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Daniel Bishop
New Member
Username: Whatshisface
Post Number: 8
Registered: 01-2009
Posted From: 198.91.4.14
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 07:19 pm: | 
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Check out this brew kettle.
http://cgi.ebay.com/a-large-cooking-vat_W0QQitemZ220362679483QQcmdZViewItemQQptZ LH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item220362679483&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A120 5%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A2%7C294%3A50 |
Vance Barnes
Senior Member
Username: Vancebarnes
Post Number: 3590
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 74.7.7.66
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 09:16 pm: |
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The price is sure right. But it looks like the burners might be the jet engine types? |
Brewzz
Advanced Member
Username: Brewzz
Post Number: 592
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 70.112.116.217
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 11:56 pm: |
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Wish it was in Texas.I would buy it!!
Cheers,Brewzz |
Daniel Bishop
New Member
Username: Whatshisface
Post Number: 9
Registered: 01-2009
Posted From: 198.91.4.14
| | Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 02:57 pm: |
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Actually when I posted this I was kidding. When I first looked at this I was thinking it would be good for a sugar bush (making Maple syrup) because it’s long and shallow and would accommodate quick evaporation. For that price it is unfortunate that it’s about 500 miles away or I would buy it and experiment with it.
I don’t know anything about jet burners vs. the burner on my turkey cooker maybe someone could explain the difference. |
Dave Witt
Senior Member
Username: Davew
Post Number: 1257
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 12.2.161.11
| | Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 06:07 pm: |
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The jet burners concentrate the heat in one area. The other type, ring burners, spread the flame out. Also, the jet burners often tend to soot up the bottom of the kettle. |
Kevin Kowalczyk
Intermediate Member
Username: Itsfunbrewingbeer
Post Number: 454
Registered: 10-2007
Posted From: 12.165.82.136
| | Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 06:11 pm: |
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How many gallons do you think it holds? |
Daniel Bishop
New Member
Username: Whatshisface
Post Number: 10
Registered: 01-2009
Posted From: 198.91.4.14
| | Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 07:33 pm: |
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Kevin I wrote the person who is selling this and this is what they said:
this will hold ...somewhere between 70-80gallons...maybe even
more...i have never measured the amount of liquid...i would cook
150lbs of corn in it with water and lime
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Bob Wall
Senior Member
Username: Brewdudebob
Post Number: 2453
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 24.248.74.254
| | Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 08:24 pm: |
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I think 70-80 gallons is a dubious claim. It appears be about the same size as a half-cut 55 gallon drum. I could be wrong though. |
Kevin Kowalczyk
Intermediate Member
Username: Itsfunbrewingbeer
Post Number: 455
Registered: 10-2007
Posted From: 12.165.82.136
| | Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 09:23 pm: |
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Well if he cooks 150 lbs of corn in it, it has to be pretty big. A 10 gallon mash tun with 26lbs of grain and water with a ratio of 1qt/lb is pretty much full. Assuming the same ratio for cooking his corn, you're looking at about a 60 gallon capacity. |
brewer of beer
Junior Member
Username: Brewbeer22
Post Number: 54
Registered: 10-2005
Posted From: 66.30.106.106
| | Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 12:51 am: |
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It looks bigger than a 55 gallon drum. This is close to me. Hmmmmm.... |
davidwaite
Senior Member
Username: Davidw
Post Number: 1950
Registered: 03-2001
Posted From: 65.163.6.62
| | Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 03:03 pm: |
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It would be a pretty easy thing to go to a scrap yard and get a row of burners out of a home furnace. Nice, evenly distributed heat. |
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