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  Kettle Support Layout (Paul Hethmon)


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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:06:51 -0500
From: Paul Hethmon <phethmon at hethmon.com>
Subject: Kettle Support Layout

I'm getting ready to have a new brew stand constructed and wanted to get
some feedback on the layout of the actual kettle support on the stand.

So my current stand just uses 2 parallel pieces of angle steel to support my
kettle. The burner is mounted under that (obviously). That does let quite a
bit of heat out towards the front and back of the stand. In fact, after
adding a Blichmann kettle, I had to add a heat shield out of concrete backer
board (Hardibacker for ceramic tile) to keep from boiling the sight tube.

This has got me thinking about whether the support design should be changed
to better direct the heat. I know my gas cooktop has something like this:

\     |     /

- --	    --

/     |     \

So if that wonderful ascii art holds up, its basically 6 prongs pointing to
a center.

I was thinking a variation of that:

\	   /

 \	  /

 /	 \

/	  \

So basically a big X with the center cut out. I might also add a bar at the
top and bottom of the drawing. So you could think of it as a square with the
prongs pointing into the center of the box.

Another variation would be a simple box, so just adding pieces to join the
two front to back supports:

|	   |

|--------|

|	   |

|	   |

|--------|

|	   |

That box would be around 12 inches square on the inside measurement. The
bars would actually be 1.5 inch stainless.

That Blichmann is the 20 gallon model which is around 18 inches diameter.

So, any feedback? Don't worry?

thanks,

Paul

Farragut, TN

[443.2, 182.3] Apparent Rennerian

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