I acquired a 40 gallon SS steam jacketed kettle that I intended to use as a boil kettle or mash tun. However, I am having a hard time figuring out how to heat it. It came out of a commercial kitchen that had used a steam generator to heat it. I don’t have a steam generator and using fire to heat it doesn’t work that well.
It is a beautiful piece of equipment; all stainless with a tilting mechanism and 2” valve in the bottom of the kettle. It has a lid that fits really nice, though there is no seal on it.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to use it? If I can’t figure out a good use for it I am afraid I am going to have to let it go. It is a monster to be sitting in my garage not getting used.
Our club- Crescent City Homebrewers- has a subcell called 6 guys brewing who acquired the same setup and connected the burner to NG but after awhile gave it away as too big for them…for a single brewer I know NOT what u could do with it…contact your nearest brewclub OR Lion’s Club/VFW etc who can make gumbo/chili etc at the community festival and donate it or sell it on Craigslist…it’s big benefit of tilting would not help as a fermenter
FWIW they also had a 50G SS fermenter ringed with a freon coil but when the center was only cool the rim was forming ice so iot went too…too big a footprint
It might make an interesting mashtun. Pump 165 F water thru the steam jacket until it gets near mash temp then back it off as it reaches equilibrium where you want it.
Bob
