Spike steam lid used on 65L Brewzilla?

[T Murph]

Wolf 36" Pro Wall Hood - 24" Depth (PW362418) this is my hood. It's not ear splitting loud. Unlike a typical home kitchen hood this hood has adjustable fan speed. I agree that fresh air intake can be needed but you simply open a window. I appreciate everyone's comments but I'm gonna install it as part of my built in brewery in the house that I am building. It may prove to be over kill or a disappointment but I'll report back after it is all up and running. My electric BK sits atop a custom metal stand that is on rollers for mobility and cleaning purposes. Therefore it can be rolled out from under the hood and a BBQ grill rolled in its place for rainy day grilling etc. Plus I simply don't want a lid sealed up on top of my BK while it's boiling. The smell of homebrew boiling, smells like success.

 

[cactusgarrett]

You miss my point, nothing to do with the spray but the fact that water condenses spontaneously in the vertical coming out of the kettle ( you can't do much about that other than keep that area as hot as possible) but also in the transverse / horizontal seen slightly tilted up in the photo of @cactusgarrett before it gets near the spray. This condensate will trickle back to the kettle if horizontal or tipped up. You won't see that unless you look in and can see that happening, I can see the difference ( through my view port ) if the transverse element is horizontal or tipped up ( no spray being used so it's not trickle back from that).

I worked with @Bobby_M on this issue before putting everything together. As he mentioned earlier, the spray nozzle sitting below the horizontal prevents water ingress. To me, any condensate on the vertical or the even the horizontal is no different than boiling with a kettle lid partially on and the condensate on that falling back into the kettle. Definitely not going to be a concern for DMS.

 

[SpikeBrewing]

Seems to be some misinformation about the Spike Steam Condensing Lid....

First, BBQ Larry and a few other YouTube'rs got pre-production prototypes of the lid. We did notice that if that kettle was not sitting flat that water could work it's way back into the kettle. That has since been fixed. The 'horizontal' tube has about a 3* downwards angle and we now use a mister that sits below the opening. TL;DR: there is no way water can make it back into the kettle.

As far as water usage our mister uses about 20gal/hr however the spent water can be recirculated until it reaches about 120F. Using this process the SCL uses only about 10gal of liquid during the boil and now you have 10gal of hot water to clean with. We see this as a time savings advantage.

Our SCL or Bobby's condensing option are going to be FAR cheaper than an exhaust fan. And can be transported far easier if you move, have multiple brewing locations, etc.

Finally, we know a lot of people are worried about DMS while using a steam condensing lid. We had the local university do a blind study on wort samples. You can see below that after about 30mins DMS levels were already below what can be detected by humans (~50ppb).
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0152/1071/files/DMS_Results_Statement.pdf?v=1613542126