This. I had a 60 quart igloo and I could NOT maintain a steady temp to save my soul.However, with all the spare space in the cooler, you may find it a bit more difficult to maintain the mash temperature.
This. I had a 60 quart igloo and I could NOT maintain a steady temp to save my soul.
If you're using some kind of circulating mash system it might be alright, but that's a ton of headspace that is just begging to eat up your heat. I switched to a 7 gallon cooler (which is just barely too small, as you can imagine) because the 15 gallon was driving me crazy and making my efficiency bounce all over the map.
i use a 70-qt cooler for 5-gallon batches and it works great
first time I used it I lost 3° over an hour-long mash, so now I place a layer of aluminum foil over the grain bed and don't lose any temp
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