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by **John Macke** » Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:06:44

Just bought a nice shiny $29 stainless steel stock pot at Wal-Mart
this evening.

Was surprised to see in the instructions to use "low to medium heat".
Ah, yeah, ok, whatever. It's a STEEL POT, for chrissake!

JJM

by **Flip** » Fri, 16 Nov 2001 21:44:26

The problem with these thin pots is that they do not dissipate heat. You
will easily burn malt to the bottom. If you use extract, be carefull not to
let it settle to the bottom when adding it. I have used a thin pot for
boiling 'all grain' without trouble.

Flip

Quote:

> Just bought a nice shiny $29 stainless steel stock pot at Wal-Mart
> this evening.

> Was surprised to see in the instructions to use "low to medium heat".
> Ah, yeah, ok, whatever. It's a STEEL POT, for chrissake!

> JJM

by **buckeye brewe** » Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:39:23

Go to you local Restaurant equipment store and purchase your kettle, they also
have long handle spoons. I got a 7.5 gallon AU kettle that is about 7mm thick
for under $30

Quote:

> The problem with these thin pots is that they do not dissipate heat. You
> will easily burn malt to the bottom. If you use extract, be carefull not to
> let it settle to the bottom when adding it. I have used a thin pot for
> boiling 'all grain' without trouble.

> Flip

> > Just bought a nice shiny $29 stainless steel stock pot at Wal-Mart
> > this evening.

> > Was surprised to see in the instructions to use "low to medium heat".
> > Ah, yeah, ok, whatever. It's a STEEL POT, for chrissake!

> > JJM

by **MDixo** » Fri, 16 Nov 2001 23:54:34

Quote:

> Just bought a nice shiny $29 stainless steel stock pot at Wal-Mart
> this evening.

> Was surprised to see in the instructions to use "low to medium heat".
> Ah, yeah, ok, whatever. It's a STEEL POT, for chrissake!

How big is it? If it is only a 5 gallon (20 qt), then your price seems
excessive. I just saw that size at Maxway, Dollar General, and K-Mart for
about $15. It sounds like you got something better than that though.

I started with a flimsy, made in China, $15 pot, and scortched it a time or
two, but it made good beer. I now use it for transferring wort, and
measuring water. FWIW, I have heated it numerous times on the burner with
no problems to the pot.

Cheers,
Mike

by **MDixo** » Sat, 17 Nov 2001 00:19:12

Quote:

> Go to you local Restaurant equipment store and purchase your kettle, they
also
> have long handle spoons. I got a 7.5 gallon AU kettle that is about 7mm
thick
> for under $30

I guess I gotta ask, what is AU? Aluminum (Al)?

That sounds like a very good price, and I just saw a Turkey Fryer pot at
K-Mart that must have been around the same price.

Cheers,
Mike

by **Laine Murphe** » Sat, 17 Nov 2001 00:42:10

Quote:

> Go to you local Restaurant equipment store and purchase your kettle, they also
> have long handle spoons. I got a 7.5 gallon AU kettle that is about 7mm thick
> for under $30

Wow, $30 for a gold (Au) pot, but I think it would melt on a propane
cooker :) Did you mean Al (alumin(i)um)? Still sounds like a heck of a
deal for a heavy pot.

Has anyone tried to put a weld-less spigot in an Al pot?

Cheers,
Laine

by **Mike Uchim** » Sat, 17 Nov 2001 00:59:02

As others have pointed out, this warning is there because high heat may
tend to scorch whatever is in the pot, due to the thin bottom. As long
as you turn off the heat while adding your extract to the water, and
turn it back on after the extract is completely dissolved, you should be
fine.

I've got 4 of these cheap pots (2 5 gallon and 2 4 gallon), and use 'em
all the time. The only time the thin bottom is really an issue is when
I use them for stovetop (step) mashing... but as long as I keep the mash
relatively thin, and/or stir frequently while raising the temperature,
scorching is not a problem.

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Quote:

> Just bought a nice shiny $29 stainless steel stock pot at Wal-Mart
> this evening.

> Was surprised to see in the instructions to use "low to medium heat".
> Ah, yeah, ok, whatever. It's a STEEL POT, for chrissake!

> JJM

by **DAsh** » Sat, 17 Nov 2001 10:08:38

Quote:

> Just bought a nice shiny $29 stainless steel stock pot at Wal-Mart
> this evening.

> Was surprised to see in the instructions to use "low to medium heat".
> Ah, yeah, ok, whatever. It's a STEEL POT, for chrissake!

> JJM

Thin SS pots work very well, but as others have pointed out it's real easy
to scortch malt in these pots. I learned a trick from my wife back when I
got one of these pots-- go to any kitchen gadget shop and get a burner
trivet. This is a heavy guage wire thingy which is in a multiple-S shape.
It goes between the burner and the bottom of the pot. It allows you to have
the burner on high, but the bottom of the pot isn't in contact with the
burner element. You can still scortch the malt, but it's much easier to
keep from doing that while also easier to control the heat of the contents.
--
--DAsh
(to reply via e-mail, replace the obvious with 7119)

by **JTUL** » Sat, 17 Nov 2001 11:11:43

I've been told that you could also get some sheet copper and place it between
the stove and the bottom of the pot. This should spread the heat out a bit so
you don't get hot spots.
I think they said you can pick it up at Home Depot as copper flashing.

by **John Macke** » Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:54:05

Quote:

> Wow, $30 for a gold (Au) pot, but I think it would melt on a propane
> cooker :)

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing! Was about to ask whether he
wanted to sell his Au pot cheap! :^)

JJM

by **John Macke** » Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:55:41

Quote:

> How big is it? If it is only a 5 gallon (20 qt), then your price seems
> excessive.

Actually it was a polished stainless steel pot...very pretty.

Unfortunately it seems a tad lower in volume than my enameled
stock pot... so turns out I can't use it.

JJM

by **Navarre Brewe** » Mon, 19 Nov 2001 08:21:46

Friday I went to my local restaurant supply store in search of a 6 gal SS
pot only to find he didn't carry them. Turns out the restaurants in our
area prefer aluminium because of cost. Guess I will have to order mine from
a mail order outfit.

Quote:

> Go to you local Restaurant equipment store and purchase your kettle, they
also
> have long handle spoons. I got a 7.5 gallon AU kettle that is about 7mm
thick
> for under $30

> > The problem with these thin pots is that they do not dissipate heat.
You
> > will easily burn malt to the bottom. If you use extract, be carefull
not to
> > let it settle to the bottom when adding it. I have used a thin pot for
> > boiling 'all grain' without trouble.

> > Flip

> > > Just bought a nice shiny $29 stainless steel stock pot at Wal-Mart
> > > this evening.

> > > Was surprised to see in the instructions to use "low to medium heat".
> > > Ah, yeah, ok, whatever. It's a STEEL POT, for chrissake!

> > > JJM

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