Tractor Supply turkey fryer

[chrisrush]

Anyone use one of these to boil their wort? Doesn't seem like a bad deal for $40.

30 Quart Aluminum Deep Fryer Pot With Tap - 4454609 | Tractor Supply Company

Chris

 

[meluvbeer]

I've never used that one but it looks like a really good deal to me.
great find for 40$

 

[Arkador]

not a bad deal, if you want to buy a pot, I would concider going with one like
BREWER'S EDGE 32 QUART BREWKETTLE @ Williams Brewing
it is stainless and includes a threaded ball valve.

Better yet, convert a keggle.

 

[Auspice]

I might have to pick one of those up. I'm looking to jump to all grain now that I built a CFC and a MLT.

 

[mikefranciotti]

I've been finding turkey fryers used on Craigslist for super cheap (just a heads up)

 

[Scut_Monkey]

I would buy it as long as you have a burner to go with it. Seems like a good deal and I would not care for one second that it's aluminum vs SS.

 

[BrewBalls]

these people did

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbLoItoLn5g&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div]YouTube - Brewing Beer with Kevin and Sarah[/ame]

 

[hoffmeister]

I used a turkey fryer for the first time the other day and it worked out great. The model I have is slightly older and was a little difficult to use when I needed to turn the burner back on (I don't know if other models are more like range top burners with electric ignitors), but I would definitely use it again. Just make sure you have plenty of ventilation and something to protect the ground underneath from the heat.

 

[Homercidal]

That looks like just the pot. For only a couple of dollars more I got a larger pot with a propane burner. Look for turkey fryers on sale after thanksgiving.

The spigot might be nice, though, if it could be rigged up properly.

 

[chrisrush]

Thanks guys. They have the kit with burner on the website but I didn't see it at the store.

I would love to get a keggle, but I don't have any welding skills. Plus, if I'm doing this in the kitchen, my wife may not like the look of a huge steel keg.

 

[mmb]

Thanks guys. They have the kit with burner on the website but I didn't see it at the store.

I would love to get a keggle, but I don't have any welding skills. Plus, if I'm doing this in the kitchen, my wife may not like the look of a huge steel keg.

You can go with weldless fittings.

 

[mikefranciotti]

Pardon the newbness and somewhat thread hijack but what is the reasoning behind the spigot?

 

[Arkador]

Pardon the newbness and somewhat thread hijack but what is the reasoning behind the spigot?

to drain the pot. it is extremley unsafe to attempt to move a pot full of 5+ galons of boiling wort.

 

[mmb]

to drain the pot. it is extremley unsafe to attempt to move a pot full of 5+ galons of boiling wort.

And durn near impossible to move 10+ G of boiling wort.

 

[mikefranciotti]

Makes perfect sense! I thought maybe it was a built in wort chiller inside the brew pot you could hook up a line to run cool water through or something.

 

[Arkador]

Makes perfect sense! I thought maybe it was a built in wort chiller inside the brew pot you could hook up a line to run cool water through or something.

just drop an imersion chiller inside (it connects to a garden hose, and has an output hose
or hook up a counterflow chiller on the out port f the ball valve.
The only thing that would be hooked to the inside (for a boil kettle) would be a siphon tube, screen, or false bottom.

 

[chrisrush]

Neat idea on the weldless fittings. Do they work well?

 

[wildwest450]

Neat idea on the weldless fittings. Do they work well?

Very well. And make sure that pot will be big enough. For 5.5 gallon batches I start with 7.5-8 gallons.

 

[BioBeing]

Anyone use one of these to boil their wort? Doesn't seem like a bad deal for $40.

30 Quart Aluminum Deep Fryer Pot With Tap - 4454609 | Tractor Supply Company

Chris

Looks very much like the pot that came with my burner. I use it as a HLT, as I have a 15 gallon boil kettle. I got the burner plus pot for $30 on craigslist. If you just need a pot, try a restaurant supply store also. No spigot, but then it is easy to add your own.

 

[chrisrush]

Thanks Biobeing. I was trying to locate a resturant supply store, looks like it was a good idea. I'll see what I can find this weekend.