a measuring cup. I am doing 10 gallon batches so usually it is too heavy to lift and dump out all at once.

 

[jbb3]

I walk it to the compost pile and dump it out.

Me three

 

[Quaker]

I have a long handled scoop/spoon bought while in China. If I'm doing a 10 gallon batch with 20ish pounds of grain I used that to scoop it out into a bucket(s) for ease of carrying. If only a 5 gallon batch I just carry the mash tun out to dump directly in the compost. I have a false bottom, but no issues created due to that.

The chickens then assault the grains in the compost heap.
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[Picker]

I use the same scoop i use for chicken feed to fill a bucket for the birds, then dump the wetter grains into a 5 gallon bucket lined with a garbage bag for disposal.