Kettle Drilling Problem

[cl330b]

Great SS pots on Overstock.com. Good prices and quality too. I love mine. Drilling was a cinch with a hole saw. SS ball valve and bulk head in, high temp o-ring and zero leaks! Delicious beer is the result!

P.S. now oils or chemicals on drill day either. Just slow and steady.

 

[P-J]

Here is a suggestion:
50 qt Tamale Pot

Or this one which is a bit more money than your plan:
ballington_60_qt_stainless_steel_stock_pot_with_steamer_insert

 

[joeybeer]

Kegs kegs kegs !! If you want 15 gallons just cut the top, if you want smaller cut them down !

 

[outside92129]

you're scaring the begeezus out of the guy who's too nervous to make a hole in his pot!

 

[OneHoppyGuy]

you're scaring the begeezus out of the guy who's too nervous to make a hole in his pot!

at least with keggles the cutting tools wear out before the kegs do

 

[DumpsterDave]

Kegs kegs kegs !! If you want 15 gallons just cut the top, if you want smaller cut them down !

I second this. I picked up 3 empty kegs from a local bar for $30 each. Cut the tops out with my angle grinder, and I now have 3 excellent brewpots to do 10 gallon all-grain batches.

 

[SgtB]

Yep. It's a veeery thin pot. I have one just like the OP's that's why I mentioned the stress risers on page 1. All the bit has to do is bind and the metal will split. I measured 20 thousandths on the top, so imagine what the grooves are!

 

[Rad-Rabbit]

Is there any difference between the pot the op used and a Polarware economy pot? I have a Polarware economy pot that looks very similar and don't want to have the same problem, but I need to drill a hole for a valve also.

 

[Lucky_Chicken]

Looking to spend between 75 and a hundred dollars. How about the bayou classic pots? Any other suggestions?

for that you should be able to get 3 kegs! Another vote for kegs they are very heavy duty!

 

[kickrjason]

3 kegs...... legally?! How do you figure?

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[bighoss]

You could check your local scrap yard, or maybe a bar has some on hand that have no use for them since the brewery closed.

 

[Lucky_Chicken]

the Budweiser distributor around here will sell them instead of scrapping them when they are too dinged up.