Immersion Heater

[cuse88]

I am trying to shorten my brew day by heating the strike water using an immersion heater and timer. I know the bucket heater is recommended across the boards but it's also not food grade.

Short of making my own, are there any prebuilt , food grade,
and decent quality 120v immersion heaters available?


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[Peruvian802]

Not food grade?

 

[giraffeman]

Don't know if this is what you are looking for.And I don't think it is ready for Sale yet: but coming soon
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f41/prototype-previews-hopback-heat-stick-471766/

 

[Brew_Dude41]

They have this on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Volume-Heater-Coffee-Heating-Cooking/dp/B00FO8FY68/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1412785246&sr=8-13&keywords=soup+heater
Personally, I am going to get this http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/allied-precision-bucket-heater-1000-w
It may not be 'food grade' but I aslo don't see any warnings that it is not suitible for potable water. Since I am am planning on only pre heating strike water, which in the end will get boiled, I am not too concerned about it.

 

[cuse88]

I looked at the bucket heaters. I guess my question then is why is not food grade ?

Has anyone used the soup heaters posted above from Amazon?


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[pricelessbrewing]

My assumption would be that claiming to be food grade requires lab testing/licensing/certification, that they're not willing to do for such a cheap product or are too small scale to do so.

Either way, I plan on doing this as well and am not worried about it at all.

 

[rekoob]

Nice, saw someone talking about that bucket heater in another thread, haven't bothered to look for one but thought sometime in the future I might add one to the brew setup if I don't go with a heat stick build.

I guess that bucket heater is a heat stick really, or at least seems to be.

Hmm, temp controlled from the control panel...??? Maybe not worth it.

 

[pizza_man]

I am trying to shorten my brew day by heating the strike water using an immersion heater and timer. I know the bucket heater is recommended across the boards but it's also not food grade.

Short of making my own, are there any prebuilt , food grade,
and decent quality 120v immersion heaters available?


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Food grade means safe to eat. You need to find out of it's rated for drinking water contact.

If you believe this Amazon listing this one is rated correct - it's designed to heat soup and coffee!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FO8FY68/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20